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Local and State Items of Septembers in Illinois
State and local notes report fairs in Magnolia Grange and Lacon races, school work in Putnam, a new pig curing machine, boxing bouts, water works projects in Galesburg, and probate of George F. Root's will. Also covered are grape crops at Nauvoo, fire bond plans in Eureka, bicycle races on Labor Day, railway developments, crime cases, and political economy notes from Carthage, Lacon, and Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Air
Springfield
Magnolia Grange
Lacon
Livingston County
T. A. Boyer
Eureka
Putnam
Myers-Boyle
Logan County
Pearl C
Galesburg
George F. Root
Chicago
Nauvoo
Carthage
Squires
Chillicothe
Ira D Cooney
J W. Butler Paper Co
George Cotton
St. Jauke’s Hospital
Ottawa
Chicago & Alton Railway
Peoria
Illinois Central Railway
Conrad Munz
Fairbury
Mark Bang
Jos Fifer
Kankakee Gazette
Chicago Commission
H Clry Merritt
A. KR. Mook
Charles H. Blow
Hinsdale
Illinois
Chicago Peoria & St Louis
U.S. Circuit Court
Stuart Brown
Pu Lic
Pekin
Havana
Jacksonville
Peoria & Pekin Union Railway
East St Louis
Rock Island
Cairo
Illinois Central
Santa Fe
Chicago & Alton
Merritt
Kewanee
Princeton Tribune
Emery C. Graves
Henry County
Blow
Graves
Geneseo