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!
Numerous Local Reports From Macoupin County 1898 Era
A patchwork of 1898 Macoupin events notes grip cases in Petersburg, a Sunday closing ordinance in Milford, deaths of local residents, and $200000 on Canton improvements. Sandoval mine resuming talks, Jacksonville high school plans, road and fire losses, and a physician’s death out of Palmyra. Public works battles, county jail prisoner counts, East St. Louis viaduct suits, and a bold river steamship venture loom in this compact roundup.
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Petersburg
Milford
Jacob Dammerich
St. Clair County
Sandoval
Jacksonville
Roadhouse
Public Square
Springfield
Chicago
Monmouth
Washington
State Miners’ Union
Pana
Macoupin County
East St. Louis
Grayville
Broadway
Williamsfield Times
Knox County
Joliot Penitentiary
Cook County