The IDNC recently added new digitized titles, including: The Ava Citizen (Ava, Ill.) 21 December 1917 – 29 March 1946 (1296 issues) First digitized newspaper from Jackson County! The Galena Advertiser (Galena, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Ill.) 1829-1830 20 July 1829 – 17 May 1830 38 issues The Galenian (Galena, Upper Mississippi Lead Mines, Ill.) […]
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New issues and titles added to the IDNC
March 27, 2024
Spanish Influenza vs. COVID-19
January 17, 2024
Imagine being able to sit down with the Surgeon General of the United States during the Spanish Influenza outbreak of 1918 and a top doctor from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during the current COVID-19 crisis at the same time and ask them a few questions about the pandemic du jour. Well, […]
Advisory board selects newspapers for digitization
December 18, 2023
The Illinois Newspaper Project is thrilled to announce that the advisory board has selected the following newspapers for the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP) digitization grant: Canton Weekly register (Canton, Ill.) 1852-1914 The citizen / Irish news and Chicago citizen / The Chicago citizen (Chicago, Ill.), 1882-1928 The Du Quoin tribune (Du Quoin, Ill.), […]
Chili Pepper in the Urbana Daily Courier
July 14, 2022
Can powdered chili pepper help with arthritis? Capsaicin, the compound found in peppers that gives them zing or heat, can send signals to the brain, reducing the perception of pain. This compound can be added to creams, gels, and pain-relief patches. This interesting tidbit of information appears in an advertisement in the April 18, 1922 […]
The Twin City Review: A 1920s Labor Newspaper Covering Champaign-Urbana
April 16, 2021
The Twin City Review went into circulation in November 1920. The Review was originally published in Tolono, Illinois, before relocating to Champaign. The Twin City Federation of Labor published the paper “in the interest of organized labor.” At the time, Champaign County’s primary industries were higher education (the University of Illinois), railroads, and farming. The Review frequently wrote about […]
Veridian Update
March 5, 2021
A major software update is being implemented by our software developer Veridian that will change certain aspects of the Illinois Digital Newspaper Collection website. IDNC users will notice that several features of the website are different than they were in previous versions. Many of the changes involve back-end software updates which should not directly affect […]
Hay Stove: Part Two
July 15, 2020
by Kimberly Lerch | Published: July 15, 2020 We left off on the last blog post just about ready to get some food into the hay stove. Let’s see what we should do to prep the food! Preparing the Food for the Hay Stove Cereals, soups, meats, vegetables, fruits, steamed breads and even puddings […]
Hay Stove: Part One
July 8, 2020
by Kimberly Lerch | Published: July 8, 2020 Are you an overworked farm wife? Short on time but long of mouths to feed? Between weeding the garden, scrubbing and hanging out the wash to dry, visiting your sick neighbors, baking goods for the church social, repairing worn clothing, taking care of the chickens, churning […]
Fancy Work (French and Eyelet/Cutwork Embroidery)
June 29, 2020
by Kimberly Lerch | Published: June 29, 2020 I love to do needlework; in particular, I love to do what is called “fancy work.” What is Fancy Work? Needlework encompasses all work done with the needle, whether it is necessary work or not. Darning, patching, repairing ripped seams, hemming, sewing buttons back on […]
Five Weeks in October: Week Five
June 19, 2020
by Kimberly Lerch | Published: June 19, 2020 October of 1918, the fifth week.[1] Last week read like an endless list of friends, neighbors, and loved ones in the area dying from this damned flu. We (I say we because, after a month of reading about these folks, I feel I know them) are told […]