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Illinois Times letters urge civic duty and warn on taxes
A column of letters and comments urges readers to support the town and state, criticizing wartime travel, stamp taxes, and political spats. It quotes remarks by W. W. Marsh, Senator Jones, and a Democratic congressman, while praising postal savings and parcel post advances and denouncing rural mail service changes. A civil suit is filed against John R. Welch and Mrs Welch over alleged liquor sales at the Dayton hotel.
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