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Peoria government costs and area schooling notes
A tally of city expenses shows Peoria spends 234000 yearly on running government. Reports note Washburn and Utica high schools graduating small classes this year. Other items cover World’s Fair post office activity, Spring Valley census, and local business notices, with several regional deaths and events including a balloon wedding plan and a fatal ice railway accident.
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Peoria
Washburn High School
Utica
Marseilles
Keeley
Levi
Wilcox
Internal Revenue
Illinois
Deacon Reeve
Ilinois
Princeton
H. A. Bates
The
Chillicothe Enquirer
Fremont
Ohio
Hattie BE. Rice
Advocate
Greenville
Bond County
Ill
Canton
Beithold Reentz
Kickapoo
Peoria County
Springfield
Charles F.mills
J. N. Reece
N. D. Richmond
Dunlap
Canal Atreat
la Salle
Ezekiel
Henry
Columbia Park
Metamora
Metamora Company
Bulletin
Richardson
la Salle Tribune
Joliet
Elgin
Chicago and St. Louis Electric Railway
Jonathan Street
Wenona
Street
Post Office Department
John 8. Thompson
Lacon
I. N. Ireland
Washburn