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Pensions rise and rail plans in sparsely reported pages
John McGillick of Sparland sees his pension rise to twelve dollars monthly while Spring Valley merchants push plans for the Three I railroad to the city. Assessments list land values in Whitefield and Saratoga townships totaling over 600 thousand dollars, with various other local notes on printing, commerce, fishing, and public works.
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John McGillick
Sparland
Spring Valley
Whitefield Township
Saratoga Township
Henry Republican
Rollen Travis
M. F. Hillabrand’s
Tonica News
Bardolph News
Peoria
W. E. Main
Canton
Philippines
Fslands
W. T. Woolley
William Woolley
M. E. Church
Medical Department
Harvard
Providence
R. I
Phoenix
Chillicothe
Iinois Boxboard Company
K. L. Wood
Lewis H. Wood
Frank Loren
Chicago Record-Herald
Rochelle & Southern Railway Co
Ladd
la Salle
Depue
Granville
Eden Township
Maywood
Cook County
Chicago & Northwestern Railroad
Tommy
Goose Face
William Blue Cloud
Mrs High Bear
St Louis
Chicago
Illinois River
Greer College
Hoopeston
Marshall County
Ethel Davin
Belle Plain
King Edminster
la Prairie
Roscoe Belsley
Richland
Deer Park Glen
Starved Rock
Lacon
Tazewell County
Pekin Tribune
Rock Island
Kansas City
Colorado
Chicago-St Louis
Hamlin
Boards of Supervisors
Lee County
Walter B. Merriman
Adolf Schoof
Fred Schoof
Varna
Pearl Antrim
Rudolph
May Tucker
Charles Antrim
Smith
Louieville
Brandonsville Star-Gazette
Lee Minier
Lazewell County
George W. Minier
R. B. Minier
Keeley Institute
Dwight
L. Minier
Minier
Horace Minier
Waco
Tex
Foff
George
Thomas Milner
North
Middle West
Wisconsin
Henry
A. L. Hupp
Michael Murray
Frank Baer
Supreme Court
Marshall County Teachers Institute
Lacon School
Perry
Joseph Carter
Champaign
William Radenbough
Margaret EB. Brooks
Springfield
Georgia Ford
Jordan
Palestine
Methodist Church
Ottawa