Monthly Archives: October 2020

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October 29, 2020 | by CJ Woods III

A friend made a comment on a social media site a few weeks ago, concerned that she was being premature in putting up Halloween decorations in her Missouri town. I responded to her that I live in Irvington, the Halloween capitol of the planet, and advised her to go get … Read More

American Folk Art: The Hooked Rug

October 29, 2020 | by Linda Hamer Kennett

Those of us who love American antiquity are fast to pay homage to the ironsmiths, potters and wood craftsmen of the past. But if it were not for the frugal and self-sustaining nature of the American homemaker many of our most enduring primitive collectibles would never have existed. Hand dipped … Read More

100 Years Ago This Week: Oct. 30-Nov. 5

October 29, 2020 | by Steven R. Barnett

From The Indianapolis Star, Wednesday, November 3, 1920: Women voters were out in force for yesterday’s election long before male voters had fallen into line. The intense cold made standing in line an unpleasant task, but the women, some with babes in arms and children in tow, were too interested … Read More

This Week’s Issue: Oct. 23-29

October 22, 2020 | by Weekly View

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Passion for Lincoln & Oldroyd Leads to New Book by Al Hunter

October 22, 2020 | by Ethel Winslow

Author Alan Hunter graces our pages in his Bumps in the Night column every week, and spends his October weekends guiding folks around Irvington on his Ghost Tours. However, he also is an avid collector of Abraham Lincoln items, and is a collector of items on Osborn Oldroyd, the first … Read More