The hum in the air on July 5, 1905, was the sound of sewing machines being operated by more than two dozen young women hired that morning by Bernstein, Cohen
Above the entrance of the building at 187 S. Indiana Ave. is a panel with foot-high letters that spell out the words “War Memorial.” Dedicated nearly a century ago, on
Letourneau’s 1852 purchase included three acres of land; the property would eventually grow to a prosperous farm of more than 200 acres. The house, which was expanded several times over
“The calm of a perfect December night was broken at 1:45 this morning by the screech of a locomotive, followed by the clang of the fire bell,” reported the Kankakee