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| $3.00 per year in advance. 2 years for $5.00 Roodhouse, Illinois Thursday, October 31, 1957 One Page |
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Miller's Mansion in Roodhouse
was the home of a very
prominent doctor who
specialized in pediatrics. Dr.
Joshua Miller and his wife
Catherine relocated to
Roodhouse from St. Louis in
the 1950’s to practice medicine
in the rural communities of
Greene County. Some of Dr.
Miller’s practices were frowned
upon by the medical community
for his unconventional methods
and sometimes bizarre
procedures. This led the
community to believe that Dr.
Miller was trying to play God.
Catherine Miller wanted nothing
more than to give Dr. Miller a
large family. Dr. Miller grew up
an only child and was
determined to have a house full
of his own children. They tried
multiple times to have a normal
child. The children that
Catherine was able to give birth
to all seemed to have some
type of abnormal birth defect.
They seemed more of an oddity
than a child. Dr. & Mrs. Miller
kept the oddity children hidden
in the mansion and away from
the towns people.
Each child had some form of
either a mental or a physical
defect. Dr. Miller so desperately
wanted a normal child that he
would take the oddity children
to the basement and perform
experiments to try and make
them normal. This would result
in the children becoming more
of an oddity than before.
Finally, on October 31st, Dr.
Miller delivered a daughter,
Catherine named her Sarah.
She was the child they had
always dreamed of. She had no
physical or mental defects. She
was perfect in every way. Dr. &
Mrs. Miler would show off Sarah
every where they went. She
was the home of a very
prominent doctor who
specialized in pediatrics. Dr.
Joshua Miller and his wife
Catherine relocated to
Roodhouse from St. Louis in
the 1950’s to practice medicine
in the rural communities of
Greene County. Some of Dr.
Miller’s practices were frowned
upon by the medical community
for his unconventional methods
and sometimes bizarre
procedures. This led the
community to believe that Dr.
Miller was trying to play God.
Catherine Miller wanted nothing
more than to give Dr. Miller a
large family. Dr. Miller grew up
an only child and was
determined to have a house full
of his own children. They tried
multiple times to have a normal
child. The children that
Catherine was able to give birth
to all seemed to have some
type of abnormal birth defect.
They seemed more of an oddity
than a child. Dr. & Mrs. Miller
kept the oddity children hidden
in the mansion and away from
the towns people.
Each child had some form of
either a mental or a physical
defect. Dr. Miller so desperately
wanted a normal child that he
would take the oddity children
to the basement and perform
experiments to try and make
them normal. This would result
in the children becoming more
of an oddity than before.
Finally, on October 31st, Dr.
Miller delivered a daughter,
Catherine named her Sarah.
She was the child they had
always dreamed of. She had no
physical or mental defects. She
was perfect in every way. Dr. &
Mrs. Miler would show off Sarah
every where they went. She
quickly became their whole
reason for living. They were so
obsessed with their perfect
daughter that they began
neglecting the oddities.
Because all the Miller's
attention was on Sarah they
didn't notice that one of the
oddities left the mansion. The
oddity had never been outside
the mansion walls before and
wreaked minor havoc on the
town. When the town's people
tried to capture the oddity they
tracked it back to Miller's
Mansion. This is when the town
found out what type of sick and
twisted experiments Dr. Miller
had been performing on the not
so perfect children Catherine
had given birth to.
The town’s people demanded
swift justice against Dr. & Mrs.
Miller. When the justice system
failed to meet the demands of
the communities expectations,
the towns people took matters
into their own hands. The
townspeople agreed that for
justice to be served both Dr. &
Mrs. Miller should hang for their
sinful ways.
In a heated rage a small mob
stormed the Miller's
reason for living. They were so
obsessed with their perfect
daughter that they began
neglecting the oddities.
Because all the Miller's
attention was on Sarah they
didn't notice that one of the
oddities left the mansion. The
oddity had never been outside
the mansion walls before and
wreaked minor havoc on the
town. When the town's people
tried to capture the oddity they
tracked it back to Miller's
Mansion. This is when the town
found out what type of sick and
twisted experiments Dr. Miller
had been performing on the not
so perfect children Catherine
had given birth to.
The town’s people demanded
swift justice against Dr. & Mrs.
Miller. When the justice system
failed to meet the demands of
the communities expectations,
the towns people took matters
into their own hands. The
townspeople agreed that for
justice to be served both Dr. &
Mrs. Miller should hang for their
sinful ways.
In a heated rage a small mob
stormed the Miller's
| Dr. Joshua and Mrs. Catherine Miller at Miller's Mansion in Roodhouse, Illinois |
| Gruesome oddities found at Miller's Mansion |
Mansion looking for Dr. & Mrs.
Miller. The Miller's were no
where to be found for they were
hiding from the mob. Little
Sarah Miller wondered out of
hiding and was grabbed by the
towns people. She was
mistaken for one of the oddities
and in a blind rage they hung
her from a noose intended for
her parents.
After the mob realized that they
had hung an innocent young
girl they vowed to go home and
never speak of the incident
again.
When all was quiet Dr. & Mrs.
Miller came out of hiding
anxious to find Sarah safe and
sound. What they found was
their one and only perfect child
hanged to death from the front
porch of their mansion.
Catherine was so distraught
that she committed suicide that
very night.
Dr. Miller and his oddities
disappeared and was never
heard from again…UNTIL
NOW. He resurfaced with his
oddity children, returning to his
Mansion and vowing revenge
on each and every member of
this town.
Miller. The Miller's were no
where to be found for they were
hiding from the mob. Little
Sarah Miller wondered out of
hiding and was grabbed by the
towns people. She was
mistaken for one of the oddities
and in a blind rage they hung
her from a noose intended for
her parents.
After the mob realized that they
had hung an innocent young
girl they vowed to go home and
never speak of the incident
again.
When all was quiet Dr. & Mrs.
Miller came out of hiding
anxious to find Sarah safe and
sound. What they found was
their one and only perfect child
hanged to death from the front
porch of their mansion.
Catherine was so distraught
that she committed suicide that
very night.
Dr. Miller and his oddities
disappeared and was never
heard from again…UNTIL
NOW. He resurfaced with his
oddity children, returning to his
Mansion and vowing revenge
on each and every member of
this town.
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| See Anyone You Know? |
SNAGGLE-TOOTHED and roguish of men; the gay group below is
the vanguard of millions of Jack-O'-Lanterns soon to gleam from
the windows of America as citizens again take knife in hand in the
annual move to carve these symbols of Halloween.
the vanguard of millions of Jack-O'-Lanterns soon to gleam from
the windows of America as citizens again take knife in hand in the
annual move to carve these symbols of Halloween.
THE OMINOUS threat, "Trick or
Treat," again will echo across
the land as adults pay nervous
tribute to stave off disaster.
Treat," again will echo across
the land as adults pay nervous
tribute to stave off disaster.
HALLOWEEN'S MYSTERY is
reflected in this youngster's
eyes as she wonderingly
contemplates arrival of "the
witching time"
reflected in this youngster's
eyes as she wonderingly
contemplates arrival of "the
witching time"
| First Roodhouse Postoffice |
The above picture, taken from an early tintype in the possession of Mrs.
Cora Rawlins Lucas, 438 E. Clay St., shows the first local postoffice,
locate at the street intersection south of the present American Modes
Dress factory.
Postal services, started here in 1866, continued in the above building until
it burned down in 1873. Postmaster was John T. Rawlins, shown in the
foreground at the corner of the porch. Doctor D. B. Moore, with the top hat
and long watch chain, is behind and to the right of Postmaster Rawlins.
"Fashionable Dress Making and Military' is advertised in the picture, as is
"Wool, Wanted".
Others in the picture, including a woman behind the second floor window
at the postoffice front, have not been identified. Record readers are asked
to help complete identification.
Cora Rawlins Lucas, 438 E. Clay St., shows the first local postoffice,
locate at the street intersection south of the present American Modes
Dress factory.
Postal services, started here in 1866, continued in the above building until
it burned down in 1873. Postmaster was John T. Rawlins, shown in the
foreground at the corner of the porch. Doctor D. B. Moore, with the top hat
and long watch chain, is behind and to the right of Postmaster Rawlins.
"Fashionable Dress Making and Military' is advertised in the picture, as is
"Wool, Wanted".
Others in the picture, including a woman behind the second floor window
at the postoffice front, have not been identified. Record readers are asked
to help complete identification.
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