"Avoid the Rush on the 24th"
The on- line copy of the Rural Republican, Lawrence County’s newspaper, derived from old, microfilmed copies, is too degraded to read easily for Friday, December 10 , 1880. The news in this blog for this time period was reported by the Vincennes Weekly Western Sun. Bridgeport Brevities: John A Bard was officiating in the post office. HK Lanterman was crippled up with rheumatism. Several of the young folks met at the residence of Charles Vanausdel and partook of a most b
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Dec 15, 20253 min read
Uber, Anyone?
Don't forget the Ladies of Lawrence: Clothing Through the Decades program Thursday Dec 4 10:00 at the History Center! News in Lawrencre County as reported in the Lawrence and Knox County newspapers for the week ending on December 3 1880. After the death of Mary Buntin , the new editor, her brother- in- law Sam B Day , began reporting the news. He had spent fifteen years in the publishing office setting type but stated that he would do a fair job with the news. The worthy c
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Dec 3, 20255 min read
". . . us girls don’t. Amen.”
October 1 1880 The Rural Republican The paper was still filled with political news. Orators were imported many miles to speak at...
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Oct 7, 20254 min read
Watchman Beaten
National election news dominated the newspapers for September 17th and September 24th, 1880 . Most of the front-page columns were...
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Sep 25, 20255 min read
Gambling in the Courtroom Oh My
The September 3 rd and 10th, 1880 editions of the local newspapers noted that the beauty of the thoroughfares were hidden and the...
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Sep 10, 20256 min read
Hurled Into Eternity
The readers of the Rural Republican were shocked to read the headline on Friday August 13 1880 when they opened their newspapers. “One...
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Aug 13, 20257 min read
Unsuccessful Suitor
1891 Dr. Maxedon of this place (Heathsville) was called to Russellville to assist at the postmortem held over the body of Duane Johnson,...
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Aug 8, 20251 min read
Escaped 5 Times
Vincennes Weekly Sun Saturday, August 8, 1874 "On last Saturday night J. W. Harmon and J. M. Calloway succeeded in capturing the...
Lawrence Lore
Jul 31, 20251 min read
Early Organizations in Russellville
The Russellville Literary Society had been reorganized in February 1872 and was known as the Russellville Lyceum. Fred Pierce was its...
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Jul 18, 20252 min read