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Hennepin County News Highlights and Local Events
Henry Republican reports Wenona fair premiums reissued while the Hennepin Record marks 20 years. Notices cover stalls, a horse sale preview, and a Santa Fe depot project in Chillicothe. Courthouse notes 12 divorces amid commentary on hastily chosen partners. Granville grade issue and ongoing Hennepin railroad survey noted.
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W. D. Decker
Wenona
Lacon
Minonk
Northwestern Railroad Company
Granville
Spring Valley
Northwestern
Putnam County Teachers’ Institute
Hennepin
M. Boyer
Decatur
Decatur, and Miss the Crouch of Henderson County
May Campbell
Mary A. Wilson
Magnoda School
Dixon College
Normal Park
Miss Wilson
Acon Journal
Illinois
Mark Kays
Whitaker
Henry
Kaye
Henning