Looking Back
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12.28.22
1982Six-month money market certificates were paying 9.65 percent interest.Ruth Stoneman was the first honorary member of the Fairbury chapter, Delta…
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12.14.22
1891So much corn was raised, farmers had trouble finding places for it. One farmer hauled corn to Gladstone and had…
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12.7.22
1942Wood bins were being shipped into the county for the storage of grain. A total of 84 bins, each with…
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Looking Back 11.30.22
1973Mid-America Dairymen of this area elected Howard DeFrain chairman and Rudolph Glaesemann vice chairman and Lea Fairley a director.The Fairbury…
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11.23.22
1941Only 443 Fairburians cast ballots in a special election, approving a 15-year franchise extension for Peoples Natural Gas.Rumored loss to…
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Looking Back
1924Durant, Flint and Star were automobiles sold in Fairbury by the new dealership of Fred Schoenrock.E. Bervin moved his business…
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11.2.22
1914The election ballot was seven feet long. It had to be printed in two sections, then pasted together by The…
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10.26.22
1933A local milk rise war had some producers selling two quarts for a nickel. A local dairymen's group asked the…
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10.19.22
1922Taken to court after they failed to shave a railroad strike-breaker. Charles Vestal and David Stowne, Fairbury barbers, were fined…
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9.28.22
1880Markets in Fairbury. Wheat, 60 cents; corn, 20 cents; oats, 25 cents; hogs, $3; fat cattle, $3.75; potatoes, 75 cents…
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