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Murders & Suicides Charles Houlden, Wife Murderer, 1884 Henry Reitz Suicide Drowning, 1905 Henry Luke Suicide Poisoning, 1909 Thomas Naylor Suicide, 1913 Murder of Maud Cooper, 1921 Herman Reitz Suicide Shooting, 1922?	Deaths & Disasters Smallpox in Athens, 1865 Abner Feagans Accidental Death, 1871 Athens Mine Fire, 1900 Athens Mining Accident,1903 Marion Baum Train Death, 1914 Barney Adams Stricken Down by Automobile, 1922 Three Drown in the Sangamon, 1925 Death of Theodore Coneys, Murderer, 1942

Business & Politics Cowan's Plough Invention, 1849 Tonica & Petersburg Railroad, 1859 Athens Driving Park Assoc, 1891 Farmers Point Cemetery License, 1892 Watkins Restaurant, Boarding & Lodging, pre-1900

Military Call for Volunteers, 1862 The Petersburg Military Band Oldest Veteran Congratulated--William Thomas Martin, 1937 Pvt. Harris Osborne Wounded John White, Revolutionary War Veteran, 1940

Celebrations Henry Balster 90th Birthday, 1931 Alice Baum 83rd Birthday, 1949 Alice Baum 84th Birthday, 1950 Mary Hohimer Watkins 91st Birthday, 1950 Mrs. Harold Smoot Wedding Reception

Misc News Articles Postal Affairs, 1873-1877 Greenview Misc News, 1875 Greene Residence Burned, 1889 Menard County Teachers Institute, 1890 Rothschild Receives Payment, 1906 The Markwell Familiy-5 Generations, 1907 Wolf Hunt in Menard Co, 1920 Petersburg Reunion, 1948 Taking Down Colonel Rogers Place---Gently, 1977

Abraham Lincoln Picture of New Salem 3 Members of the Long Nine Lincoln During Civil War Picture of Lincoln's Funeral Cortege Lincoln's "Kirkham's Grammar", 1865 Lincoln's Tomb in 1900 Lincoln's Dog Lincoln's Old Home The Lincoln Home Lincoln's Home in 1860 Woodcut Illustration of Lincoln's Home Lincoln's Old Homestead Sketch of Lincoln's Home

Ann Rutledge Ann Rutledge's Original Grave Ann Rutledge Grave Moved, 1890 The Grave of Lincoln's First Love, 1906 New Stone Erected on Ann Rutledge Grave, 1921 Rutledge Family Bible Found, 1918 "The Soul of Ann Rutledge", 1919