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Local notes from Lacon and surrounding towns
The March meeting of the Board of Supervisors convenes at Lacon next week. Several local items follow: Miss Rena Clark resigns as Castleton postmistress and may marry soon. A Minoak man survives a fall into a cistern. Venona postmastership changes hands. Various obituaries and legal notices, farmers institute actions, mill activity, and weather-related bird reports appear. Reports include Burns, floods, and civic moves in Lacon, Tonica, and Dwight with community updates and local business notes.
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Board of Supervisors
Lacon
Rena Clark
Castleton
Frank M. Moulton
Venona
XO. L. Taylor
Eben B. Gower
Bailey Gower
Odell
B.f.gray
Momence
Dwight
Richmond
Vincent Roberts
Garrett Marshall
Marshall
Neice
Arcene Pichereau
Tonica
Valentine
Champaign County Farmers’ Institute
Fisher
Grieves & Sons
Thomas Barnes
Charles N Barnes
Tiee O. Barnes
W.J Cook
George Lambourn
Zachariah Shugart
Bureau County
Steven Merritt
Wheatland
Princeton State
Inglis
State Department
John Drake
Kappa
Woodford County
Virginia
Tennessee
Joshua Foster
James
Varna
Fairview
Ill
Newton Ray
Saratoga
Jay Stewart
Fairview Addition
Ray
M. EB. Church Society
Chillicothe Bulletin