How Many Children Have You?
News for the Lawrenceville and Vincennes newspapers June 18 1880 Robinson was going to have an old fashioned barbeque to celebrate the...

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Reduction in Medical Bill
June 11 1880 Croquet parties were raging. Wheat harvest hands were in demand. The courthouse yard was a splendid place to pass a half day...

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Jun 123 min read
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Vain Desire to Share the Honor . . .
(We have combined two weeks of local news into one blog post –-May 28, 1880 and June 4, 1880. ) Twenty teams loaded with wheat from near...

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Jun 47 min read
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"10 Laziest Men"
The Rural Republican, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Friday, May 14th, 1880 The rain in the middle of May 1880 made the wheat...

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May 135 min read
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Dog gone. . .
May 7th, 1880 The strawberry crop promised to be abundant . Justus Struble sold two large draft horses cheap. B L Cunningham purchased...

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May 76 min read
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May Day
The first May Day celebration in Bridgeport started in 1911 and was held at Lanterman Park. Every school in the county was invited to...

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May 11 min read
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Salvation's Free
April 23rd, 1880 On Sand Ridge, wheat was thriving after the rain. The weather was warm. Peach trees were blooming as were apple trees....

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Apr 286 min read
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“Widows, man, Widows”
A light frost was visible on Friday April 9, 1880, when the newspaper was published. Michael O’Roarke was said to have raised the best...

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Apr 95 min read
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Bridgeport 2025
We are not quite finished, but we have organized most of the archives for our “Towns and Communities”. Included are photographs and...

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Feb 181 min read
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News of January 1880
The year 1880 was to be an eventful one. The census of the United States would be taken, a new President elected, and it was a leap year....

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Jan 296 min read
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