Yes, that's when Harry Wible came from Golden and bought the paper. There was once a Times and a News and they joined or maybe Harry bought both. I confess I don't remember. http://www.state.il.us/hpa/lib/Microfilm.htm Here's what they have: MOUNT PULASKI (Logan) Citizen: Ja 21, 1877; F 14-Mr 14, 28, Ap 25-My 16, 30-Je 13, JI 18-25, 1878; F 19, 1879; S 22, 1881; Ag 23, 1882; =Times-Citizen Dollar Star: F 13-20, 1875 Hometown Weekly News: Merchant, *JI 23-D 28, 1987X; =Independent Free Press, [*Ja 4-My 31, 1988X]; =Hometown Weekly News, [*Je 6-Ag 22, 1988X] Independent Free Press: see Hometown Weekly News Merchant: see Hometown Weekly News News (I): F 27, Ap 2, My 14, O 29, N 26, D 23, 1892; JI 20, 1894; Mr 5, Ap 16, D 17, 1897; Jl 5, 1907; D 4, 1908; O 17, 1913; O 2, 1914; Mr 4, 1921; My 19, 1922; Mr 14, 1924; JI 8, 1927; Ap 13-27, Je 15, 1928; Mr 22-29, Ap 12, 26, My 3, Je 7-21, Ag 2, N 15-22, 1929; F 14, Ap 4¬-11, 25, My 23, Je 27-JI 4, 1930; Ja 9, Ap 17, My 22, Je 27, JI 4, 1931; F 12, Ap 8, JI 29, 1932X; =Times-News News (II): Times-Citizen, Ap 22, 1886; =Times, Je 29-JI 13, 1905; F 10, Je 23, 1909; Mr 2, 1910; Mr 8, N 1, 1911; Ag 30, 1923; O 17, 1929; =Times-News, D 1, 1932; [Ja 5, 1933-Mr 31, 1988X]; =News, *Ap 7, 1988+ Observer: *JI 22-29, 1871; Ja 13, Je 29-JI 6, S 28, O 19-26, 1872 Republican: JI 31, 1885; Ja 23, 1886; Ja 1, 1887 Sentinel: JI 30, 1870 Times, Times-Citizen, Times-News: see News (ll) Cheryl Rothwell [email protected] Logan County ILGenWeb www.rootsweb.com/~illogan Central IL Regional Coordinator, ILGenWeb Clark, Downing, Harding, Lucas, et al --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.802 / Virus Database: 545 - Release Date: 11/26/2004