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Vast 19th century notes mix politics crime and tech lore
A jumble of items from Peoria and nearby towns covers government spending on mules, a horse racing star, a tramp in Galesburg, church bids, pension law enforcement, a schoolhouse contract, local arrests, locust plagues, and a medical experiment with a dog using Murphy's Button.
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Star
Pointer
Peoria Trotting?Society
Galesburg
Putnam County
Republican Convention
Joseph W. Graff
Congress
Bradford
Spring Valley Gazette
Geo O. Huffman
E. D. Malone
Kentucky
Huffman
Illinois
Omaha
Rock Island
Henry
Bureau Junction
Bureau School
Streator
Artharleston
Jonathan Merriam
United States
Chicago
Elsie A. Montforth
Council, Bluffs In
Wm I. Montforth
Maine
Havana Harbor
Post Office Department
Diocese of
Peoria
St Bede's College
Peru
St Bede’s
Daniel Webster
Revs Linn
Gerhardy
Newport
Princeton
Bureau
Eastern Ry. Co
Etcc
Continental Trust Co
New York
Heim
Sedalia
Berg
Solomon
G. W.gale