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World Fair and local news from Henry Republican era
Spring Valley reports six more saloons this year while DePue stored 40 000 tons of ice last winter. Fifer to speak at Peoria on Decoration Day as World’s Fair attendance rises locally. Various local events include Evans Grange anniversary and Mendota missing man case. bids for Putnam county courthouse expansion. and notable mischief and civic notes across several towns.
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Spring Valley
DePue
Fifer
Peoria
Whiteside
Bureau
Stark
Putnam
Evans Grange
Wm Hart
Mendota
ATI
J. W Skinner
Magnolia
J A. Clemens
Varna
W FI Schureman
Bank At
Normal
Matthew Trimble
Princeton
Kankakee
Heenanville
Streator
Hennepin Canal
Wyanet
H Robinson
Milo
Jacksonville
Manufacturers
Art
Jacob Sornberger
Spring Bay
Williams
Chicago
Putnam County Court House
Sing Lee
Bac Wah
Wenona
Cler
Internal Revenue
Journal
Senate
J. H. Widmer
Parenta
Wiswell
Galesburg
Ottawa Republican Times
H. Ll. Hoover
Canton Masonic Insurance Company
Modern Woodmen
Madrero Woodmen
First National Bank of
Toluca
C.J. Devlin
W. W. Twist
James McGoonigle
T. C Colehower
C.H. Gun Bar
J. E. Porterfield
C J Devlin
W W. Twist
D. M. Woodfeller
John W Parker
Mra
Laura McWright
George
James McWright
He ‘Bacor
J C Mountjoy
Mellie Bishop
Rosa Sands
Kate Riley
Julia Green
Lulu Short
Jennie Martin
Marshall County
John 8. Thompson
Illinois
St Louis
Quincy
Mra Thompson
London
Lacon
The
Lacon Home Journal
J. G. Irving