

Bathing Suit Time
Unidentified photo in a photo album from a Lawrence County resident.

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May 31, 20241 min read
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Grocery Shopping 1914
Kirkwood and Mills was a grocery store located in the Barnes block on North State Street across from what was then the location of the...

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Feb 26, 20242 min read
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Rooster Meets Minister
Page 6 of Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 An industrious hen sat upon a...

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Feb 23, 20241 min read
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Money Trees in Lukin
One of our researchers who reviewed the February 1924 local newspapers found several items about events one doesn't hear about happening...

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Feb 22, 20241 min read
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Banker and Oil Man
F C Borough, for many years one of the leading businessmen of Lawrenceville, was killed at Harrison New York February 17, 1924, by a...

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Feb 20, 20242 min read
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'Til Death Do Us Part
February one hundred years ago might have been the month for romance but not for these couples: Herschel L Kendall vs Clemence Kendall;...

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Feb 15, 20241 min read
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Almost a Valentine Bride
Page 1 of Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 Miss Grace Holsen (31) and Omer...

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Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Deaths 100 Years Ago
Causes of death 100 years ago this month--Taken from Lawrence County Death Records February 1924 How many of these deaths could have been...

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Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Accidental Death of 12 Year Old
Copied from the Lawrence County News, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Wednesday, February 20th, 1924 page 1 Carl May, the...

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Feb 7, 20243 min read
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Bootlegger's Dew
Sumner Press January 7 1909 Â (three years after oil was discovered) Lawrenceville News: States Attorney Sumner has moved his office into...

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Feb 1, 20242 min read
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