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Illinois News Skims Loots, Libraries, Roads and Rail Plans
A roundup from Illinois towns reports six suspects arraigned for a Burlington train robbery, Lane of Quincy arrested for looting the Abingdon bank, and a Carnegie gift bid to fund a Litchfield library. Murphysboro pupils plan a February Logan birthday event to raise a monument fund. Plumibago find in Harrisburg prompts county excitement. Green river bottom drainage completes 50 mile pumping project reclaiming 200000 acres. Peoria’s Wilson Grocery clears tea tax worth 2138. Elgin fights typhoid with boiling water and cups. water safety debated. Interurban line proposed Champaign to Joliet with 60 mph trains and 2.5 million cost. Carlinville seeks state funding for a Gen John M Palmer cemetery monument.
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Mount Carroll
W. AL. Lane
Abingdon
Quincy
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Litchfield
James Bertman
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Murphysboro Township High School
John A. Logan
Logan
Murphysboro
Big Four
Harrisburg
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N. W. Ferguson
Illinois
Saline
United States
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Lee
Whiteside
Bureau
Rock Island
Meridacia
Mississippi River
Elgin
G. J. Schneider
Board of Education
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Joliet
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Danville
McLean, Livingston
Will
Carlinville
John M. Palmer
Palmer
United States Senate
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Bridgeport
New York
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