Don't Take Your Dynamite to Church, Boys
LAWRENCEVILLE ILLINOIS JANUARY 25, 1900 The Devils Work: A Terrific Explosion of Dynamite and Falling Plaster, Rattling Windows And...
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May 2, 20242 min read
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Maytag $79.50
This brochure was mailed to local farm families in the late 1930s. We are not quite sure where the Maytag store was or if it was sent as...
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May 1, 20241 min read
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McClintock Military Men
During WWII the sons of Mr and Mrs George McClintock of Bridgeport fought for their country. James R McClintock AMM 2/C served aboard a...
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Apr 30, 20241 min read
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355th Eng Depot Co 1950
November 1950 The 355th Engineer Depot Company at Bridgeport, Illinois was activated and sent to Fort Leonard Wood Missouri for...
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Apr 29, 20241 min read
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"Safety First"
October 1915 In the photograph below, Ohio Oil's crew of carpenters and roustabouts are headed for the new gasoline plant being built at...
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Apr 26, 20241 min read
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Quail-Raising 1952
1952 Ernest l Roan shows off his two hunting dogs in front of the brooder houses of the Lawrence County Sportsmen's Club quail-raising...
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Apr 25, 20241 min read
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Buried at Sea
Eugene Bailey, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Bailey graduated from Sumner High School with the class of 1941 and then attended Sanford Brown’s...
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Apr 24, 20242 min read
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Apr 23, 20240 min read
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Last Rites for First Producing Well
According to the records of the Bridgeport Office, old well No. 1 on the C L Lewis farm, Petty Township, was completed on or about May...
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Apr 22, 20241 min read
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Please Save Our Cemeteries
Time has taken its toll on the older tombstones in our county cemeteries. One would not know this from looking at Find-a- Grave photos...
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Apr 19, 20243 min read
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