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By Roy Roberts Central Illinois has not had the horrible storms seen on the newscasts. The only thing Central Illinois can have is record rainfall.… Login to continue reading Login…
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Roy Roberts I’ve written about this several times before, but so many occasions now bring it back to my memory. It was probably 75 years… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts I received a letter from Jonah Kramer, the intelligent lad who worked for me doing my typing during this past year. When… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts In 1947, there were over 11 million men coming home from the army and the navy and most of them looking for… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts Oscar Mayer Manufacturing Company built a plant in Beardstown in 1965. It wasn’t long after that they also brought in the Oscar… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts With the cold weather in central Illinois, there are other areas of the country like Dallas and other southern cities where there… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts It’s been fifty years since an article I found recently was published in The Illinoian-Star on October 26, 1972. The article brought… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts I’m still going through boxes with old memoirs, and I found one which was a letter from my mother to her sister,… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts John B. Looman was born in 1842 and immigrated to America from Holland with his parents in 1846 at the age of… Login to continue reading Login…
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By Roy Roberts I’ve chosen to use this column during the winter, and boy, winter is here! During the winter, bald eagles flew along the… Login to continue reading Login…