Republican era notes and local happenings in Edgar County
A 1868 weekly note lists Joho Schofi id at Springfield for Supreme Court, Charles Kirpy missing a child in Douglas Town, and obituaries. It mentions a Danville to Chicago railroad project, a 17 January meeting with Booth and Tarlan, health updates, maple syrup weather, and the state hospital Biennial Report. It covers local dances, a forest bill race, remarks on local politics, and various minor incidents around Paris, Edgar County, and surrounding towns.
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the Times
Chicago
Danville and Vincennes
Danville
Edgar and
Chirk
Paris
Crawford
Edgar
Vermillion
Booth
Capt. Tarlan
Marshall city notes bar pulls and housing woes
The article reports bar keepers jailed for Sabbath liquors in Marshall, one fined after a bottle of liquor was deemed whiskey. It laments slow housing growth, noting 479 private dwellings last year and 87 new business buildings, urging capitalists to build as crowds camp on the commons. It references the Gofar and Stopshort Railroad debate and cites lessons from Chicago’s map history.
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Lizzie Lockart
the Advocate
Greenville
Tis
St. Louis
Vandalia
Terre Haute
Bt. T
V&et
Newton Press
Grayville and
Malloen Road
Beacon & Blade
Oxleady
Cumberland Democrat
Radical Party
Tahoe
Iby
Lled
Bright
Marshall
Gofar
Stopshort
Marshall Theatre
Chicago
Cook County
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Heacrn
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Mrs. Doll
William Calvert
Minois State Hospital
Little Ned
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E. L. Cole
Jeff
Carlton
Broadway
New York
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Ar & Baby
Ighioet
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Archer House
National Road
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Edgar County
Times
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Elbridge Township
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Westfiell
Cols County
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Here
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Indianapolis
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Main Street
National House
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Reynolds
Bernard
Lizzie Reynoups
Bland
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Wabash Township
Clark County
West
Jacx W. Wrer
Christian Church
Tux Clark
County Medical Society
F. H. Jexninas
Rowe
Main St
Ind
Stone
Furst
Terre Haute Ind
Reid
Rockville
Massachusetts
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Essie
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Blackburn
Haseng
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Ilinois
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North Range
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County Court
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Marshal
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Jroceries & Provisions
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Queens
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