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Disappearances, politics, and a bold sea voyage
A mysterious disappearance after a quarrel over a portrait leads a husband to sail toward Muskegon with $16,000, while his wife chases him and locals debate murder or reunion. The piece also notes the Republican County Convention in Peoria, a new telegraph venture, textbook debates in schools, and odd local plans for a 20-foot life-boat crossing the Atlantic.
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Sino
Keystone
Therd
Geographca
Muskegon
Ceres
Venus
Peoria
Morow
Cook County
Palmers
Chicago
Hyde Park
Evanston
Lake ‘View
Rome
Lash
Woodward
Woodward 4A
Sehgals
Board ‘of Education
Leavitt
Capt. Garrett
P. It. LeGendre