Drainage Commissioners Tour Illinois Valley Pipeline Plan
Drainage Commissioners toured the Illinois River route from La Salle to Alton to gauge valley conditions and reassure locals about a lower river waterway linked to a Gulf to Great Lakes project. Prominent Chicago figures and officials joined, with President Frank Wenter and engineers outlining the scheme and cost to acquire right of way and advance construction.
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Illinois Valley
Chicago
Gulf of Mexico
Great Lakes
Joliet
Lake Michigan
Eingr.Ward
la Salle
Alton
Henry
York
City of
Peoria
LaSalle
Frank Wenter
J. J. Altpeter
William Boldenweck
Lyman E. Cooley
Bernard A. Eckhart
A. P.gilmore
Thomas F. Judge
Orrin N. Carter
Tte
Isham Randolph
A. W. Weaton
E. J. Ward
J. O
Nickson
Joseph Donnersberger
T. *. Clover
Burt
Charles Rece
Lacon
Thompson
Clark J._R. Chapman
G, M. Barnes
J. H. Noel
Spencer Ellsworth
B. F. Roseberry
H. ‘Thompson
George F. Wightman
Chiliscothe
James Kinloch
Wood
William N. Mead
Joseph Fisher
Charles Dougherty
Dorman
J Jr Altpeter
Lyman E Cooley
West
Cooley
William Boidenweak
Lake View
Boernard
A. Eckhart
P. Gilmore
Chil. Heotho
National Hotel
I. Cooley
Will Indy Oni
Illinois canal plan envisions Chicago to Gulf waterway
The article details the Illinois river channel project from Chicago toward Beardstown and Peoria, outlining $2,000,000 spent by year start and $14,000,000 in contracts, aiming to complete by June 1886 with 22 feet of water. It covers funding, endorsements from city officials, and a river corridor linking the lake to the gulf, including a ceremonial voyage from Peoria and receptions in several towns.
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Chicago
Bridgeport
Illinois
Joliet
Lockport
LaSalle
Mississippi
Peoria
Isaac Taylor
Drainage Board
Worthington
Gulf
Frank Wenter
B. O. Eckhart
Lyman FE. Cooley
O. M. Carter
Ward
Cooley
Valley
Beardstown
Trusteees
Pekin
Havana
McHose
Park House
Hagener
Venter
Cooley and
Eckhart
H.H. Littlefield
Tice
Monard
Dray
Schuyler County
Condit
Judge Cummings
Milt McClure
Cad Allard
Alton
City of Peoria
Henry
Magnolia's Glories in the Forties Through Local Crafts and Travel
A. D. Wairccoms recalls Magnolia in the forties, naming wagons and blacksmiths such as Ellis Ward Culaway and Orin Whitcomb, plus carpenters Asa Cunningham and Wm Parret. He notes the Magnolia hotel run by Dr Ja ck Morille, the weekly mail from Ottawa to Washington, and figures Darwin Herrington and Bar nnum Newton.
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Magnolix
Venona Index
Bloommerton
Wenona Index
Tllinais
Magnolia
Venona
Thomas Patterson
Jarvis Gaylord
Joseph Hall
Hennepin
Grenville
Lowell
Moon's Point
Pontiac
Bloomington
Washington
Lacon
Henry
Tonica
Lostant
Wenona
Varna
Sandy Creek
Swartz
Evans
Beatty
Griffin
Beckwith
Slack
Dent
Cullom
Hunt
Colwell
Scott
Judd
Cowen
Springer
Ashley-ant- Reynolds
the Poncs
George Dent
Nelson Dougan
Ag Wa
John Dent
Joshua WiMpson
WuUeCoXco
Ngaio
Gaylord
Kersey Fell
William Brown
Thomas Simpson
M. Howard
Thomas
Hugh Alexander
Ellis Ward
James Culaway
Orin ‘Whitcomb
Slias Wright
James Burlingame
Samuel Wright
Robert “Fell
New Subscription Offer for The Henry Republican Readers
The Henry Republican promotes a year long deal for new subscribers pairing The Republican at 1.50 with Farm Journal at 0.50. It boasts 200000 subscribers nationwide, claims dense content and practical farm coverage. Sample copies available via W M Terry Elkton Ky. Also advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy through J W Lee.
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W.M. Terry
Elkton
Farm Journal and Republican Offer Free With New Subscribers
Worth Double the Money advertisement promises a slick deck of cards with 10 cents per pack, postage paid, for readers in Chicago and beyond. It touts the Farm Journal of Philadelphia and The Republican as good winter reading and offers a free subscription with purchase.
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Henry Republican
Olr
The
Farm Journal
Republican
Philadelphia
Maine
Washington
M Michigan
Texas
John Sebastian
Chicago
Farm Journal of Philadelphia
R. Qlark
DF Clark
Archer Ave
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