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Illinois Agriculture and Local Notes From Late 1880s
Illinois tobacco yields per acre and total crop value are reported, with details on sales and buyers. Local deaths, marriages, railroad accidents, land deals, and public notices from towns like Wenona, Varna, Lacon, and Mattoon are summarized, including stock, weather, and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minoak
Wenona Gazette
J. Morgan Williams
Putnam
Iowa
Illinois
Deacon Hayslip
Granville
Burgess Bros
Abillicothe Paper Co
Bulletin
Linois Paper Co
Marseilles
Florence E. Weatervelt
Reuben Broaddus
Varna
Whitefield
Lacon Township
W. Parker
Kankakee
la Balle
Aledo
Chicago Board of Drainage Commissioners
Capt Forristall
Hennepin
Leadville
Colo
J. W. Evans
Evans
Rutland
August Baiblock
Chenoa
Marshall County Horticulture Society
EB. R. McKinney
Chas Rowley
George W. E. Cook
Mr. Sorenson
F. G. Gale
la Prairie Township
Liwn Ridge Congregational Church
New Boston
David Wilson
Castleton
Kangas
Seeley Farm
Morria Post
Litta
Don VonElaner
Bloomington
Haverly and Gorman
DeMolay
Paris
Grand Pacific Hotel
Chicago
America
Levi Z. Leiter
Homer McVey
Farmers’ Institute
Princeton
H. K. Smith
Oliver VII
Parmers
Wenona Fair Association
Peoria
Peoria Decatur & Evansville Road
Timeis River
O'Brien
Lewis
Neville Fast
Urbana
James Vick
Rochester
Rociery
New York
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Vick
Vicks
E. D. Parks
Bamberger & Abraham
Bamberger
Parks
Pontise Free Trader
Mattoon Gazette
Wabash Avenue
Lehman
Mattoon
East End