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Illinois News Snaps From La Salle to Peoria
The La Salle school board levies 12500 for a new reform school building in Pontiac. Reports note oats yields around 40 to 70 bushels near Champaign and Pana and a fire at Canton destroying 15 buildings with about 40000 loss. Crown distillery at Pekin to be rebuilt after March fire. Eureka’s John Paughburn dies aged over 96 leaving 25000 estate. State Auditor Swigert cites total state taxable property at 756,422,291.
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la Salle School Board
Reform School
Pontiac
Champaign
Pana
Dan McCook
Elmwood
Henry
Canton
Hss Crown Distillery
John Paugburn
Eureka
Swigert
77Th Illnois Infantry
Peoria County
la Salle
Peru
Dakota
Wyoming
Stark County
Kane County
Union
Pontiac Free Trader and Observer
Campbell Press
Peoria Distillers
Galesburg
J.A. Berry
Kickapoo Township
Gershom Martin
Peoria Freeman
G.A R
la Salle County
Ottawa
Watteke
G. W. Gue
Onarga
Central Illinois Conference
Chicago
Chicago Driving Park Association
Stephen Martin
Chillicothe
Peoria
Bill Post
J.L Lighthad
Decatur
Judge Grier