2+ hour, 7+ min ago   (638+ words) 90 years ago, Aug. 27, 1936 The Ladies’ Aid of the M.E. Church held their regular monthly meeting Thursday afternoon at the home of Mrs. E.R. Doherty near Houghton, with Miss Ethel Hemmings as assistant hostess. Mr. and Mrs. C.J. Anton entertained on…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (579+ words) County Board Chair Mark Menn (obscured), Carthage Mayor Gary Smith and Hancock County Historical Society Board President Keith Bruns withdraw the drape covering the statue of Abraham Lincoln. Forty-nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln spoke to a crowd of over 5,000 people on the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (664+ words) Fort Madison Historic Preservation member Jim Plate stands on the front porch of 517 Ave. H to share the history of the house and the houses next door as well. 517 Ave. H is for sale. HPC member Maddie Eagen (third from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (617+ words) Fort Madison Historic Preservation member Jim Plate stands on the front porch of 517 Ave. H to share the history of the house and the houses next door as well. 517 Ave. H is for sale. HPC member Maddie Eagen (third from…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (104+ words) The “Welcome to Illinois” sign is well worth a stop. Many of us pass by the landscaped area at the junction of US Route 136 and Illinois Route 96, but how many have read the “Welcome to Illinois” sign? It offers an…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (358+ words) In 1801, Hamilton founded the New York Evening Post (New York Post today), and made it the voice of his political thinking as a Federalist. “There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago   (357+ words) 116 years ago, July 1910 We will sell one shirt and one pair of overalls for 78 cents at Henzel & Sons. 96 years ago, July 1930 A.C. Merschman, St. Paul, recently attended the annual Spartan sales convention and joined with several hundred dealers from different parts…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (271+ words) Historic Hills Scenic Byway and Lee County Conservation celebrate the installation of two history panels at Croton. From left to right: Gary Mortimer, Rhea Huddleston, Heather Huebner, Frank Boyer, Helen Schroeder, John Schroeder. CROTON — Visitors to Croton have a new…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (132+ words) Daily Gate City Adolf Hitler's birthplace in Austria was inaugurated as a police station on Wednesday in an effort to destroy the building's appeal as a site of pilgrimage for people who glorify the Nazi dictator. We Value Your Privacy…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (810+ words) Turn a valve, open a spigot, and there it is. Clean, ready, and wet, and there to quench a thirst, subdue a blaze, or cool a factory production line. But for Burlington’s early residents, it wasn’t always that way. It…...