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Putnam County News Highlights and Obituary Notes
The 1886 delinquent tax list for Putnam County is noted in the Hennepin Record. Jacon eyed coal prospects and a shaft, while Mt. Palatine teacher J E Taylor presented an arithmetic paper to the Putnam County Teachers association. Mrs Garrett, connected to Magnolia, was buried at Normal. Nancy Schafer of Lacon Township died in Springfiled, Missouri, at 14. A Home Journal editor indulges in political satire. Subcontractors Swartz and Baker began grading for the Santa Fe line near Ancona, with heavy work at the Illinois Central crossing and a potential double track. W W Hancock of Hopewell, a Putnam pioneer since 1836, remains township treasurer despite failing eyesight.
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Putnam County
Hennepin Record
Jacon
J. E. Taylor
Mt. Palatine
Putnam County Teachers Association
C. P. Towle
Garrett
S. W. Cook
Magnolia
Record
Nancy Schafer
Lacon Township
Springheld
Phelps
Feazel
Henry Schafer
Henry Road
Lacon
the Home Journal
James Swartz
David Baker
Streator Monitor
Santa Fe
Ancona
Illinois Central
Alton
la Rosa
Illinois River
W. W. Hancock
Hopewell Township
Peter Barnhart
Lemuel Russell
Nathan Brumsey
Hancock
Guy Pool
Marshall