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Wenona notes and plans amid Illinois towns and zinc works
The column records diverse notes from Eureka college fundraising to local politics in Peru and Lacon. It mentions a 11,500 pledge to pay a college chant, a Troop L unit organized by State Senator Port, a parochial school count, a new Granville monument, and a 1905 locust forecast. It covers tuberculosis concerns near Venona, railroad labor issues, a new Illinois superintendent appointee, a libel suit threat, a Haney family church reunion, and Wenona Zinc Company stack plans with 60 cars of material and 100 to 125 workers anticipated.
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Eureka College
Wenona
Port of
Joel Hopkins
Granville
Illinois
Chicago
Cuba
Porto Rico
United States Service
W. O. Ireland
Washburn
State Board of Live Stock Inspection
Venona
Denver
Rock Island
Stirlington
Northwestern
Aurora
Samuel M. Inglis
Powell
Pashing Powell
St Louis
Hacker
Lacon Journal
Haney
Normal
Dick Haney
Monmouth
Hale
Heart
Eat
Conrad
Washington
Major Connelly
Taylor and Wife
Wenona Index
Chickamauga
Astoria
Argas
Streator
Baiddin
Wenonia Zinc Company
Zinc Company