Lawrence Lore
Oct 181 min read
Sumner Postmarks
On temporary exhibit now is Zane Parrott’s collection of Havoline items. If you have been in the History Center you have seen Libby...
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Lawrence Lore
Aug 91 min read
Are You Hurt?
Daily Record January 27 1942 No, these are not group pictures of victims of an air raid on a beauty shop. They were made to demonstrate...
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Lawrence Lore
Jul 311 min read
There's No Crying in Baseball. . .
In the summer of 1940, the Lawrenceville Merchants softball team won the Wabash Valley Girls Softball tournament. The nonprofessionals...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 285 min read
A Review of Lawrence County Life in April, May and June 1878.
James C Allen was the Judge; Thomas H Huffman was the State’s Attorney. B L Cunningham was the Circuit Clerk; Issac Potts was the County...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 182 min read
WPA Sewing Projject
Lawrence County News September 2, 1937 Sewing Project in Lawrenceville Closes Thursday Acting under orders from the District...
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Lawrence Lore
Jun 131 min read
Got any mule?
The National Prohibition Act, known informally as the Volstead Act, was enacted to carry out the intent of the 18th Amendment (ratified...
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Lawrence Lore
May 81 min read
"I work for my Liquor!"
Apparently, the Lawrence County News editor was asked where he got his ideas for his editorials, one of which must have made some folks...
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Lawrence Lore
Mar 122 min read
Stamping out Tuberculosis
Tuberculosis was the leading cause of death in the early 20th century. Doctors were treating this dreaded disease at special hospitals...
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Lawrence Lore
Feb 282 min read
The "Old Folks Home"
The Southern Illinois Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church accepted the Hennessey site in Lawrenceville Illinois for the location...
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