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Population of Benny Republican and local notes in Illinois
The Benny Republican reports a Chicago population of 1 695 700 with a year rise of 60 000 and mentions Knoxville Myrtle Hopper aged 13 fatally burned, Mrs Adolph Schuneman of Princeton fatally burned by a kerosene lamp, and various local events from Peoria baseball to Eureka College fire. It notes Governor Altgeld's near death, factory plans in Ottawa, and Oglesby tributes amid state affairs.
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Chicago
Galesburg
Knoxrile
Myrtle_Hopper
Adolph Schuneman
Princeton
L. E. Miley
Henry
London
Paris
Odell
Board of Supervisors
McLean ‘County
Peoria
Peoria Nine
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Frank Holmes
Eureka College
Geo E. Morrow
IlHinois State University
Agricultural College of Oklahoma
Andrew Kelley
Saratoga Township
Hedding College
la Prairie Center
Southern Illinois State Normal University
James Kirk
Woodford County
Riverside Park
Havana
T. Dewitt Talmage
Sam Jones
Carlos Martyn
W. J. Bryan
W. E. Mason
N.C. Dougherty
National Teachers Association
Denver
Dougherty
Illinois
Altgeld
Camp Lincoln
Ottawa
CJ Ly
John Gallup
Chillicothe
John Burke
Burke
Fred G. Waggoner
Copperas Creek
Board of Canal Commissioners
Luavi M. Donnelly
Waggoner
Battle Creek
Mich
Florida
Lock and Canton
Donnelly
William Babcock
Canton Register
Eureka
Watseka Republican
Peoria Journal
Springfield
Oglesby
Lincoln Monument Association