The Segregated DistrictThis title does not refer to segregation based on race, but to segregation of vice within the community. On July 31 JR Walker of...
Perils of the 1915 RoadsIn 1915 the Pantagraph was filled with such minutiae as the fact that Mr. and Mrs. W I Curtis of Colfax travelled to Champaign in their...
Fruit from Cuba1915 was still the age of the industrial barons and in July of 1915 the Pantagraph headline read: "FROM CUBA TO BLOOMINGTON" --...
Death at the WaterworksIn 1915 water was supplied to the city through wells. Water was pumped from the ground using centrifugal pumps such as this one at...
Aeronautical AmazementIn 1915 the public was enamored of flying and pilots and their appetite for flying could not be filled without many many exhibitions. In...
Husbands and Wives and MoneyThis was still Chautauqua time in Bloomington 100 years ago, and on this date, Mrs. Jones, spoke about home finances and how money should...
Chatauqua FeverThe Chatauqua was going strong on July 23, 1915. The cartoons printed in the paper were drawn by K. Harley, a young man who was visiting...
Complaints of the Pullman PortersThe Pantagraph reprinted an article from Collier's Weekly on this date 100 years ago. It was quite common for the Pantagraph to reprint...
Take the jitney to uptown!On July 21, 1915 the paper reported that the cities of Normal and Bloomington were considering what to do about the jitney buses that had...
