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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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Lady Golfer Anna MANSON Fined for Speeding at 25 MPH, DuPage County, 1913 HERRICK

Near-Suicide Gets Chance from Generous Judge, 1913 MAHONEY, HOFFMAN

SCHULTZ & HEISER Guilty of Slavery Charges, 1913 BAIR, MARR, LANDIS

Child Brides Want their Freedom, Aurora, 1913 HAGEN, FAY, LAMBERT, VAN HOLT

ELLET - LITTLE Marriage, Macoupin County, 1850 LIPPINCOTT

Horace SMITH Drowns in Mississippi River, IL Native, 1877 HATHAWAY

MORIARTY Arrests BOSSMAN for Insulting Flag, Chicago, 1917

Desperadoes Murder Sheriff in Calhoun County, 1881 LAMMIE, MAXWELL, WILLIAMS, CHURCHMAN, McNOFF, ROBERTS, HAYES, CLENDENNING

WILDE Death, Chicago, 1859

BURHANS Death, Chicago, 1859

Dandelion Wine Recipe, 1915

Photo: Illinois Artillery, Non-Commissioned Officers' Mess, from souvenir edition newspaper, 1898

Pepper Bandit LOGUE Arrested in Chicago, 1916

Lynching of Martin MERA, Iroquois Co., 1871

BENNINGTON Dies Suddenly at SMITH Boarding House; has relatives in IL, 1903

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A Wife's Mistaken Sense of Duty, Chicago, 1912 BRAUN

Louis SMITH is a lucky dog! Danville, 1916

REYNOLDS & VEACH Married on the Highway! 1898

Fire at Peru, 1869 BREWSTER, BURKHEARDT

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