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Miners strike and local civic notes span Henry area
The Henry Republican reports a miners strike on the state and notes events from Hennepin securing Willis orchestra for Ottawa for commencement to a new flag at Lone Tree school. It covers coal output from Toluca shaft No 1, tariff shifts on Illinois rail lines, and Memorial Day observations briefed alongside local elections and political shifts.
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Hennepin High School
Willis’ Orchestra
Ottawa
Tracy Roove
Princeton
LaMoille
St Louis
T. F. McCoy
Henry
Seneca
Lone Tree School
Toluca
Spring Valley Sentinel
Ladd Appeal
Post Office
Granville- Peru
Granville-Spring Valley
Hennepin
W. H. Casson Esq
Jeff Durley
Jasper Cecil
Isaac O. Boyle
O Averill
Charles Ayling
Gridley
Ill
Harwood & Code
Bradford
Chas Ingersoll
Canton
Illinois Central and Alton
Wollona
Midway
T. L. Harrington
J. R. Taggert
Lacon
Revenue Force
Peoria
Palmer
John W. Cook
State Normal University
Court House
Women's Literary Club
LaPrairie Township
Matthew Crawford
Old Mexico
C. L Beebe
Iowa
Danville
Wenona
Coal Company
W. W. Twist
T. O. Colehawer