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Envy and Turmoil Mark 1895 Illinois News Fragments
A patchwork of notices from Rutland to Ottawa reports a man hanging himself, druggists Singer & Wheeler facing heavy liabilities, a free Christmas turkey for Ottawa's poor, a granite destruction by fire in Malden, and a Joliet steel plant shutdown amid strike rumors. Also covered: river flooding, state finances, New Year open houses, a Venice-like convenience of a flag social, and local marriage and business news in Putnam and Marshall counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hasse
Rutland
Singer
Wheeler
Peoria
Salvation Army
Ottawa
Edward Page
Gaston
Illinois
Malden
Bureaa
Illinois Steel Co
Joliet
William Vandertunk
Odell
Holland
Thompson
Pheenix
Arizona
Charles
Singer & Wheeler
Bookkespar
M.&. Church of
Hennepin
L. E
Skreel
Altgeld
Second Brigade
Fifth Regiment
Ston
Bureau
Loce 2
Hennepin Canal
Secretary of State’s Office
W. A. Kays
Sprinkleburg
Hay
Fennepin
Davenport
Devon
Walnut, Street
Asheville
North Carolina
Gerrow
Venona
F. B. Meikle
David Newburn
J.H . Weller
Phlorry
Steele -Bros
Thierry
A. Towls
Wilmington
Towle
I. Ga
Kankakee
Saya
Jamison
Republican State Central Committees
Springfield
Senator Cullom
Dick Oglesby
Peter Schertz
Metamora
Charles McGinnis
Peter Annicker
Ao Bank
Low Point
Cazenovia
Difrobes
Isaac N. Ash
Board of
OxBow
W. T. Law
Fle
Fred Taylor
Granville
Cora
Bliss
Putnam County
Hennepin Record
Taylor
Marshall County Farmers’ Institute
Wenone
Wenons
Marshall County