Jail Fire Follows Jailhouse Rescue in Henry
A sharp Saturday night blaze broke from a jail cell to engulf the nearby Hanna Wagon Works and attached sheds. Den nis Murphy and William Crozier, jailed after trouble with Marshal Bush, set the fire, destroying the wagon works and parts worth thousands while others helped evacuate and fight the flames.
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Henry
Msherman
Marshal Bush
Dennis Murphy
Wm Crozier
Peoria
Calaboose
Stevens
Sal
Hanna's
Hanna Wagon ‘Works
O'Brien
Oliver Tinker
Frank Forbes
Western Insurance Co
Toronto
Canada
R. HH
Waterfall
Honno
Gantic Joss
Aubdulog
Grand Fourth Parade At Lookout Mountain G A R Featured
The Glorious Fourth parade in the city will include Lookout Mountain G A R members with Gord Diehl and light artillery. Martial music from the Atbe Heonury Cornet Band and fife and drum will accompany the event. Local business firms sign to join the Grand Trade Procession and a 100 yard sprint with an $80 purse aims to draw national contestants, inviting farmers with slow mules to enter.
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Lookout Mountain Post
Gord
J. Diehl
W. Zimmerman
J. Watercott & Co
Wm Stover & Co
O'Banion Bros
Henry Vogelsang
H. J. Gregory
Smith & Brown
Smith & Bouton
John Stein
Geo Burt, Jr
Fred ‘Bhuris
Win Duke
B.A. Kine
Warren Harrington
Agnes, Lane & Co
A. W. Kilgore
J. Harrison
Frank Osbon
J. H. Jones
Nore
Protest Meeting Debates New School House Plan
A community meeting at Bickerman's Trall elected 8. P. Hill as chair and 8. Hynes as secretary to study whether to build a new school house or remodel the existing college building. Resolutions opposed the Board of Education building on lot 25 and urged an early election in school district No. 2 with a petition drive.
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Bickerman’s Trall
A. F. Powell
P. Hill
Hynes
Stoc
Board of Education
R. K. Warner
8. C. Brown
J. W. Niece
H.C. Wright
B. Yeager
Powell
C. Davis
Lloyd Homestead
College
A. Griswold
G. W. Emerick
Educuion
J. H. Jones
House
Wirt Street
Arner and Hartley
W. Niece
Griswold
Jones
Griswo
Granville Ills Gas Well Sparks Townwide Excitement
A Granville farm well drilled by Wallin and Barbour revealed coal veins 450 feet below the surface, thick mineral paints, graphite, and a gas pocket that burned with a glow like 1000 candles. Townsfolk flock to the site as real estate values rise, with Mr Henning turning down 110 per acre plus 8000 for the gas well.
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Granville
Henry Republican
Wallin & Barbour
James Henning
Illinois
Trenton
Ihro
Barbour
Ladd
Peru
Northwestern Railroad
Henning
W. AL
Marriage Notices: Thomas Carlton Weds Grace To Ete
Married at St. Josephs Catholic Church on June 20 by Rev Father Lockley. The groom Thomas Carlton of San Francisco California and the bride Grace To Ete youngest daughter of Am Poole ag.
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St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Father Lockley
Thomas Carlton
San Francisco
Cal
Grace
Ete
Mary A Hawley 78 Passes After Illness at Local Home
An obituary notes the death on June 23 at the residence of Ser fok Fox from throat cancer. Mary A Hawley aged 78 years 10 months 20 days, widow of Eli Hawley of Milo, in Bureau County. Funeral set for June 24 at the residence of the propeller Imperial, life of Bradley Hawley, owner of the steamboat Jackson.
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Henry Hawley
Louisa Jane Hawley
el Albertson
Baker
New York State
Bradle Hawley
Iennepin
Mra Hawley
Mary Bromley
Rosefield
Peoria County
Henry
Mra
Spencer
W. Becker
Hennepin
Charles Bromley
Fayette
Iowa
W D. Bromley
Hennepin Cemetery
Serfok Fox
Mary A
Eli eptey-of-Milo
Burea
Propeller Imperial
Ife
Bradley Hawley
Jackason
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Marshall County
Rush Center Daily News
G H. Kinnear
Denver
A. H. Kinnear
Terry
J. H. Kinnear
Kinnear
Ayer
Stark County Normal Institute
Wyoming
Sunerin Terident Sandham
A. B. Abbott
Bradford
Lombard University
Galesburg
Lewis E. Payson
Ddersaur
Lutana
A.M. Poola Isom
Manresa
ED Oation
J. H. Jones & Sons
Swan Lake House
Swan Lake Club
Chiscago
John Milton Oliver
G. J. Hyer
Henry, Ill
Buckeye
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Ren. McNeal
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