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Local births deaths and court actions in Lee County 1887
The Dixon Sun reports 1887 Lee County births 174 with 89 boys 85 girls and 69 deaths, a natural increase of 105. It covers criminal docket verdicts in Am boy, a murder indictment delay, storm fatalities near Altoona Dakota, and tax levies totaling 360 325 24. It notes store closing trials, gas well prospects, and political commentary on Governor Oglesby and judge elections.
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Illinois
Lee County
People
D. W. Shoudy
Walter Morse
Chas. Brady
Bert
Chet Smith
Hubbell A. Dickinson
Amboy
Smith Brothers
Dickenson
Charles Brady
Conrad W. Kentner
Assumpsit
Mary J
Geo. W. Mingle
J. D. Crabtree
John Moyer
Reuben
Jacob Hill
James Murphy
James Hawkins
Lewis Merriman
Hollie
Altoona
Dakota
Oglesby
John VY. Eustace
the Sun
Sterling Gazette
Springfield
Freeport Journal
Alto
Ashton
Bradford
Brooklyn
China
Dixon
East Grove
Hamilton
Harmon
Lee Centre
Marion
May
Nachusa
Nelson
Palmyra
Reynolds
South Dixon
Sublette
Viola
Willow Creek
Wyoming
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Company
Chicago, Burlington & Quincey
Chicago & Iowa
Western Union Telegraph Company
Central Union and American Bell Telephone Company
Ogle
J. D. Campbell
Polo
Eustace
Mr. Campbell
John V. Eustace
W. W. Heaton
J. L. Loop
Rockford
S. A. Hurlbut
Belvedere
I. J. Turner
M. P. Sweet
Freeport
Joseph Knox
Rock Island
Bar