I don't know why her obit was in the paper. Andrew Hayer, who died in 1899 and Ellen, his wife, who died in 1925 did not have an obit in the Streator paper. Veterans usually rated an obituary. I remember reading that the Streator newspapermen were complaining that county legal notices were not being placed in the local Streator papers. Perhaps putting in county wide obituaries was their way of expanding their readership area. It is kind of a "hit or miss" thing. Joanie -- Streatorland Historical Society 306 South Vermillion Street Streator, Illinois 61364 Monday - Friday 9:30 - 2:30 Sunday 1 - 4 p.m. > Joannie is there a lot of obits from this far north of Streator in the old > Times Press? Would they have done any on the Marseilles area?? > Here I thought I was limited to the Ottawa paper. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <bluejay201@mchsi.com> > To: <ILLASALL-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 8:07 PM > Subject: [ILLASALLE] Re: [Mres. Julia Hayer > > > > ...from Streator Daily Free Press > > Feb. 12, 1904 > > Mrs. Julia Hayer died at her home in Miller Township recently, > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx >

Thanks for the info. Joannie.