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Illinois News Roundup From The Dixon Sun
A compilation notes 400 million dollars in government funds, Q A Carpenter facing $10,000 bail for murder, Parnell paying $65,000 in mortgage debts, suffrage movement gains in Washington territory, Illinois taxes set at 32 cents per hundred, and Illinois Central Railroad profits with a 10.6 million gross this year. It also reports on Irish recruitment, theatre critics, and miner John Mackey’s quip about mining risks.
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