Peoria Celebrates Centennial of Peoria County
The article recalls Peoria’s growth from early Illini river village to a bustling city. Highlights include Fort Creve Coeur, 1844 incorporation, 1866 county fair, 1870 streetcars, 1872 rail link, 1884 electric lights, 1890 population 60,000, Duryea’s 1893 automobile, and the 1924 Corn Products dust explosion. Concerns for modern traffic frame the centennial celebration on September 28.
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Peoria
Populus
Illinois River
Fort Crewe
Illinois Valley City
Marquette
Joliet
Crewe
Illinois
Fulton County
Rock Island
Charles Duryea
Mississippi
Illini
Corn Products Company
Peoria County
Hall's Catarrh Medicine promotes health and relief
Hall's Catarrh Medicine offers a local ointment to relieve catarrh and an internal tonic to improve general health. The duo has been sold by druggists for over 40 years by B. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
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Hall
B. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Valley’s Bold Growth Keeps Illinois Among Union Leaders
The passage proclaims valley expansion as a pivotal step to keep Illinois at the forefront of the forty-eight state Union, emphasizing progress, unity, and regional advancement as central aims.
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Illinois
Miss Cleer Weds Carl Guenther in Ottawa Ceremony
Miss Blanche Cleer and Carl Guenther were married quietly at the Presbyterian parsonage in Ottawa at 10 Saturday morning. Rev. McCullom officiated. The bride, a teacher, and the groom, a University of Illinois graduate, will live on a farm east of Spring Valley.
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Blanche Cleer
Carl Guenther
Ottawa
McCullom
Presbyterian
Guenther
Detroit
Niagara Falls
Charles Cleer
Fifth Street
Peru
Hall Township High School
Normal
Spring Valley
Christ Guenther
University of Illinois
Property Tracts in Section 35 36 Described for Sale
Supervisor's report outlines three tracts in the Northeast Quarter of Section 35 and Northwest Quarter of Section 36, Township 15 North Range 9 East, Fourth Principal Meridian. Tract F covers about 0.92 acres. Tract C with Nancy Sailor involves about 2.89 acres. Tract B of Nordstrom details a defined parcel, with metes and bounds and curves described along section lines and radii of 746.78 feet.
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Nancy Sailor
B. F. C. Nordstrom
Eminent Domain Resolve for Precise Tract in Princeton Illinois
A 1925 Princeton Illinois board resolution orders determining compensation and acquiring via eminent domain for a described tract of land. It also approves Section 02 plans, authorizes state legal steps, and assigns attendance mileage for supervisors and officers. James Fletcher appears among attendees.
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State of Illinois
Board of Supervisors
Princeton
Illinois
Norton
Brady
Department of Public Works and Buildings
County Superintendent of Highways
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East St. Paul St
Spring Valley, Illinois
Old Salem
Kirk
Catlina
Chow Chow
Miss Cleer
Tion
Sharkey
Walker
Hopps
Conner
Sprain
Byman
Drayton
Vickrey
Calli
Becker
Seibel
Jensen
Lechner
Riva
Sulski
Bryant
Thus
Brown
Gingrich
Rawson
Thomas
Kitterman
Mason
Schertz
Splain
Atlant
Eaeeeres James Fletcher
Io An
Catalpa
John van Schaick
Third St
Cjhe Bank
Spring Valley City Bank
Chevrolet
Fisher
Michigan
IL Prices F. C
Swanson & Balestri Chevrolet Agents
West Dakota Street
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