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Illinois State News Roundup Hits Many Local Incidents
A lengthy Illinois state news digest reports a wide range of events from graveside deaths to accidents, crimes, fires, and public concerns. Notable items include the death of Mrs. Jean Lindsey in Lilly, Tazewell County. a broken rail derailment near Lilly injuring Jacob B. Smith Sr.. Elmer Vestal held on robbery charges in Rockford. mill incidents at Carmi. political pushes in Jacksonville seeking a grand jury probe. a string of business failures in Chicago and Lincoln. public health notices on game laws and smallpox prevention. engine and mill fires. a large Sangamon County poorhouse census. a farmhouse fire near West Libertyville. and various assaults, drownings, and weather-related mishaps across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jean Lindsey
James Lindsey
Lilly
Tazewell County
Kentucky
Indianapolis, Bloomington & Western
Jacob B. Smith
Bloomington
Elmer Vestal
Rockford
Staley & Zeigler
Carmi
White County
George Woolheater
Morgan County
Jacksonville
Epler
Circuit Court
Barnes
Louis Schott
Chicago
George C Schrieber
Lincoln
8. C. Wilson & Co
Olney
Moline
Rock Island County
JH. Wilson
Rock Island
Sangamon County
James Milaughlin
Beoth Presbyterian
Argyle
Winnebago County
William Pummel
Vandala
Fayette County
William Lawler
Pummel
Murphy
Marshall
Bar House
Bellevue
Calhoun County
John Beatty
Pulaski
Hamilton
State Board of Health
Methodist Episcopal Church
Tinos State Fish Commission
George Henebeck
William Picquett
Mr Crane
Carrolltown
Greene County
Picquett
Henebeck
Conrad Free
Springfield
Ohio & Mississippi Railroad
Mount Pulaski
Logan County
Carlyle
Clinton County
Illnois
Taylorville
Christian County
James A. Reed
J. H. Potts & Son
Collinsville
Madison County