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Local news updates and social notices from Peoria area
A mix of health notes, sales pitches, and social events. Ill children and fragile relatives appear alongside ads for washers, spectacles, pianos, rat traps, and household goods. Wedding news and congratulations share space with Harpers Magazine previews and local remarks on community life.
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J. F. Gates
Louis Weber
Turner
Humboldt
C. Chapman
Lacon
Washington
Opera Hall
8. A. Johhson
Ayer
W. G. Snyder
Lulu
Adair and Brown Company
Peoria
Chapman
E. C. Chapman
Richard Dikes
Mra Custer
St. Louis