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County and regional items from the Lacon Journal area
Local notes cover coal shaft plans at Sparland and Toluca business changes, La Salle doctors, Missouri peach sales, Toluca church dedication and confirmations, Rushville artesian well issues, a murder case discharge, beggar schemes, strawberry supply, Chicago market crops, Camp Point anecdote, Ball family landholdings, railroad labor suits, Peotone well contamination, Pioneer farm trust rumors, testing self healing tires, Metamora seat delay, Eureka county-seat dispute, oat storage expansion in Wenona, Pawpaw flag ceremony, Greek flag incident in Aurora with protests and calls for compensation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. J. Devlin
Sparland
D. Heenan &Co
Toluca
la Salle
Tonica News
O. H. Barrass
Missouri
St Anna’s New Catholic Church
Spalding
Chicago
Oregon
Washington
Florida
Mississippi
Sears
Michigan
Camp Point
Ball
Roberts
Belle Plain
Evans
Bennington
Dudley
Jonas
Dudley Ball
Lacon Journal
State Board of Health
Peotone
Schroeder Bros’ General Store
Battle ‘Creek
Edward 8. Peddicord
Marseilles
Miller Township
Ottawa
John B. Kellogg
Quincy
Fair Grounds
Kankakee
Cavan
Supreme Court
Metamora
Eureka
Eureka Journal
Claude Vandegriff
Allerton
Platt County
J. H. Taggart & Sim
Methodist Episcopal Church of
Pawpaw
R. H.dolliver
United States
Misses Alle Town
Mabel Thomas
Illinois
Aurora
Demetrias