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!
Alton cycle path work and regional plans
Progress on the Alton cycle path is under way. Medora gains a bank via Still & Tietsort. Paris hosts a newly formed Business Mens Association in this state. Shelbyville to build a Methodist church costing over 17000 dollars. A Shelbyville horse fair slated for June 29 to July 1. Decatur raises city officer pay cut a year ago. Belleville offers to pave East Main at 2 dollars per front foot. Electric streetcar runs Belleville to East St. Louis, fare fifteen cents. Four County Picnic Association formed by Modern Woodmen of Washington Clinton Marion Jefferson. Anti-Saloon League opens in Springfield. Coal vein found at Llome Trade mine in Edwardsville, 6 feet deep 135 feet down, miners celebrate. Electric road Morriss Illinois to Geneva Lake Wisconsin 110 miles slated. Clinton to host Chicago factory employing fifty workers year-round if land donated and buildings erected. Granite City plant of American Steel and Foundry Co. wrecked by gasoline tank explosion, one dead, five seriously hurt. Lebanon considers waterworks after electric lights. Mayor Zerwick urges a 1000 dollar annual fund for waterworks. Old DuQuoin tale lauded as kindness pays dividends. editorials reflect on memory and virtue.