Canal and River Improve Plan Draws Governor Support
Grain men and river boat operators pressed Governor Deneen at Springfield for canal and river improvements. He endorsed funding steps to dredge and repair, noting illegal previous appropriations and promising action to keep the Illinois canal and locks navigable and productive for farmers and shippers.
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Springfield
Deneen
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Illinois River
Capt Wallace
Chicago Trust
Chicago
Joliet
Henry Jack
Canton
Henry
Marshall County
Yates
M. M. Mallory
Pontiac
George A. Hicks
Elmer Melick
Hicks
Canal Commissioners
Ottawa
Melick
Henry Lock
Memorial for Eugene H Swindler at Magnolia church
Eugene Harrison Swindler born May 16, 1847 in Pekin Ohio. moved to Magnolia Illinois 1853. physician by training who aided the ill and poor. died March 6 1905 in Varna. Funeral March 9 at M E church Varna with Rev Dudman officiating. Interment Magnolia cemetery.
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Eugene Harrison Swindler
Pekin
Warren County
Ohio
Rollin Swindler
Magnolia
Mary Alice Merrill
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Illinois
Jacksonville
Ann Arbor
Mich
Millie Marshall
Michigan
Varna
Earth
M. E
Rey Dudman
Woman’s Literary Club
Luella Broaddus
Almion Park
Grace Stateler
Adda McCuskey
Magnolia Cemetery
Joel Hans
Other Deaths Open With Obituary Notices From Henry Area
The column lists multiple obituaries and notices from Henry and nearby towns. Frank Stocking mourns his mother in Lawn Ridge aged 75, born in Strand London 1829. Barbara Waller of Philadelphia dies pneumonia aged 71, and Mrs Luke of Evans Township dies of pneumonia aged unknown. Neal Patterson dies suddenly. infant death reported. measles cited in Medearis family. Interments linked to Magnolia and Henry cemeteries.
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Frank Stocking
Bepj Vail
Leslie Wilson
Minneapolis
Minn
Lawn Ridge
the Strand
London
Eng
Frank
Milo
Adrian
Mich
Mary Murry
Edelstein
Mra Stocking
Episcopal Church
Chase
Quincy
Adam Peterman
Barbara Waller
Philadelphia
Adam
John
Grossestheim
Bavaria
Henry
Baving
Luke
Junius Brown
Venona
Charles Hannum
Arthur Swartz
Brown
Evans Township
Magnolia
Bliss
Andrew Edwards
Rock Falls
H. Z. Medearis
Putnam
Medearls
John Steele
Neal Patterson
Lyman Horrom
Neal
Ireland
Charles Griffin
Moses Perdew
Henry Cemetery
Irate Quip, Charley Hacker Hides as Peace Talks Proceed
In Granville Echo notes Charley Hacker from Lacon Journal hides out north of the river as a peace commission seeks a truce to return him to town. A hard winter is seen as good for farming though ground froze shallowly due to snow. Rey Bauman of the German Lutheran church is ill. his wife is in Germany and he’s cared for at St Mary’s hospital LaBalle.
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Powell
Bunker Hill Gazette-News
Chas Hacker
Lacon Journal
Charley
Rey Bauman
Germany
St Mary’s Hospital, la Balle
Granville Echo
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C. E. Rotley
Str
Fred Swain
Swain
Imola
LaSalle
Peoria
Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Paris
Henry Vignaud
Vignaud
Bartholomew Las Casas
Las Casas
Rich
Seville
Bartholomew
Salamanca
Isabella
Washington Irving
Jone
Avando
New World
Spain
Madrid
America
Altho
West Indies
Vigeaud
William Everett
Kimbark Ave
New Orleans
South
Magnolia Inn
Magnolia Springs
Baldwin County
Alabama
Newark
N. J
New Jersey
Marshall Downey
Hutchins-Lincoln Co
Sparland
Steuben Township
John Rameey
Rock Island
Ed Fuller
Bureau
Kinler
Geneseo News
Geneseo
Z. F. Yost
V. R. Emery Sr
Honora M. Lieh
Fish and Game Committee
Senate
State Fish and Game
D. D. Dow
U. S. Express Co
Olive
Adam Brown
Addie
Duke Bros
Chamberlain
Dr Powell
City Drug Store
Perry Dakin
I Ilinois Co-Operative Burial Association
G. W. Keller
Hettie Helper
Mortuary Record
Eugene H. Swindler
Ploy
Verna Loueze
Josephine
Virginia
Mimi
Haws
Gene
Joe Myers
Norton
Johun Shields
Lawrence Broaddus
Joe Maleham
George Myers
Mort Mortenson
Tenchi Magnolia
Henry Mills
James Price
Robi Spencer
James Thornton
William Moffatt
Alonzo Emans
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