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A compiled update recalls Mendota Bulletin sale to H A Bates editor of the Enquirer of Chillicothe. J L Dodge of Lacon is judged insane and placed in asylum. Notables like Mayor Carter H Harrison and Hon John O Dent depart for Florida. Obituaries note Mark Ament of Pekin at 35. Marital unions Eugenie Stone and Ida M Gmelin wed. County court terms and jail conditions reported. World’s Fair costs and returns discussed. Mayor and Mrs Thompson host Thomas Burke in Lacon.
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Carter H. Harrison
Mark Ruggles
Mendota Bulletin
H. A. Bates
Enquirer of
Chillicothe
J.L. Dodge
Lacon
Hon
John, O. Dent
Florida
Mark Ament
Peoria
Pekin
Princeton
Eugenie Stone
Pantagraph
Ida M. Gmelin
Bloomington
Mr Stone
McDonough
Macomb
Walker
Canton
Snively
Daily Register
L. C. McMurtrie
Chas Casey
Lacon Democrat
Minonk
Wenona Zinc Works
Cyrus Miller
Pecatonica
Rockford
Lydia Bradley
Circuit Court
Marshall County
Grand Jury
State of
D. D
Stateler
Messrs Cumming & Co
Sparland
Locon
Lacon Journal
Fulks
Sol. Fuiks
Wenona
Sam
Jim Fuiks
Leon Fuiks
Wyoming
Ike
Jake
Dave Fuiks
Our
Chicago
J. 8. Thompson
Thomas M. A. Burke
John 8. Thompson
Albany
N. Y
Dr Burke
Father Burke
Mia Thompson
Etruria
New York City
Rome
Eastertide
Ain
Brindisi
Italy
Thompson
Bethlehem
Christ
Burke
Genera
St Joseph
Cardinal Gibbon
Europe
Lacan
Holy Land
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