Lawrence Lore
Dec 12, 20231 min read
Pittsburg Pirates
February 15, 1962 Bridgeport Leader Local Athlete is Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates The Pittsburgh Pirates baseball squad will be...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 7, 20233 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 4 WWI Even though these letters of Miles W Adams, Amos Baird and Jess Tharp were written one hundred years ago, many of the themes...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 6, 20233 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 3 WWI Often the soldiers did not have access to a post office and letters were slow going home. The men tried to impress upon their...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 5, 20234 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 2 WWI Continued The Rainbow Division first saw action fighting alongside the French in February, 1918,(WWI) where it remained in...
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Lawrence Lore
Dec 4, 20233 min read
Letters from the Front
Part 1 Miles M. Adams was born October 29, 1898 in Lawrence County to William and Stella Musgrave Adams. He and a classmate, Jess Tharp,...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 27, 20233 min read
Glovers and Lackeys Celebrate
Lawrence County News March 27, 1941 Two Lawrenceville Couples Celebrate Golden Weddings Golden wedding celebrations within a few days...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 17, 20231 min read
Samuel Kinkaid
Taken from 'The History of Edwards, Lawrence and Wabash Counties, Illinois' first published in 1883, page 301: "Samuel Kincaid was a...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 13, 20232 min read
Killed by Mail Bag 1891
Sumner Press January 8, 1891 New Year's afternoon, we regret to say that Andrew Lackey, one of our oldest citizens, was fatally injured....
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 10, 20232 min read
Dr. John R. Thompson
Dr. John Richardson Thompson was born May 13, 1878 on Allison Prairie. His father's name was John and his mother's name was Eliza...
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Lawrence Lore
Nov 3, 20231 min read
Lukin Boy Joined Canadian Army
Daily Register-Republican published in Mount Carmel Illinois on Aug 29, 1918 page 2: Marshal W King of south of Bridgeport received a...
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