

Sell a Subscription; Go to the Fair
These two glass items are from the Essie and James Gillespie Collection. They are labeled Chicago 1900. The curators at first thought...

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Feb 8, 20233 min read
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Attack of WWI Submarine/Barrel
One of the Lawrence Post-American Legion members gave the WWI story published in the Lawrence County News May 7, 1931. Unfortunately,...

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Feb 6, 20232 min read
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Walking to School
Ed Note: We have all heard of the stories of walking to school two miles in the snow....all uphill. . . etc but this one is apparently...

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Feb 4, 20231 min read
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Hobos Cause Trouble
Lawrence County News October 5, 1910 Residents of South Lawrenceville complain of petty annoyances and depredations of tramps who infest...

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Feb 2, 20231 min read
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Lawrenceville and Vicinity News 1889
January 1989 Gleaned from the Rural Republican Grand jurors for February term 1889 Allison: William Warner and Levi Watts; Russell: James...

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Jan 31, 20234 min read
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Climate Change?
Weather for Sumner in January 1889: Highest temperature was 58 on the 16th and the lowest 20 above on the 28th. The average for the month...

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Jan 30, 20231 min read
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Russellville, Civil War Era
News and Gossip of Russellville 1838-1867 September 29, 1838 Western Sun Married on Tuesday evening, the 25th of September,1838, by the...

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Jan 29, 20232 min read
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NEWS OF SUMNER AND VICINITY 1889
January 1889 Gleaned from Sumner Press New Year’s gift to Mrs. M. Coffman a daughter. Francis M. Burget to Mary E. Shick married in...

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Jan 27, 20234 min read
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1943 Soldiers
Boys in Service December 1943 (Taken from the December 16, 1943 Lawrence County News) Pvt. Alfred Coffey who was home on a two-day pass...

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Jan 25, 20233 min read
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Photos on the Move
For the enjoyment of the patients and their guests, the management at the United Methodist Home hung framed vintage photographs of the...

Lawrence Lore
Jan 24, 20231 min read
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