This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Envy and anecdotes fill Tiskilwa era notes
A jumble of local items from Illinois towns reports a two-pound ten-ounce tomato, farm sales near Bradford, a steel voting booth purchase, school plans in Lexington, a bridge to be repaired, and curious incidents from Wenona to Delavan including theft cases, a charity banquet, and a thunderbolt near Lawn Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kewanee
Princevillo
Champion Corp
Ilinois
Great Rock Island
Peter McManun
Bradford
James Reid
Lacon
Spring Valley
Rosa
Jimes
Tonica
Gano
Delayan
Times
Beattie Bros
Eureka Journal
Robert Young Fa
Wenona
Lexington Board of Education
Honj H Anthony
Washington
Tazewell County
Mattoon
Logan County
Nebraska
Chillicothe
Aurora
Joliet
Rockford
Lacon Democrat
P &P VA
Awitchmen Uo Peorse
Peoria
Rock Island
Providence
Sheldon
Gay, Whitson & Co
Deiderick
Venona
C R.I & VP
Chicago, Kansas & Nebraska Railway
Dlissouri River
Kansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Hedding College
B C Sargeant
Evanston
Hedding
Sue A Sanders
WRC
Delavan Relief Corps
Post No 155
Gar
Bureau