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County News Roundup From Illinois Towns
Various items from Illinois counties report fires destroying stables at Spring Valley fairgrounds and a carbonate of damages, cholera fears, a large family reunion near Washburn, rail traffic into Chicago, a public school director conundrum in Ottawa, and a shooting incident in West Halleck involving Frank Gallup and John Epley with Epley jailed.
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Chicago
Evans Grange
Senachwine Lake
Farmington
Watseka Republican
Central Illinois Conference
Spring Valley Fair Grounds
Tliff
Washburn
Hawthorne
Granville
Chillicothe
Wenona Fair Association
la Prairie
la Prairie ME
Bayles
C M McCurdy
Christian Church
Toulon
Boulder
Col
Streator
Harrison
Whitelaw Reid
Fifer
Carthage
Tom Camp
Lewis A Thomas
Henry Public Schools
la Salle
Pittsburg
J Kohler
Venona
Independence
Iowa
Membrane George
State Board of Health
Henderson
Bradford
Princeton
Lou Burk
Bloomington
Burgess Bros
Mhiro Horges
English Trust
Wenona Peach
Wenona Albert
Alton
Alton Coal Exchange
Chicago & Alton Railroad Company
Chicago and Alton
Stockdale
Lincoln
Ottawa
Frank Gallup
West Hallock
Peoria County
Peoria Daily Transcript
West Halleck
John Epley
Eply
Thore
Epley
Gallup
Eploy
Callup
Ciallup
CIA
Lodge of Knights of Pythias