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Progress and notices from the Bourg Republican region
The Bourg Republican notes upcoming events including the State De to Convention and the International Bicycle Tournament. It reports on railroad plans at Varna, the Central Illinois Methodist conference in El Paso, and a new La Rose to Washburn telephone link. It mentions delays in county seats, marriages in Streator, and local business failures with credit concerns along with local political conventions and civic efforts across Marshall Woodford and Livingston counties.
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Peoria
Varna
Central-Illinois -Methodist Episcopal Conference
el Paso
Fitzgerald
Willi
la Rose
Washburn
Minoak
Marshall Co
Woodford
Livingston
Streator
W. H. Moller-of
Eureka
Metamora
Kewanee
Alex Turnbull
Turnbull
Springfield
Springfeld Woolen Mills Co
Galva
McLean County
D. B .Stewart
Illinois Music Teachers’ Association
Galesburg
Henry Wier
Lacon
Marshall County
West Virginia
John Wier
Board of Education of
Waukegan