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Local notices mix with social events and wreck report in Lacon
Inland items recount social gatherings in Lacon including a cotton party at Rose's Opera House with a large crowd, a city election card event, and the North Central Illinois Teach Institute at Danville. Also reported is a wreck on the Chicago & Alton line near Crow Creek bridge injuring several riders, plus community updates on residents and officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frangelist McCoy
Baye Lacon
Ben Frost
Miss Germann
North Central Illinois Teach Institute
Danville
McNeil
Henry
L. O. Mewire
George Grieves
Marshall My
Ase
State University
M. M. Mallary
Aio
Roanoke
Mol'addin
Eld
John Mast
Monahan
Wintiff
Mast
Kane
Steves
McMaurtrie
Beendge Ploadie
Re Ramp
Mmmers
Richmond Thurstfernoon
Evanston Su
Lacon
McCoy
Rose’s
Opera House
Willis
Orchestra of
Ottawa
Bellows
McClary
Goodrich
Kunkle
Hancock
Apion Feiceters
Sand
Emory McNeil
Peoria
Chicago & Alton
Thomas Layton
Crow Creek Bridge
LaRose
Washburn
B. R. Butler
Noe Taylor
L. T
Layton
La“con Boor Etter
Alton Road
Walter Chapman
Walt