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Prospective street railway and local notices across Illinois
Local and state items report excitement over a prospective street railway in Monmouth, a near-complete new courthouse in Pike county, and a series of community events. The missives mention farm yields, mine roof settlements causing shocks near Wenona, a 75-foot bridge contract, large orchard harvests, injuries, school closures over diphtheria, a ghost in Canton, a murder case stay, a public school fire in Elmwood, and civic improvements in various towns.
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Monmouth
Pike County
Wenona
H. D. Dougherty
Canton
Coppers Creek
Orionto
A. V. Conover
Bradford
Mississippi
Minoak
Elon Steer
Penn Township
Stark County
Earl
John Liggett
Mattoon
Illinois
Albert Wallace
Pekin
Belle Bowlby
Supreme Court
Newsam Bros
Elmwood
Ottawa Republican
Republican Times
Grant Brothers
Garfield
Ropolo
Toluca
Starved Rock
Patrick Delaney
Northwestern
Spring Valley
Ottawa
Ilinois River
Hennepin
Samuel Farnberg
Mendota