Why Does This Blog Exist?

You never know what you'll find here - anything with genealogical or historical value is fair game. This blog will be updated as I clean out my office, go through boxes and piles, or find pertinent items at antique shops. In the meantime, I hope you find something of interest here.

Saturday, January 17, 2026

Castleton, Stark County, Illinois School 1898

 

Castleton School, Castleton Illinois 1898


Above: teacher, Agnes Rubl, enlarged and enhanced from photo below



SOUVENIR

Castleton School
Primary Department
Castleton, ILL.
1898

Presented by
Agnes Rubl, Teacher

School Board: F. E. Saunders, Elijah Holmes, Alonzo Markland




PUPILS

Ola Fouts Carroll Ackley
Leona Reed Grover Talmage
Alta Rouse George Lippott
Maud Rouse Elvin Kissinger
Anna Pyell Gabriel Jackson
Fannie Pyell Clifton Jackson
Annie Tess Edwin Horton
Ida Tess         Earle Smith
Theresa Harty Richard Douglas
Cora Ribley John Pyell
Bertha Markland Joseph Reed
Mertha Markland Frank Reed
Velma Markland Loid Brown
Nora Baker Lester Hitchcock
Mary Baker Leroy Hitchcock
Nellie Sippott Ross Bolt
Cora Harmon Marvin Eagleston
Flavilla Woodward Lyle Warner
Cora Horton Emmet Ridgeway
Maud Doty Florence Pettit






Souvenir Folder of Peoria, Illinois

 This souvenir folder is addressed as follows, as best I could make it out.   If anyone has any insights, please comment.

Miss Edna K/Hisket?
From ?
Merry Christmas





POST OFFICE



ADAMS STREET, SOUTH FROM MAIN STREET


MANUAL TRAINING HIGH SCHOOL



SHOPPING DISTRICT




PROCTOR HOSPITAL



COLISEUM


SHRINERS' TEMPLE


PEORIA COUNTY COURT HOUSE



JEFFERSON BUILDING




COUNTRY CLUB HOUSE




BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF PEORIA



SCENE IN GLEN OAK PARK




PUBLIC LIBRARY



SULPHUR SPRING, GLEN OAK PARK



YARDS AND DISTILLING DISTRICT



ONE OF THE PRETTY SPOTS IN GLEN OAK PARK




UNION DEPOT



I. V. Y. CLUB HOUSE



BACK COVER



Wednesday, January 14, 2026

Helen Jean Pepper's Commencement

 

Postmarked May 31, 1938 from Oxford, Ohio

The graduation announcement of Helen Jean Pepper from William McGuffey High School.

Addressed to Mr. Roland Bass in Wyoming, Illinois