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John Doe Boyd, Unknown - Nov 28, 1993
“I am a little nervous about singing this one. But I have to.,” said Mary Chapin Carpenter before ending her May 17, 1997 concert at the Peoria Civic Center Theatre with...
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Octave Alexandre Chanute, Father of Aviation
Born Feb 18, 1832 in Paris, France, he came to America at the age of six, eventually making his way to Peoria where he married Annie Riddell James and had seven children together. During...
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Juliette Whittaker, 1926-2007
When Richard Pryor met Juliette Whittaker, misfit met misfit, and interlocked. Whittaker was the head of the Carver Center’s theater program and the Center’s resident bohemian — the...
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J.P. Schnellbacher & sons, boots & shoes
“Schnellbacher Mausoleum is of Classical design with smooth faced limestone on three sides and rustic limestone on the rear. The rear facade includes a window. There is a continuous...
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Franklin Corning: 1851-1915
“No American distiller before or since has ever been faced with the death and destruction that plagued Franklin Tracy Corning during an period of just over five years when three...
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Three die in Illinois River drowning
Clarence Edwin DanielsMar 3, 1899 – Sept 2, 1940 (41 yrs) Beulah Faye DanielsDec 28, 1926 – Sept 2, 1940 (13 yrs) Jay Larry DanielsFeb 27, 1930 – Sept 2, 1940...
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