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Punctured notes on politics and canal battles in Illinois
The Henry Republican notes political maneuvering as election nears and reports on Illinois river canal struggles. It cites unpaid war claims, a bridge pump failure affecting Joliet, and battles over canal Commissioners and court decisions. It also covers storms, public gatherings, and a planned Sterling lake project with a 2 million dollar cost.
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D.‘O.'Haynes
United States Volunteers
Hoe
Tazewell
Peoria
Bridgeport
Chicago
Rosalie Haven
Wyoming
T. Lively
Josie Lively
Gray
Havana
Masonic Grand Lodge
State of
Illinois
P. Carroll
Henry Lodge
F. H. Jenks
Savanna
Art Polford
Evans Township
H. L. Monser
J. G. Evans
David Wilson
Benj Shipley
Springer
Evans Grange Bull
Joliet
Illinois River
Spring Valley
Joan Olson
Frank Spears
Pekin
Canton
Streator
Decatur
Mattoon
Ottawa
Aurora
Bureau County Grand Jury
Thomas Osborn
Walter Newton
Spring Valley Civic Federation
Inter Ocean
Supreme Court
Princeton Game and Fish Club
Goore Pond
Weto
Gan
Jennie O.' Chrisman
Milo
Herbert A. Johnson
Princeton
Milwaukee
Wis
Bureau County
Watts A. Johnson
Tadiana
Illinois & Iowa
Indiana
Continental Trust Company
New York
J. D. Oliver
South Bend
Illinois Supreme Court
Justices of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
WCTU
Central Illinois Conference Committee
Sterling
Mississippi
Hennepin
Rock River
Cogswell Island
Big Island
Long Island
Big Teland
United States
Whiteside County
Illinois and Michigan Canal