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!
This newspaper page contains 4 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 2003
Page
4
The Southern Illinoisan invites letters under 250 words addressing issues of current interest. Letters must be signed with a name and hometown and include a telephone number for verification. Do not publish phone numbers. editors reserve the right to edit letters and will not print poetry or multiple submissions.
Illinois enacts a safeguard requiring audio or video recordings of executive sessions by public bodies. Recordings are confidential unless released by the governing authority and kept for at least 18 months. Judges may review tapes if a Open Meetings Act violation is alleged.
A sequence of letters discusses tipping as a wage model, arguing for livable base pay vs reliance on customer tips. Authors challenge Muir on understanding tipping, compare global non tipping systems, and call for fair wages and better labor conditions in services. The page also covers opinions on Bush Reagan legacies and Amtrak funding and leadership.
Jeff Smyth analyzes Mayor Brad Cole's 100 day diary showing daily public engagement and modest achievements in Carbondale. He highlights outreach to health, schools and community groups, ongoing pledge tracking, and a proactive, non recluse leadership style in a small city setting.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.