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Illinois river nets seized near Peru and jail terms in report
Fish Warden Green seized a number of nets in the Illinois river at Peru. John Spence in Canton was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary for passing counterfeit money. The report includes various local incidents from Lacon to Mendota with arrests, inquiries, and community developments across several Illinois towns.
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Green
Illinois
Peru
Geneseo
Vermont
John Spence
Canton
Peter Holler
Lacon
Bia
Marshall County
W H Ambrose
Tazewell County
Leter
McDonough County
Starved Rock
Rock
Billy Hemmerle
Ottawa
Collins
Mendota
D. Heenan & Co
Streator
Heenan
M J Finden
Louis Nater
John L McCullough
Milo
Moses
Robert Mavers
Galesburg
Quincy
Circuit Clerk’s
Springfield
Sanford
Wetmore
Tarkio
G W. Smith
Chicago Drainage Board
WCTU
Bradford
Senator Blaine
Miss Willard
Knox College
Edwin B. Cushing
Geo B. Cushing
Indiantown
Burrah
Bureau County
Guy Tisdale
Charles Howe
Mary Dever
Waron
William Barnes
Daniel Webster
Robert
Mary
Henry B
John MM Palmer
United States
Senator Palmer
Sterling
Leo Carver
John B Wuchesnoe
A Pichereau
France
Warsaw
John Draway
New Orleans
Col Clements
Chicago
H Gilbert & Co
Utica
Utica Peoria
J. Hood
JB. Cherry
Farmington
Rice
Peoria
A. McGogney
J B Cherry
General Assembly
B. Y. George
Lewistown
J. B. Stewart
C. M. Taylor
Princeville
McKesnck
Altoona
Eureka