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Local county notes reveal coal beds and town prospects
The excerpt tracks regional plans and people including the Marshall county horticultural society charter, Harvey suburb plans near Chicago with steel car works, and canal water issues. It mentions officials like I N Meredith tapping for dropsy, Patrick White’s death, Waggish farm purchases by Burgess brothers, and political shifts in supervisor terms. It highlights rail and coal developments, Elgin canal rules, and local civic events in Lacon and Wenona with community figures and elections.
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Tiakilwa
Farley
Wyoming
Toulon
Timothy Atwood
Galva
Whitefield
Nebraska
Samuel Dorsey
Alfred Mateer
Lostant
Robert Burgess
Toronto
Marshall County Horticultural Society
M A. O’conor
la Salle
Office of Internal Revenue
Chicago
Messra Fort
Axline
Specht
France
Lacon Journal
Putnam County
Putnam
Magnolia
Mt Palatine
Granville
Hennepin
Palmer
Cunningham
Princeton
N. Bodin
Bureau Junction
Putnam Record
Santa Fe
Peoria
Warsaw
la Harpe
Burlington
Cenaua
Illinois
Grundy
Kankakee
Livingston
Logan
McLean Mason
Mataball
Tazewell
Wilf
Woodford
Sparland Coal Co
Lacon
T. E.C. Wheeler Paper Co
Penzia 6
Wheeler & Paper Stock Co
J A. Waterhouse
Chillicothe Paper Co
New Stock Company
Frank Cantello
Bradford
Charles Ong
Evans Township
Venona
Bailey
Princeton Republician
Macomb Journal
Patrick White
James Haskell
Tiskilwa
Burgess Bros
Meadow Lawn
Galesburg
Moore Farm
Leigton
Hunt
Rand
Hutt
Aleo
I. N. Meredith
Monticello
Pullman
Harvey
Lacon—Stire & Gell
Mra Gell
Lacon Bank
G. W. Willey
Wenona
Gibson City
Lake Erie & Western
Bloomington
Streator
Minera
Saga
Journal
Ira M. Ong
Glee Club
Edwards
Sanda
Bane
Barnes
Cook
Todd
Little Brells
Geof Bane
Pha Law
Flora Thomas
Barbara Fritche
Miss Halsey
John Grieves
McGloty