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Local and state items from the Illinois papers
Local and state items cover a fair in Tiskilns with 496.31 raised, mumps in La Prairie township, a penitentiary verdict for Spring Valley miners, city debt and canal surveys, Thanksgiving proclaimed, grand jury indictments, Congressman's lodging in Washington, fires at Wenona, Toluca saloon action, a Bloomington marriage plea, and various civic matters including rail eye inspections, canal closures, long-lived residents, insurance law opinions, notable deaths, earthquakes, bridge efforts, traveling feats, Granville lectures, and water projects along the Illinois River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiskilns
la Prairie Township
Spring Valley
Hennepin Canal
Henry County
Altgeld
Iroquois County Grand Jury
Edwin Beara
Watseka
Iroquois County Times
Congressman Graff
Pekin
Fredonia
Washington, D.C
Will
Wenona
Toluca
August Perona
Journal
Bloomington
Bulletin
Henderson
Bureau County
House of Representatives
W. B. Powell
Lacon Democrat
St Francis Hospital
Peoria
Cr.i.& P
Ottawa
Pete News- Herald
Chicago & Alton
Transportation Department
Illinois and Michigan Canal
Bridgeport
la Salle
Joliet
A. W. Wood
Kewanee and
Illinois
Charles W. Young
Toulon
West Jersey
Stark County
Lewis Snyder
Henry
G. A. Francis
J. H. Scott
Chicago
Hennepin
Illinois River
Princeton
Green Bay
St Louis
Granville
Temple Quartette
George Kennon
Burdette
Herj
Cumming Bros of
Sparland
Iliff
Thompson
Women’s Relief Corps of
Ilinois
Trowbridge
Wilmington
Lacon
Lake Michigan
Spring Bay