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Rain prayers, windfall pensions, flood tales from Illinois
The column lists pensions including Lorenzo D. Vandusen of Lacon at six dollars monthly, Illinois to receive 2,200,000 from U. S. for Civil War claims, and notes a rich mix of local notes from Richland township to Bartonville. It mentions Kunkle farm sale to Conrad Held for 390.50, a Lacon inquest for accidental drowning, and political and civic updates from Peoria to LaSalle.
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Lorenzo D. Vandusenu
Lacon
Illinois
United States
Kunkle
Richland Township
Conrad Held
Absolom Jones
Chillicothe
Marshall County Board of Review
E. P. Harney
Momence
Kankakee
Yates
W. E. Taylor
Watertown
Bartonville
George Zeller
Philippines
Streator Free Press
Geneseo News
Henry L. Kiner
Arena
Kiner
Post Office Department
Bradford
Stark County
Isaac C. Edwards
Republican State Central Committee
Peoria
Travis Davis
Lacon Road
Sparland
R. H. Maxwell
Colby University
W. W. Stetson
Stetson
Rock Island
Joliet
Board of Education
LaSalle High School
Margaret Duncan
John
Charles Wells
O. P. Carroll
Putnam
Hennepin
L. F. Boyle