Scope and Contents Herron, long-time resident and businessman in Auburn, Illinois, discusses early 20th century home and social life in Auburn: his family history, cooking and home remedies, housework, rural education, courtship and marriage, social events, entertainment, immigrants, Auburn businesses, the Great Depression and WPA activities, electricity and early radio, and activities of the Ku Klux Klan. He also recalls the business district fire of 1910 and fire protection, WWI, 1918 influenza epidemic,...