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!
Illinois News in Brief From Railroads to Schools
Illinois reports mention new state rifles for the Smith Zouaves in Joliet, floods relief calls, a large 40 000 pound Farmington monument, and a Swedish Young Men’s Republican Club in Rockford. Other items include a fatal flood loss on Rock Island lines, a rattlesnake count on Spoon River, and the Elmwood city vote affirming incorporation. The Quincy valedictorian Helen Warner, a colored girl, stirs debate. Rev C M McCurdy’s baccalaureate sermon. Chicago steamers on the Shoonis. and measures for world fair popcorn bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joliet
Illinois
Farmington
Rockford
Guy Fifer
Harry Corcoran
Laconia
Prince’s Drug Store
Princeton
Rock Island
Spoon River
Fulton County
Centralia
IOG& T
Marshall County
Lacon
Weoona Fair
Burgess Bros
Hoopeston Herald
Hoopston
Chicago
Massachusetts
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Springfield
Woman's Relief Corps
Forest Bank
Marion
Ind
Philip Judy
Adams County
Amanda Sterrett
Amanda
Elmwood
Escnot
C M McCurdy
Toulon Academy
Perry
Lews
Jefferson
Iowa
City of Brunswick
Peoria
Havana
J .A Mallory
Knight Templars
Denver
Knights
Quincy High School
Helen Warner
Board of Education
Miss Warner
W. F. Gilmore
First Methodist Church
Shelbyville
Ilinois
Manufactures
Committee On Ways and Means
Milo
Wheatlandton Bureau County
Wheatland
Chicago & St Louie Electric Railroad
Hughes
Citzens
Fairbury
Edinburg
LeRoy Journal
Almira Wallace
LeRoy
Big Bend
la Salle
Wenona High School
University of Ichools
Champaign
Ira M. Ong
Ong
State University At