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The Masonic Temple building that once stood on the northwest corner of Washington and Main housed Horace Link Furniture and Undertaking business until a fire in 1945.
Horace Link coming down
A quick look around the town of Paris, and one can see the times are changing. Many buildings are falling into disrepair and ultimately being torn down. Buildings like Citizens National Bank, … more
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Local strawberry legacy
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 … more
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The Barnett Hotel as it looked when Lincoln stayed there. The building still stands on the top of the hill in Grandview and is a private home. The people are identified as Dan Whitcher, Shelby Green and Mary Ellen Redmon Green, and the photo was taken when the house was known as the Redmon-Green home.
Important byways of old Edgar County
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 … more
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This period illustration shows the packed galleries of the U.S. Senate during the 1868 impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson. He was the first president impeached by the House of Representatives, but the Senate did not convict him.
The impeachment of Andrew Johnson
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 … more
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An image of Paris from the early 1900s shows the location of Dr. E.E. Jones’s dentist office on the southeast corner of the square. He occupied space on the second story of the building from 1889 until his 1949 retirement. The caption under the photo indicates other interesting details in the image.
Early dentist left his mark
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 … more
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