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Illinoisan Notes and World Fair Tidings From Local Papers
A roundup of Illinois items reports Dana and Wenona leaders, school principals, and a Lexington appointment. It notes the Aldine World’s Fair hotel bankruptcy after taking 75000 in advance, local circuses, racing association plans, and a critique of state politics. It sketches town visits, ditching trains, and public notices from Lacon to Mendota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Fort
Minonk Blade
Dana
Ira M. Ong
Wenona
Lexington
la Prairie Center
John and
Charles Scoon
Harry Root
Aldine
Tiskilwa
Rock Island
Illinois
la Salle
Pontiac
Minoak
Henry
Illnois
Board of National Commissioners of the
J. C. Pearce
Lacon Journal
Curtis
Kewanco Star
Geneseo News
Thos Saisler
St Augustine
Sailer
Winchester
Adam
George Zimmerman
Sparland
Chillicothe
Zimmerman
Prof Heighway
Inoz Wingate
Lon D. Brown
Corinne Morse
Ida Wright
Charity Moulton
Hattie Work
Florence Jackson
Lacon Racing Association
Andrew Hancock
Chas Roberts
St Clair Bullman
Elder Carnahan
A. Hi. Stateler
Wonona
Iino
Quincy
Jacobs
John Palmer
Ben‘nington—township
Jacksonville
Pattonsburg
Kankakee
Lacan
Villian
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Marshall County
Bennington
Belle Plain
Richland
Lacon
Galesburg
Lake Michigan
Illinois River
Joliet
Pantagraph
Princeton Tribune
Hennepin Canal
Lake DePas
Bureau County
Hennepin
Marshall Mill
Wyanet Township
Goose Pond
Concord Township
Mineral
Gold
Manlius
Dixson
Rock River
Long