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Local notices on school contract ice harvest and public health
Dixon Illinois reports on a school contract with dismissal rights, a growing ice harvest for local brewers, and a long section on probate court actions. It covers Aurora’s shift to electric lighting, state smallpox statistics, vaccination insights, and public health warnings.
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Lee County
Carrie B. Cheney
Albert Brischke
Jas. H. Braffett
Caroline P. Bacon
John H. Bacon
Philip Figert
Senj. F. Keifer
Platt Buffett
Jacob H. Long
Frances Henry
William Forbes
Peter C. Rooney
Guardian
Mery Bradshaw
Charles E. Ives
Ludwig Gehrig
Margaret Gehrig
Electric Light Company
Aurora
State Board of Health
Illinois
Adams
Boone
Carroll
Champaign
Cook
Crawford
DeKalb
DeWitt
DuPage
Mendelson
Henry
Iroquois
Jersey
Jo Daviess
Kane
Kankakee
Kendall
Lake
la Salle
Lawrence
Livingston
Logan
Macon
Madison
Marion
McDonough
McHenry
McLean
Menard
Mercer
Monroe
Morgan
Peoria
Pratt
Pike
Randolph
Rock Island
Sangamon
Schuyler
St. Clair
Stephenson
Wabash
Will
Winnebago
Tae Sun
Chicago
Mississippi River
Alexander
Dixon
Marson
London Smallpox Hospital
New York
Law
Jenner
Europe
Deere & Company
Maine
Con
Jno
Dement
Cleveland
Ohio
Moline
C. H. Deeps