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Snow damage to World's fair roofs and other year events
The Henry Republican reports snow caused about 100000 damage to World's fair buildings. Other items note six births at a Joliot house, a Toluca bank formed with 100000 capital, a Plymouth Rock rooster prize sale, a fire destroyed a farm house near Lacon, and various local notices from Minonk to Peoria including scams and illnesses.
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Toluca
Gregory
Plymouth Rock Cookeral
Nebraska
Dennis McKeol
Lacon
the Tribune
Putnam County
Center School House
Magnola Township
Thomas Cox
Minoak
Boyer
Wenona
Tipton
Ford County
Paxton
Merton Dunlap
Fred Green
la Prairie
Independence
Fred Woods
Pat McEntee
Miss Peterson
Venona
Cumming & Co
Sparland
Arthur True
Whitefield
la Prairie Fire Insurance Company
Phosion Howard
State Senate
Danville
McHenry County
Masonic Temple
Peoria
Grand Lodge
Republican
J. 8. Thompson
Minonk
Wilcox
M. E
la Prairie Center
H. B., Ward
B. C. Dennis
Raviton
Leonard
Spring Valley
la Salle
Guthman’s
Rockford Suspender Co
Sradford
George Hanley
W. H. Crawyer
Squire Bocock
Winds Central
Illinois Central
John M. Palmer
William K. Ackerjae
Robi T. Lincoln
Morris Ketchum
John Moore
Samuel D. Lockwood
Illinois Central Railroad Company
United States
Ilinois
Lee
Herman Kron
Oltman Janseen
Benson
John Aden
Katie Ehman
Janscon
John ‘Aden
Henry
Magnolia
Bea