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Henry Republican Notes Peoria County Significances
The Peoria County grand jury adjourned and reported findings. The IOOF donated 15000 dollars to the Lincoln Orphan's Home. A Pekin girl vows to marry only for money. Ex-legislator J D Webber died at his Minoak home. Toluca opens a 10000 dollar hotel run by Mrs C Fay. Wm Weeks buys Castleton market. Williams runs two shops. Rock Island divorce case cites first cousins. Fire destroys Frank Foley’s Granville home. no insurance. Rockford bakers cut bread to 3 cents. Equitable Building and Loan sues Peoria Journal for 25000. Kewanee native Wm R Goodrich born 1832. Turtle fishing expands to St Louis Chicago markets for France. Morrison mobbing tale debunked. Jacob Miller weds timepiece and music box. McLean county jail letters case to be settled. Illinois health board pushes vaccination. Chicago 227000 scholars, 17 cases in 15 years. Husking tale from McLean Lens details young Fred Yates’s 102 bushels in one day. Kowants mouse incident at a church gathering amuses crowd. Catarrh remedies praised by multiple New England druggists. Coal trusts in Indiana and Chicago revealed. Hood’s Sarsaparilla praised as a trusted remedy. A decorative calendar from Lee & Shepard advertises gift quality.