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This special section of The Olden Times features old newspaper articles from or about Illinois and Illinois families.

You'll find old news articles, obituaries, birth & marriage announcements, ads and more. See the links at the top of this page to go to the Index of Names, to search this site or to take a look at the site map.

Each of these was scanned from an original issue of an old newspaper in my personal collection. They appear in the order in which they were added to this website. Be sure to check for archived stories, since I move them from this page to the Archives periodically.

Note: The Index of Names is always your best bet for finding a specific name!

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Charles DAWSON May be Fatally Injured, Vermilion County, 1880

J. C. PALMER Announces Candidacy, Polo, IL, 1878

John J. PITTS, Attorney, Successor to Frank BARNARD, Bloomington, 1888

Thomas TREAT Declares his Candidacy, 1878

PETERSON Death, McLean County, 1880

Fatal Accident on the BROWN Farm near Hoopeston, 1880

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Franz BERNARD Refuses to Answer Census Enumerator, Clinton County, 1880

Howard MARTIN Killed in Accident, Fulton County, 1880

Herbert EAKLE Death at Chana, 1880

GARRATT - SANBORN Marriage, Ogle County, 1878

Remains of Colonel HARDIN Interred, Jacksonville, 1847    YEATES

Unclaimed Letters at the Bloomington, Illinois Post Office, 1888    Lots of names, not yet indexed!

John LEIST Arrested, Chicago, 1881

Carey WHITE of Chenoa visits Bloomington, 1888

BLACKBURNE - WATSON Marriage, 1893

MARQUIS - MOORE Wedding at Monticello, Piatt County, 1888

Bloomington Society News, 1888    BIER, COOLEDGE, MILLER, HOLMES, HAGGARD

G. A. R. Encampment Meets in Columbus, Ohio, 1888    WARNER, NEIL, HATFIELD, FAIRCHILD, GRANT

Downtown Chicago Residence for Sale, $100 Down, 1859    KING

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