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Jan. 22, 1925
Material for the re-construction of the Illinois Bell Telephone Company’s lines between Hardin and Jerseyville, which were torn down by the heavy sleet storm Dec. 18 last month, has arrived in the East Hardin freight yards and work is expected to begin at once of placing the lines back in serviceable shape. We have been without telephone service over the Bell line since the storm. Mr. Narup, who owns the county line here, is slowly getting his line back in working order. The storm did a great amount of damage to all telephone wires.
Jan. 26, 1950
William Surgeon of Hardin is announcing this week his candidacy for the office of County Judge on the Republican ticket. Bill owns and operates the Corno Feed Store in Hardin which business he has been in now for several years. He was born and raised in Hardin precinct, being a son of the late William Surgeon and Mrs. Velma Surgeon. He attended the Hardin schools and is now a member of the Hardin high school board. He is also serving his third term as Justice of the Peach of Hardin.
Jan. 23, 1975
In the spring of 1847, the citizens of the County of Calhoun received the bad news that their small Court House at Gilead had been destroyed by fire. The neighbors and officials were able to save all of the County records, and the first five volumes of the “Proceedings of the Illinois Supreme Court.” All of the records and books were taken to Hamburg, the temporary County Seat and remained there until the new Court House at Hardin was completed. Before work on the upstairs Circuit Court room was completed, the large front room of the New Benjamin Child Home was used by the judges. Last week, the five volumes given to the Calhoun Historical Society were taken back to the living room of the Child Home, no owned and occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Carpenter. When the editor of Calhoun News heard that the famous volumes had returned to their first home in Hardin, after an absence of 127 years, he felt it was worthy of a picture and a story. They will be returned to the new historical room in a few weeks. These books contain a brief statement of cases appealed from the Circuit Courts to the Illinois Supreme Court.
Jan. 26, 2000
Despite playing 15 out of their first 16 games on the road, the Brussels Raiders looked like they had been playing games at home all season last week. The Raiders bolted out to a 25-9 first half lead in their first home game since Dec. 3 and defeated rival Calhoun in the annual Apple Crate Game at The Pit. “We’ve been waiting for this game for a year when we were embarrassed up there,” said Raiders senior Loren Haug, referring to the Raiders’ 13-point loss to the Warriors last season in Hardin.
