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Feature | Thursday, August 14,2003
People, places, and peculiarities at the
{after 1st article on article listing} Our fair city
People, places, and peculiarities at the
Illinois State Fair
Seeds of changePrisoners take pride in
their fancy foliage
Next year, when he comes to the Illinois State Fair, Trinity Payne plans to
eat ice cream and caramel apples and try "that big slide.
Feature | Thursday, August 14,2003
Still turning
Jacksonville built the world's first portable Ferris Wheel
Believe it or not, Bulgaria may be responsible for the most common carnival ride at any state fair. "Pleasure Wheels"--powered by strong men cranking large wooden rings with riders sitting on attached
News | Thursday, July 17,2003
Sticking to the union
The AFL-CIO saves one of the nation’s oldest labor temples
Looking at the building a block from downtown Jacksonville, you might wonder why this eyesore is still standing. An ordinary three-story red brick box at 228 South Mauvaisterre, the Jacksonville Labor
Guest Opinion | Thursday, June 12,2003
Illinois’ lost laureate
Quick--who was the first poet laureate of Illinois? If you said Carl Sandburg, you'd be wrong.
Don't feel too bad; Governor Rod Blagojevich didn't know either. When he announced his search for a ne
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