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Illinois News Roundup on Lincoln Tomb and State Progress
Springfield Mayor J Emil Smith defends Lincoln tomb in good repair amid reports of neglect. Governor Small touts Illinois role in industry and maps progress with new topographic map while urging hard road expansion, miner and dairy talks, and state ward care improvements amid planned convention in Marion and road hearings across the state.
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Abraham Lincoln
J. Emil Smith
Springfield
Helen Reese Keller
Highland Park
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National Daughters of the Grand Army of the Republic
Tlmens
Iowa
Lincoln
Smith
Illinois
Small
Western Society of Engineers
Chicago
Governor Small
United States Geological Survey
Imnois State Dairymen’s Association
Marion
Stillman J. Stanard
Stanard
Carrallten
Carlinville
Carrellten
Carrollton
A. S& Cuthbertson
Bunker Hill
Robert Whitely
M. E. Bray
Litchfield
Cartinville
Kampsville
Princeton
Tiskilwa
Bureau County