Times change.
At the turn of the 20th century there were many barns scattered around Edgar County but not now. Barns have been slowly disappearing or falling into ruin since World War II. …
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By ROGER STANLEY
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1/11/21
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June is the month when strawberries begin to ripen in Illinois. I saw a row of them beginning to bloom in a small garden in Redmon last week, and the sight reminded me of when I was a youngster and …
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By Gene Killion
The Prairie Press
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6/8/20
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Many of the first major roads and villages of Edgar County in its founding years are different than what we see today.
As settlers needed roads in the 1830s to get to Paris and other important …
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By Roger Stanley
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2/17/20
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The impeachment process is possible because the framers of the Constitution understood a president guilty of misconduct needed to be removed by the legislative branches.
George Mason and James …
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By Roger Stanley
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1/28/20
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Elmer E. Jones was born on a farm near Monticello, Oct. 27, 1863. His parents were Triplett Lochardt Jones and Nancy Lee Savage Jones, who was a first cousin of Robert E. Lee.
He eventually went …
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By ROGER STANLEY
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1/13/20
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