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Benjamin Publican and Local Business Notes in County and Vicinity
A compendium of short items from Beninatepublican and nearby, including Stephen Cornell Jr starting a bakery and restaurant in Greenfield Town, railway service on the Santa Fe line, Robert Green planning a 40,000 bushel grain elevator near Lawn Ridge, and multiple local business moves. Mentions of Shire stallion sale to Mercer county, a Dr A Wilmot burial in Blue Ridge, Lacon Journal mishap with typesetting, and social events from Venona and Demovers to Geneseo Republic notes on local elocutionist Miss De Voo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Cornell, Jr
Greenfield
Santa Fe
Chicago
Fort Madison
Robert Green
Sante Peatdlestem
Lawn Ridge
Charles Root
Jacob Clemmer
Rinto
Trini- Colorado
Law Prairies
Burgess Bros
Mercer County
Pennsylvania
A. Wilmot
St. Paul
Minn
Blue Ridge
C.W. Carroll
W.C. Endsley
Lacon Journal
Capt Brown
Springfield
Venona
Sean
TD. E. Thomas
Bob
Lords of Creation
Lacon
Dr Thomas
Hennepin
Geneseo Republic
de- Voo
Fridaternoon
Laboo E
Three_Parsons
Wee Jeemsey
Gum Vhewers