East Side Rail Line May Be Built This Year
The Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis Railway may construct an east side line from Chicago through Aurora La Salle Hennepin Henry Lacon to Veolia within the year. H. F. Cherry leads the project with backing from capitalists and possibly a western railroad system. Spring Bay granted forty feet frontage on Lake street and right of way through town with a depot to be erected. work to begin after frost. A city official donated ground for the depot and other towns in Woodford county lie along the route.
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East Side
Spring Bay
Chicago, Milwaukee
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Chicago & Great Western
Woodford
Marshall
Lake Street
Cherry
Capt
A. C. Zeller
Lacon
Spring Valley
Hennepin
Fishing Under the Ice Profitable Illinois Seine Season
Professional fishermen on the Illinois River report no ice disruption to seining for the first time in years. The Illinois fish commission permits under ice seining, and by Monday last the season had remained uninterrupted and profitable.
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Illinois River
Illinois Fish Commission
Jamaican Lady Endorses Chamberlain Cough Remedy
Mrs. Michael Hart wife of the superintendent of cart service at Kingston Jamaica West Indies says she has used Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for years for coughs croup and whooping cough and finds it very beneficial She would not be without a bottle Sold by J E B F A Powells City Drug Store Henry Ill
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Chamberlain
J. E. & F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry, III
Michael Hart
Cart Service
Kingston
Jamacia
West Indies Islands
J. Eb, & F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry, Ill
Pleasant Anderson obituary and two interments in Illinois and Pennsylvania
Mrs Pleasant Anderson born 1832 in Mononghela county West Virginia died January 13 1907 at Lone Tree near Putnam Illinois aged 74 years 10 months and 1 day. She married Abraham Anderson October 17 1850 in Dunkard Pennsylvania and moved to Illinois with relatives. She mothered ten children and again faced multiple losses including husband and several children. Funeral January 15 1901 at her home led by Rev O C Kirkham with Hebrew 18 14 as text. Burial beside her husband in Putnam cemetery.
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Pleasant Anderson
Pleasant Wright
Monongahela County
West Virginia
Lone Tree
Putnam, Ill
Pennsylvania
Abraham Anderson
Dunkard
Anderson
Daniel
Lindsey
John
Frank
Sarah Johnson
Dora Simmons
Magnolia
Christian Church
O. C. Kirkham
Tiskilwa
Putnam
Grant Bear
Oscar Bear
Plano
Simmons
Lesler
James Taliaferro
Peoria
H. M. Duncan
Toluca
Carrie Baldwin
Quincy
Mary Robinson
J. P. Anderson
Henry
John Longman
Minnie B. Swift
Eda E
Arthur W
Charles E
Blanch Holmes
Nathaniel
Harrison Allender
Keota
John Allender
Oklahoma
Nancy
Edison Phonographs Bring Family Laughs and Health
The Edison phonograph offers wholesome home entertainment promising more laughs per person per evening. It emphasizes shared enjoyment, noting fun can be varied though not always humorous, and promotes family health through happiness.
Mrs. Sarah Gregory Laid To Rest In Sugar Grove
Funeral and burial details for Mrs. Sarah Gregory of Nevinville Iowa and Henry Illinois. Born 1832 in Virginia, she left eight children two survive, including George and R H Gregory. After multiple moves she dies January 18 in Nevinville following a cerebral attack. final rites in Sugar Grove Cemetery with Rev. D S McCown officiating. Also notes family, travel to Henry and a chamber for medical ad by Bucklen's Arnica Salve.
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L. F. Davis
Keota
Sarah Gregory
Sugar Grove
Nevinville
Sarah Barrett
Virginia
Peoria County
Illinois
Francis Gregory
George Gregory
Ralston
Helen Gregory
Luke Gregory
Whitefield Township
R. H. Gregory
John Gregory
Henry
Indiana
Gregory
Marshall County
Whitefield
John Barrett
John Mohler
Iowa
G. W. Keller
Ross Gregory
Sugar Grove Cemetery
D. S. McCown
H. J. Gregory
John Blackburn
L. Clift
George Wabel
Thomas Monier
Carter
Peoria
CG. L. Loomis
Doan's Kidney Pills Backed By Peoria Woman
Mrs. J. Braun of 115 Hewitt Street Peoria Illinois says her kidney trouble caused back and hip pain and fatigue in damp weather. After using Doan's Kidney Pills she reports improvement and recommends them. For sale by all dealers 50 cents Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sale agents for the United States Remember the name Doan's and take no other.
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Dean
J. Braun
Hewitt Street
Peoria
Ill
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan
Peoria Asylum Seeks One Million for Improvements
Dr Zeller asks for 1 160 000 but state board trims to 1 000 000 for Illinois Asylum for the Insane at Bartonville to house 3 000 inmates, add land and 10 to 20 new cottages, and build a fire proof hospital, making it the wests largest facility pending Governor Deneens approval.
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Dr. Zeller
Illinois Asylum For the Insurable Insane
Bartonville
State Board of Charities
Deneen
George A. Zeller
Springfield
Zeller
Administration earns praise for humane asylum care
The Peoria Star notes under Dr Zeller’s leadership the asylum has advanced to be among the world’s most progressive. Humane care replaces restraint with tact and kindness, reducing state costs as the governor approves the significant funding and the superintendent runs the institution in a careful businesslike manner.
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Dr. Zeller
Peoria Star
Electric Bitters Proclaimed Cure for Back and Kidney Trouble
J R Blankenship of Beck Tenn touts Electric Bitters as a proven cure for back and kidney distress after relief from several bottles. The remedy is sold under guarantee at Powells City Drug Store in Henry Ill for 50 cents.
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J. R. Blankenship
Beck, Tenn
J. E., & F. A. Powells City Drug Store
Henry, Ill
Taxes due Henry township collector announces deadline
The collector of Henry township has received the books and receipts and is ready to receive all taxes due. Time expires March 10 and collections must be rapid. Office at GC B. Smith's grocery store. Frank Dennis, Collector. 1-17-1f
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Henry Township
B. Smith’s
Frank Dennis
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Bureau
Louis R. R
Texas
The
Maple City
Maple City Soap Works
Monmouth
Ilinois
J.O. Hill
First National Bank
Marshall, Putnam
Bureau Counties
Saratoga
Charles Clifford Doran
Undertakers
Kline
Corner
Edward and
Second Streets
United States Burial League
Edison
Edison Phonograph
Davis Sewing Machine
Duke Bros
Edward Street
Henry, Illinois
John Kemp
Ousfield
Bucklen
J. E. & I. A. Powells City
Henry, Il
Peoria Asylum
Jansen
Joosten
Joseph Konrad
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