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...
Lawrence Lore
Aug 137 min read
Dog Taken into Custody
Vincennes Capital November 28, 1903: George Oswald, a mussel digger, was arrested on a charge of intoxication and along with him were...
Lawrence Lore
Jun 103 min read
“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...
Lawrence Lore
Apr 95 min read
The Game of 15 vs 20
Don't forget the prgram tonight 7:00 Secret Service The snow was two inches deep in Lawrence County in the last week of March in 1880....
Lawrence Lore
Mar 245 min read
Increased Sale of Liniment, a Self-satisfied Female and a Highly Elated Lot of Gossipers
The St Francisville reporter in February 1880 stated that the city of St Francisville should retire and give some other town a chance to...
Lawrence Lore
Mar 42 min read
"Skivered Him into Atoms"
“Joseph Drennon was under the weather from the use of whiskey, and he undertook to walk the C & V Railroad below St Francisville. He had...
Lawrence Lore
Feb 263 min read
"Hairpins Scattered an Inch Deep"
The Bridgeport newspaper correspondent for the Mt Carmel Reporter published the story about the wedding of George M Whittaker and Mrs....
Lawrence Lore
Feb 214 min read
News December 1879
The fact that a half a barrel of cussedness is frequently found in a two-quart boy has never been explained. Apples and potatoes are...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 137 min read
Police Shooting and Air Ships in St F
The Vincennes newspapers carried the news of St Francisville as often, if not more, than the Lawrenceville newspapers. However, the facts...
Lawrence Lore
Jan 84 min read
She Fell Down on Her . . .
News in the County in October 1879 Stuble & Co was the new undertaker in Lawrenceville. They promised to keep on hand a good assortment...
Lawrence Lore
Dec 18, 20246 min read