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A small selection of Pages from our Past articles written by Bill Kemp

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Area’s deadliest cholera outbreak in 1855

During the summer of 1855, cholera swept through Bloomington and outlying communities. It was o...

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Frank Simpson’s Steers Farmer City, July 1957

Ralph G. Blue (right) and Harold Davis (with clipboard) weigh steers using a scale box. They’re...

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Holiness Tabernacle Normal, 1929

The Central Illinois Holiness Association, an interdenominational camp meeting grounds, is situ...

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Photo of the Week, 127: Death in Central Illinois, 1948

On Wednesday, July 14, 1948, 80-year-old Henry David Boyer was found dead in his room in an aba...

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