Lawrence Lore
- 1 day ago
- 3 min
Letters from the Front
Part 4 WWI Even though these letters of Miles W Adams, Amos Baird and Jess Tharp were written one hundred years ago, many of the themes...
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Lawrence Lore
- 2 days ago
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Letters from the Front
Part 3 WWI Often the soldiers did not have access to a post office and letters were slow going home. The men tried to impress upon their...
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Lawrence Lore
- 3 days ago
- 4 min
Letters from the Front
Part 2 WWI Continued The Rainbow Division first saw action fighting alongside the French in February, 1918,(WWI) where it remained in...
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Lawrence Lore
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Letters from the Front
Part 1 Miles M. Adams was born October 29, 1898 in Lawrence County to William and Stella Musgrave Adams. He and a classmate, Jess Tharp,...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 27
- 3 min
Glovers and Lackeys Celebrate
Lawrence County News March 27, 1941 Two Lawrenceville Couples Celebrate Golden Weddings Golden wedding celebrations within a few days...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 17
- 1 min
Samuel Kinkaid
Taken from 'The History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois' first published in 1883, page 301: "Samuel Kincaid was a...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 13
- 2 min
Killed by Mail Bag 1891
Sumner Press January 8, 1891 New Year's afternoon, we regret to say that Andrew Lackey, one of our oldest citizens, was fatally injured....
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 10
- 2 min
Dr. John R. Thompson
Dr. John Richardson Thompson was born May 13, 1878 on Allison Prairie. His father's name was John and his mother's name was Eliza...
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Lawrence Lore
- Nov 3
- 1 min
Lukin Boy Joined Canadian Army
Daily Register-Republican published in Mount Carmel Illinois on Aug 29, 1918 page 2: Marshal W King of south of Bridgeport received a...
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