The Illinois and Michigan Canal’s Rise and Fall
The Illinois and Michigan canal once linked Chicago to La Salle as a major 96 mile artery for western commerce with busy boat traffic through 1870. Shallow depths limited capacity to four and a half feet, and railroads eclipsed it, turning the canal into a political instrument while fleets dwindled to occasional grain cargoes. Envelopes by the package or box, single, So, Also note paper and writing tablets and pens at this office.
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Ilinois and
Michigan Canal
Illinois
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Chicago River
Bridgeport
la Salle
Peru
Red Line
Green Line
St. Louis
Chicago
Putnam County Announces Republican Gubernatorial Tickets
George W. Hunt enters the race for County Superintendent of Schools Putnam county on the Republican ticket subject to primary voters April 28 1906 BH Wonser also announces candidacy for County Treasurer on the Republican ticket subject to primaries on April 28 1906.
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Putnam County
George W. Hunt
E. Wonser
Sheriff Candidate for Putnam County on Republican Ticket
Jasper Cecil announces candidacy for Sheriff of Putnam County on the Republican ticket. Primary election set for Saturday April 28, 1906.
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Putnam County
Jasper Cecil
Magnolia society notes and town events brief
Magnolia items report visiting relatives and callers from Iowa and nearby towns. A coroner visit to Granville is noted along with a murder missive about local obituaries and a school program preview. A rail wreck near Clear Creek bridge injures no one. seven cars derailed with coal rails into the creek.
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Wm. McKirgan
Iowa
Hattie Hillabrand
Henry
Ennis Dakin
Ben Brent
J. D. Miller
Ladd
Elmer Wells
Magnolia
F .C. Taylor
Granville
C. F. Morphew
Chicago
Will Potter
Charles Johnston
Leonore
C. F. Taylor
Wm. Moffitt
Washburn
Frank Zenzen
Oscar Curtis
Lostant
George Hillabrand
Ottawa
Ladies’ Aid Society
Bell
H. B. Ramage
Clarence Ray
Hennepin
Percy McWhorter
Cole
Rachel Frank
Jane Bobbitt
Jono M. McNabb
Benjamin J. Fyffe
Joe
Magnolia Masonic Hall
Albert Swanson
Albert
Board of Trustees of Schools
Magnolia Township
J. A. Kays
Hunt
Clear Creek
Magnolia Church Announces Sunday Services March 4
On Magnolia charge the Sunday schedule lists Strawn with Sunday school at 10 a.m. and preaching at 11 a.m. Magnolia offers Sunday school at 10 a.m. Epworth League gathers at 6:30 followed by preaching at 7:30. Dr. Weathers leads the Epworth Sunday evening topic A Life of Unselfish Ministration. Revival continues with 24 joiners. Evening service time shifted half an hour later.
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Magnolia
Strawn
Epworth League
Dr. Weathers
McNabb Residents Sponsor Chautauqua Venue and School Dedication
Will Cole sold property and moved to Ohio while Princeton visitor John M. McNabb came through town. Prohibitionists met to choose the chautauqua site at McNabb. Meetings, a new school dedication, and a county superintendent visit followed amid bad roads and two train wrecks near town.
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Hunt
Mabel Carney
Marseilles
Ethel McNabb
Princeton
Princeville
John Holmbeck
Minnesota
Holmbeck
Abel Mills
Morris Wilson
Emma Price
Mattie Mills
Chicago
J. GC. Sutherland
Missouri
Community News and Notes from Putnam County
Miss Bertha Grivey visits relatives in Ransom while J M Hannum attends a Freeport Mason school. John A Kays of Oxbow dies after illness. tributes praise his honesty and upright character as Putnam County mourns. Road conditions worsen after recent rains and rural carriers consider air travel to complete routes. Arthur Keithley Pere attorney faces possible disbarment per Commissioner McCullough. only one case spared.
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Bertha Grivey
J. M. Hannum
Freeport
Wm. Curtis
Cleo
Roscoe Phillips
Roy Kreger
Ja Business College
Bloomington
Lostant
N. J. Hillabrand
Charles Barr
Silas Kreger
Fred Hagg
Ed Grivey
Herman Myers
Streator
Texas
Mr. Abbott
John Giles
Putnam County
John A. Kays
Mr. Kays
Oxbow
J. H. Kays
M. B. Kays
George Hartenbower
Tonica
McCullough
Arthur Keithly
Peoria
Keithley
Local Hardware and Farm Equipment Catalog Ad
A long seller list promotes Single and Double Fan Seeders Moline and Peru Disks Harrows Sulkies Planters Wagons and more. It notes heating stoves bob sleds tank heaters and over a thousand other items with summer pricing appeal.
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Moline
Peru
la Crosse
Morrison
Avery
Heath & Millagan
Wright & Hill
Baum
Waverly
Boss
Peoria
Simplex
Imperial
Ideal
Garland
Lisk Emanel
Eliott Anti-Trust
Porter-Myers & Bushnell
Diamond
Drainage board ordered to pay deadly fees in $750 judgment
A Peoria court awarded $7,500 in attorney fees to plaintiffs Graff and Curran in a case over flood damage to land 30 miles southwest of Peoria on the Illinois River. The original verdict was $750 after a month of trial. An appeal is planned.
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The
Drainage Board
Chicago
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Green
Peoria
McCormick
Joseph Graff
W. R. Curran
Peoria County
Always Keeps Chamberlains Cough Remedy at Home
A Lowry City editor testifies that Chamberlains Cough Remedy is kept in his house and used at once to check colds. It is praised for preventing and curing croup in children when given early. Sold at Powells City Drug Lore in Henry Illinois. Subscribe for The Republican.
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Chamberlain
W. W. Kearney
the Independent
Lowry City
J. B. & F. A. Powells City Drug Lore
Henry
Ill
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R. WW. Spenger
Magnolia, Ill
R. W. Spencer
Strauss Bros
Sivell & Defenbaugh
Magnolia Bank
Robert G. Dakin, M. D
O. F. Taylor, M. D
J. M. Downey
Massie
W.H. Weathers
Chicago Veterinary College
Lash Place
Ramage House
Magnolia Central
Magnolia Department
J. A. Ward
Henry Republican
Magnolia Personals
Morphew Hardware Co
Ili
New York
Susan B. Anthony
State House
Indianapolis
Daniel E. Storms
Fred Simms
Frankfort
Storms
River Falls
Wis
Julia Ward Howe
Beacon Street
Boston
Senate
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas
Indian Territory
California
Sage Brush
Kansas City
Santa Fe
Milwaukee & St. Paul
San_ Francisco
Rock Island & Pacific
Chicago & Alton
Union Pacific
Hays & Gale
Nick
Clemen
Ragnol
Republican
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