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Illinois News Roundup Mixed Local Tales and Official Moves
A compilation of Illinois notes includes a Knox county farmer buying a prize hog for 2500 dollars, church events in Lacon and Camp Grove, a new rail way right of way name, political stances on Rutland incorporation, and statewide tax rates. It also reports canal work halted, land disputes in Chicago, a Rock Island depot notice, schoolhouse counts, and a push for a state home for delinquent boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
E. H. Ware
Knox County
Fr Collins
Washington, D. C
Lacon
Camp Grove
Ilinois Central Railroad Company
Beardstown
Hennepin Canal
Illinois River
Bureau County
Lake Shore
Illinois Central Railroad
Illinois Steel Mills
Rock Island
Grand Central Station
Harrison Street
Fifth Avenue
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Illinois
Adams
Shelby
Gallatin
Hardin
Jackson
Monroe
Pope
Pulaski
Randolph
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Ancient Free and Accepted Masons
Sullivan
Robert A. Miller
Supreme Court
EK. Frank Perry
Lacon M. Fh
J. 8. Thompson
Yates
Tltines
Joliet
Minois
Mason
Tatwell