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Turbulent 1898 Illinois notices and memorial day prep
A roundup of local items from Putnam and surrounding counties includes a dog law scare in Rutland after a farmer killed eleven hounds, church anniversaries and fairs in Wyoming, election notes in Toluca and Princeton, bridge projects on the Mississippi canal, and Memorial Day plans with soldiers en route to Chicamauga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stitt
Strong
Sampson
Subley
Dewey
Rutland
Wyoming Congregational Church
John &. Thompson
Marshall County Sunday School Association
Toluca
Mayor Innes
B. W. Keenan
Marshall Gooley
United States
John M. Smyth
West Madison
Chicago
Board of Hducation
Savanna
Wallace
Charles Jenke
Central Illinois Conference of the Methodiat Church
Kankakee
Board of Bishops
Albion
Mich
H. W. Warren
Denver
Fifth Illinois Regiment
Chicamauga
Mississippi
O W Ayling
Gridley
Eli Ayling
New Steel Hospital
Watertown
Rock Island
Aurora
Miinois
Princeton
Putnam County
Hennepin Canal
Tiskilwa
Princeton Road
Ctc
Hennepin
Davenport
Tanner
Springfield
Army Grayback
Jim Kinlock
Chillicothe
Jim
Oregon
Ogle County
Chicamuga
Hapeman
Ottawsa
Congress
Douglas Hapeman
Peach Tree Creek
Hopeman
104Th Reg
Vola
Eorgia
War Department