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Wison Sun column and probate notes mix with canal debate
The piece blends satirical notes from the Wison Sun about a preacher’s remarks with probate court records including estate distributions for John Crawford Antone Rheinhart and Stephen Virgil. It also critiques the Sterling Gazette on canal issues and discusses Pasteur's germ theory and its potential impact on public health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John M. Crawford
Antone Rheinhart
Wm. Barry
Executrix
Nere
Thomas Heally
W. H. Arnold
Stephen G. Virgil
Wheat & Gridley Bros
O. S. Ward
E. Evanston
A. G. Wheaton
C. A. Wilcox
L. Bourne
W. B. Andrus & Son
D. W. McKenney
Stephen Fuller
A. H. Tillson
Dimick
A. K. Trusdell
Albert Sauer
D. D. O’brien
The
Sterling Gazette
Dixon Sun
Gazette
Harbor
Chicago
Dixon
M. Delafontaine
Boards of Health
Aisculapius
Paris
High Normal School
Pasteur
Gay
Alian Cave
Davaine
Chauveau
Willemin
Klebs
Buchner
Koch