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Articles, mostly from the northwestern corner of Indiana, U.S.A., of interest to local history buffs, concentrating on topics of interest to me. These are not all my own transcriptions.
08 07 1843Ont LG Fold water beds
07 07 1847Valpo WRKankakee ditching
17 07 1847Niles Rcopper mining
10 11 1851Valpo POfugitive slave law
09 08 1852Valpo POU.S. annex Canada
12 10 1871Ptr Co Vfires
19 10 1871Ptr Co Vfires
21 10 1874Cinci DELouisville U.S. capital
07 06 1883Ptr Co VHoosier Slide jaunt
21 08 1890Ches TDock Siding sandmine
04 09 1890Ches Tsand bricks
18 09 1890Ches Tsandmining
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18 05 1891Laf JrnlHoosier Slide desecration
08 10 1891  Ptr Co V Valpo bridge, Lincoln Hwy
22 10 1891 Ptr Co V Valpo bridge, Lincoln Hwy
08 04 1892Ches Teagle soaring
08 04 1892Ches TContinental Ry, NYC-San Francisco
05 08 1892Ches TCalumet river monster
24 01 1895Valpo WVChicora missing
01 02 1895Ches TChicora shipwreck
01 02 1895Ptr Co MChicora superstition
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18 04 1895Ptr Co MBroncho John robbed
18 04 1895Ptr Co MChicora wreckage, Dune Park
18 04 1895Valpo WVBroncho John burglary
18 04 1895Valpo WVChicora message
19 04 1895Ches TChicora wreckage, Dune Park
25 04 1895Ptr Co MChicora life preservers
25 04 1895Valpo WVChicora message
26 04 1895Ches TChicora life preservers
01 05 1895Valpo WVBroncho John vs thieves
23 05 1895Valpo WVbeach bodies
20 06 1895Valpo WVBroncho John event
01 08 1895Valpo WVBroncho John show
01 08 1895Valpo WVChicora shipwreck
09 08 1895Ches TChicora shipwreck?
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24 06 1896 Chi Trib Chanute, Miller
02 08 1896 Chi Trib Chanute, Miller
08 09 1896 Chi Trib Chanute, Dune Park
11 09 1896 Chi Chr Chanute, Miller
12 09 1896 Chi Trib Chanute, Dune Park
28 09 1896 Chi Rcrd Chanute, Dune Park
03 10 1896 Ches T Chanute, Dune Park
05 09 1897 Chi TmsH Chanute, Dune Park
08 09 1897 Chi TmsH gliders, Dune Park
12 09 1897 Chi TmsH Chanute, Dune Park
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01 10 1898Ches Twild turkeys
29 10 1898Ches TLake Michigan storm
11 05 1899  Ptr Co V road hogs
21 09 1899MI Cy Dturkey
09 11 1899Ptr Co MBroncho John celebrity
09 11 1899Ptr Co MChiquita shipwreck, Dune Park
09 11 1899Ptr Co VChiquita shipwreck, Miller
16 11 1899Ptr Co MBroncho John correspondence
03 08 1900Ches TMiller history, shipwrecks
21 09 1900Ches TChiquita body, Miller
27 09 1900Ptr Co VChicora shipwreck
27 09 1900Ptr Co VChiquita body, Miller
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16 12 1902LP ArBulPeter Gunness murder
16 12 1902LP ArBulfarmers need women
18 12 1902LP ArBulPeter Gunness murder
19 12 1902LP ArBulPeter Gunness murder
02 01 1903Hobart Gauto mail delivery
28 01 1903MI Cy Nsand bricks
12 06 1903Ches TLake Michigan trolley line
02 09 1903Mi Cy EDrural free delivery
02 09 1903MI Cy NHoosier Slide
10 09 1903L Co Nwshouse map, RFD
02 10 1903Ches TTremont horse railroad
31 03 1904 L Co NWS Deep R dam
17 06 1904  Ches T drivers
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06 07 1906 L Co Tms Nickel Plate widening
20 02 1908Ches TNY-Paris Race coming
26 02 1908Valpo DVNY-Paris Race, Chgo
27 02 1908Ches TNew York-Paris Race
27 02 1908Valpo EMNY-Paris Race here
12 03 1908MI Cy WDNY-Paris Race threat
02 04 1908Ches TLaPorte trolley construction
02 04 1908Ches TPortage Twp proposed split
16 04 1908Ches TNY-Paris Race, Alaska
29 05 1908 L Co Str Deep R dam
04 06 1908 PlyWChr Tyner City wreck
04 06 1908 Ply Demo train wreck
04 06 1908 Ply Trib Tyner train wreck
05 06 1908  L Co Tms fishing
30 07 1908Ches Twolf, Gary
16 10 1908L Co Strpioneer tale
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30 01 1909MI Cy DDunes State Park
30 01 1909MI Cy ENNY-Paris Race snow ref
04 03 1909MI Cy DBelle Gunness exhibit
05 03 1909G W Tribpre-OD's steelman owner
26 03 1909  G D Trib spitting
22 04 1909Valpo EMChicago-New York Air Line
22 05 1909G D Tribconquering sand
15 06 1910G D TribGary lawns
01 08 1910G E Postallegorical fantasy map of love
19 10 1910Valpo DVAir Line construction
28 09 1911 Ches T ancient trail, Dunes Hwy
03 10 1912  Ches T Lincoln Hwy
10 10 1912  Ches T Lincoln Hwy
17 10 1912  Ches T Lincoln Hwy
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13 01 1913 Ches T pre-Ogden Dunes plans
13 09 1913  LP ArBul Lincoln Hwy
14 09 1913  SB N-Tms Lincoln Hwy
17 09 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
17 09 1913  Ptr Co V Lincoln Hwy
18 09 1913  Hobart N Lincoln Hwy
18 09 1913  Valpo EM Lincoln Hwy
24 09 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
08 10 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
15 10 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
30 10 1913  Valpo EM Lincoln Hwy
31 10 1913  SB N-Tms Lincoln Hwy
06 11 1913  Hobart N passing
06 11 1913  Hobart N Lincoln Hwy
06 11 1913  Valpo EM Lincoln Hwy
12 11 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
20 11 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
27 11 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
18 12 1913  ChiHtsSi Lincoln Hwy
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20 07 1916Ches Tanti-nat'l pk & air line
24 07 1916 L Co Tms Nickel Plate suit
27 07 1916 Hobart N Nickel Plate suit
27 07 1916  Ches T speeders & Diana of the Dunes
17 08 1916  MI Cy ED Chgo-Mich rte, Dunes Hwy
04 10 1916Ptr Co Vdunes panorama
22 01 1917  G E Post Miller skiing
16 04 1917 G E Post Sand Dunes Nat'l Pk
21 08 1917L Co TmsIndiana hwy improvements
17 11 1917 L Co Tms G,SB&CRR ends LaPorte svc.
16 01 1918 L Co Tms Gary streetcars' Miller dead
21 01 1918  G E Post Miller skiing
26 01 1918Ham Tmswolf
21 06 1918  Hobart G boating
04 07 1918  Ches T gun factory
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20 01 1919  MI Cy EN Dunes Hwy Assn
11 06 1919  MI Cy EN Dunes Hwy construction
08 07 1919  G E Post Lincoln & Dunes Hwys
10 07 1919  Ches T Lincoln & Dunes Hwys
31 07 1919  Ches T Dunes Hwy rte report
04 09 1919  Ches T Dunes Hwy Miller rte
12 02 1920  Ches T Lincoln & Dunes Hwys
11 05 1921  MI Cy EN Dunes Hwy, LaPorte Cty
17 05 1921  Valpo EM Inland Steel
02 06 1921  Ches T Inland Steel
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13 06 1922 MI Cy EN Dunes Hwy, Lake Longinus
16 06 1922 GEP Lincoln & Dunes Hwys
17 06 1922 GEP Dunes Hwy, Lake Longinus
22 06 1922 Hobart N Deep R dam
23 06 1922 Hobart G Deep R dam
29 06 1922 Ches T Deep R dam
07 07 1922 Valpo EM Deep R dam
11 07 1922 Valpo EM Dunes Hwy, condemnation
13 07 1922 Ches T Deep R dam
13 07 1922 MI Cy EN Dunes Hwy, construction RR
15 07 1922 MI Cy EN Dunes Hwy, Lake Longinus
25 07 1922 GEP Dunes Hwy pride
26 07 1922 GEP Lincoln & Dunes Hwys
02 08 1922  Valpo EM Dunes Hwy name forever
24 08 1922 Ches T beautification
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02 02 1923 G P-Trib Dunes Hwy, construction RR
15 02 1923 Ches T Dunes Hwy construction
22 02 1923Ches Tchicken thieves
22 02 1923Gary P-TribReck begins Ogden Dunes
08 03 1923 Ches T Dunes Hwy condemnation
23 04 1923Valpo EMchicken thieves
01 05 1923Valpo EMchicken thieves
10 05 1923 Ches T Dunes Hwy condemnation
16 11 1923 Valpo EM Nickel Plate hits car
29 11 1923Ches Tklan Hobart
17 01 1924Ches TNickel Plate explosion, Valpo
24 01 1924Ches TNickel Plate explosion ref
24 05 1924G P-TribNickel Plate, Little Cal drowning
19 06 1924  Hobart N 10M model T
26 06 1924  LP D Arg 10M model T
26 06 1924  LP D Her 10M model T
27 06 1924  LP D Arg 10M model T
30 06 1924  LP D Arg 10M model T
03 07 1924  Hobart N 10M model T
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02 07 1925Ches TNYC vs Ogden Dunes
03 08 1925Valpo DVNYC vs Ogden Dunes
12 08 1925G P-TribRFD wagon
14 08 1925MI Cy DNY-Chgo phone cable
26 08 1925MI Cy DDunes Hwy bbqs
24 09 1925Ches TDunes Hwy wreck
01 10 1925Ches TSouth Shore substations
15 10 1925Ches TIndian artifacts
29 10 1925Ches TIndian graves
03 11 1925 MI Cy EN Grand Beach ski jump
24 01 1927 MI Cy ED Grand Beach ski jump
28 07 1927 Ches T Gary Rys history
23 01 1928Chi AmerOgden Dunes skiing vs golf
17 07 1929Valpo EMNickel Plate hits car
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23 10 1930Ches TOgden Dunes phones
02 12 1930G P-TribFulton Road
14 03 1935Ches TUS30 bypass, Lake Cty
22 11 1934Valpo VMPortage Twp inns 1
27 11 1934Valpo VMPortage Twp inns 2
04 02 1935Valpo VMLincoln Hwy reroute, Lake County
14 03 1935Ches TLincoln Hwy reroute, Lake County
13 05 1935Valpo VMLincoln Hwy reroute, Lake County
09 07 1935  Valpo VM Broncho John 1
16 07 1935  Valpo VM Broncho John 2
20 07 1935  Valpo VM Broncho John 3
27 07 1935  Valpo VM Broncho John 4
03 08 1935  Valpo VM Broncho John 5
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18 08 1936Valpo VMPortage Twp history
18 08 1936Valpo VMOgden Dunes ski jump excerpt
17 09 1936Ches Tdog track
18 09 1936G P-TribHammond dog track move
19 09 1936Valpo VMOgden Dunes dog track
21 09 1936MI Cy EDdog track
24 09 1936Ches Tdog track ready
26 09 1936Valpo VMdog track local
29 03 1937Ham TmsHammond dog track
01 04 1937Ches TOgden Dunes dog track soon
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07 05 1939 SF Chr Detroit-Frisco LH dr
03 07 1939  LP D Her bike trip
19 10 1939 Ches T Antarctic snow cruiser, dunes
19 10 1939 G P-Trib Antarctic snow cruiser, Miller
19 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser, state pk
19 10 1939 LP H-A Antarctic snow cruiser, dunes, Kingsbury
20 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
20 10 1939 LP H-A Antarctic snow cruiser
20 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
21 10 1939 LP H-A Antarctic snow cruiser, Westvl-Kingsbury
21 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
22 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
23 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
23 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
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24 10 1939 G P-Trib Antarctic snow cruiser, Ranburn Wds dunes
24 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
24 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
24 10 1939 Valpo VM Antarctic snow cruiser
25 10 1939 G P-Trib Antarctic snow cruiser, Glen Park
25 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
25 10 1939 LP H-A Antarctic snow cruiser
25 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
25 10 1939 Valpo VM Antarctic snow cruiser
26 10 1939 Ches T Antarctic snow cruiser, Chicago
26 10 1939 G P-Trib Antarctic snow cruiser, Ranburn Woods
26 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
26 10 1939 Hobart G Antarctic snow cruiser
26 10 1939 LP H-A Antarctic snow cruiser, Westville
26 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
26 10 1939 Valpo VM Antarctic snow cruiser
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27 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser
27 10 1939 LP H-A Antarctic snow cruiserColumbia Cy-Warsaw
27 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser
27 10 1939 Valpo VM Antarctic snow cruiser
29 10 1939 Ham Tms Antarctic snow cruiser, Columbia City-Lima
30 10 1939 MC N-D Antarctic snow cruiser, Lima
02 11 1939 Ches T Antarctic snow cruiser
06 11 1939 C S Mon Antarctic snow cruiser tents
11 11 1939 C S Mon Antarctic snow cruiser, Boston
13 11 1939 C S Mon Antarctic snow cruiser
14 11 1939 C S Mon Antarctic snow cruiser, Boston
23 10 1941  Ches T striping
30 10 1941  Ches T Dunes Hwy, scenic
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22 05 1952Chi HerAMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952Chi SunTMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952Crn Pt RMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952G P-TribMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952Ham TmsMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952Indy TmsMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952Laf J&CMonon wreck, Lowell
22 05 1952SB D TrbMonon wreck, Lowell
29 05 1952Lwl TribMonon wreck, Lowell
17 03 1955Ches TOgden Dunes nike
24 09 1955Valpo VMOgden Dunes nike
29 09 1955Ches TOgden Dunes nike
26 10 1955 Valpo VM Nickel Plate hits car
05 01 1956Ches TOgden Dunes nike
28 09 1956Valpo VMPorter nike
16 01 1957Valpo VMChgo-New York Air Line tale
07 05 1959Ches TNYC Chesterton blockage
14 10 1959Valpo VMOgden Dunes election
04 01 1962Valpo VMwater plant, demo dance
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I apologize for the broken links, many of them my own. Several matters over the last couple years have directed my attentions elsewhere. Now I wish to get back into the fun of web-posting old newspaper articles.
How is this page different from the genealogy pages listing gleanings from old newspapers? Those on-line genealogy resources are super but they concentrate on featuring old family names. One can enjoy bits of old local news here & there but they are mostly incidental. The above links lead to articles involving past occurences around here. Any useful family names in them are incidental. You genealogists can have fun indexing those.
Am I saying that collected old newspaper articles amount to a history of the area? Good heavens no. These articles are clues to local history, nothing more. History amounts to more than simply a collection of facts, and things which appeared in newspapers were not necessarily true. Have I transcribed and flung up onto the Web articles containing inaccuracies? Yes, I have. Sometimes I have commented on those discrepancies in an adjoining piece of my own, sometimes not.
Is everything written in local history books true? No, it sure ain't. When I see an old newspaper article reprinted in a book or in a recent newspaper, is it always exactly the same as it originally appeared? No, I have seen lots of minor changes made to such items or even major drastic editing jobs done on them, cutting pieces in half and changing wordings all around. Yet those appeared labeled as having appeared in such-and-such a newspaper on such-and-such a date. Don't believe everything you read. Have I transcribed articles exactly as they appeared? Yes, but you have no reason to simply take my word for that. Have I linked to other people's newspaper transcriptions which may not be entirely accurate? Sure. If I was writing a dissertation, I would check out the originals. For fun, casual reading, all of these are fine.
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 I will close with a thanks to all of those individuals who have posted old newspaper articles on the Web for the rest of us to enjoy. Some have been doing that for many years, since the beginning of the Internet. That is what the Internet was, and I like to believe still is, all about -- sharing info. And also thanks to Tripod for providing the HSOD with free web-space for a decade.

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Last updated 1 May, 2008. Created 4 July, 1999.