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Henry area notes mix weather, schools and commerce
Local items report Robert Burgess importing 57 horses to Wenona, plus notes on rainfall, a traveling to Lacon rail project, canal work delays, a teachers institute in Hennepin, and a new wage schedule for the C B Q railroad. Also coverage of canning, stamps, typhoid precautions, farm yields, and a large Bureau County reunion set for Princeton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Burgess
Wenona
Henry
Copperas Creek Dama
Hennepin
J. E
F. A. Powell
Venona Board of Education
Gilman
Mosquetos
la Salle
Utica
Hiltabrand
Simeon Hiltabrand
Lostant
Chicago
Illinois and Michigan Canal
J. W. Swartz
Marshall County
Magnolia
Rutland
Toluca
Illinois River
Jim
Streator Free Press
Tom Patterson
Streator Iree Press
Bureau County
Early Settlers’ Association
Princeton
Fair Grounds
Campbell
Bar of Justice
Lacan Journal
Congress
R. W. Lliff
Lacon Democrat
Chicago Tribune
Rock Island Railroad
Morris
St Louis
Bloomington
Springfield
Alton
Illinois Central
Burlington
Cincinnati
Hamilton & Dayton
Indiana, Decatur & Dayton
Peoria
John Lancaster Spalding
New York
Cardinal McCloskey
Foley
Diocese of
la Salle and
Madison Streets
Robert Fort
Lacon
Ottawa
Ottawa Republican Times
Illinois
Old Soldiers of
Grand Army of the Republic
Quincy
Soldiers
Wilmington
Indiana
Lafayette
Countesses von Beissel
Chicago Public