The readers of the Rural Republican were shocked to read the headline on Friday August 13 1880 when they opened their newspapers. “One...

News of the Week ending with August 6 1880      SP Barton shipped 14,000 bushels of wheat in July.  Excursion tickets to Chicago were...

Don't forget the Donn Grenda program tonight 7:00 at the History Center!!! The 104th 4th of July was celebrated at Bridgeport and Sumner...

The Rural Republican, published in Lawrenceville, Illinois on Friday, May 14th, 1880 The rain in the middle of May 1880 made the wheat...

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

April 16th, 1880 Rural Republican and Vincennes Weekly Sun The editor of the Rural Republican advised her readers to “Lay the overcoat...

From the Sumner Press 1906   March 1, 1906 Burglars entered Westall Brothers grocery store and wrecked the safe door in an attempt to...

A review of the local news from the Vincennes, Mt Carmel and Lawrence County newspapers for November 1879. The shareholders of the...

Sandy Sumner An obit published in a California paper states that “in Santa Maragrita California on June 1, 1906, Sandy S Sumner, a native...

News in the County in October 1879 Stuble & Co was the new undertaker in Lawrenceville.  They promised to keep on hand a good assortment...