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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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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

A Birthday Party for Mrs. SOWERS, 1917 COOK, ELLIOTT, BONEBRAKE, DOUGLAS, BANNON

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RICH Death, 1898

W. L. B. JENNEY of Chicago is Guest at the Bates Hotel, 1874

Wesley Merritt of Chicago Visits Texas, 1910

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Gentlemen's Furnishings at FOSTER's, Next to BARNE & COLBURN, 1858

BERNER Death, Alton, 1872

McCONNELL - WARE Marriage, 1909

Shammin' Abe Nabbed in New York, 1879 SNYDAM, DODRIDGE

BRUCE Murders LEUTZ, 1885

That Stubborn Hazel Hogan! 1912

NETTLETON Jailed for his own Safety, WHITE Dies, 1885 HACKMAN

Alexander ROBINSON Dead at 100, 1872 Chief of Pottawatomies closely connected with Chicago history.

City of Chicago Hung Over after New Year's Celebrations, 1912

BRINKLEY Shoots McCARTHY in Front of Wife & Baby, 1909

ACHTERFELDT Arrested for Cutting STOLL's Throat, DeKalb County, 1880

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