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The newspaper was founded in 1831 as the Sangamo Journal by William Bailhache and Edward Baker, and describes itself as "the oldest newspaper in Illinois". As such, it and its editor, Edward L. Baker, supported the political career of the Springfield-based Abraham Lincoln in the years before the American Civil War; in fact, it was in the Journal ' s office that Lincoln and his friends waited ...
A gift shop provided books and funeral-related gifts, including coffin-shaped keychains and chocolates. It was closed in March 2009 due to poor attendance and handling of the museum's trust fund. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The contents of the collection were transferred to the Kibbe Hancock Heritage Museum in Carthage, Illinois , in February 2011.
A 29-year-old man died on Sunday morning, according to a news release from Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon.
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Timothy Davlin, 53, American politician, Mayor of Springfield, Illinois (since 2003), suicide by gunshot. [138] Robyn Dawes, 74, American psychologist and professor. [139] Adalbert Eledui, 62, Palauan senator and conservationist, after long illness. [140] Ruth Park, 93, New Zealand-born Australian novelist. [141]
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With a history dating back to 1830, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier is the "oldest continuously published newspaper in Illinois". [3]In addition to Jacksonville and South Jacksonville, the Jacksonville Journal-Courier circulates in Cass, Greene, Macoupin, Morgan, Brown, Pike and Scott counties, in western Central Illinois.
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