It's so interesting how the way we talk changes over time. Phrases, lingo and even language evolve.
I'm excited. I just may become an author.
This cigarette ad from 1928 made me chuckle. It reminded me of "Mad Men." Of course this ad came way before Don Draper and his crew thought of it.
Apparently, I am in a mood to talk about things off the beaten path this week as I continue to find things from the vault that are just weird. Acutally, these things seem to jump from the page at me.
A couple of weird things caught my eye in the 1928 issue of The Morton News.
In April 1928, students of the second grade of the Morton Public School were studying Holland. The five best compositions were printed in The Morton News, April 19, 1928, edition.
For seventy-seven years the same book used by Morton township supervisors has remained in a well perserved condition due to good care and it tells a great story.
I thought I'd write about the 30s from "The Morton News" in honor of our columnist Noah Zobrist.
In March 1960, a Morton man sued tavern owners after a wreck that injured him and killed his female passenger.
The Roll of Honor in the January 1919 edition of The Morton News includes service men in World War I, I believe, from Morton. I recognize some of the names being associated with names still in Morton now. There were a lot of Rapps on this list!
The Morton Theatre had Friday and Saturday night shows in March 1960. What do you think was playing?
I recently started watching "Mad Men" on Netflix. I really enjoy it, not so much for the storyline, but more for the time period. It's set in the early 60s.
I find the reporting style of long ago fascinating. It's probably more interesting to me than most people since I'm a journalist. But, perhaps you too will find the choice of words in this story interesting.
Imagine my delight when I came across a headline "With the Colors — Soldier Notes" and the subhead "paragraphic reports from boys in service."
Theo. Witzig advertised overcoats for winter in the January 1919 edition of The Morton News.
It's time to delve into some of Morton's history with news articles from the vault.
"E. Peorians Get Normal Degrees" is the headline I happened to flip to this week, and lo and behold, I recognize a name in the blurb from 1957!
Facebook will switch all of its users to the new Timeline this Friday and our newspapers' Facebook pages are no exception. Initially, I resisted the change. Now, I am excited.
The headline from 1957 is for a city council meeting in East Peoria.
The Creve Coeur Lions Club used to sell brooms from house to house as fundraiser. I'm pretty sure they don't do that anymore.
Jeanette Kendall is the executive editor at TimesNewspapers and loves nostalgia. That's why she wanted to share these stories from some of TimesNewspapers' vault editions from past times. She hopes you will enjoy them as much as she does.
