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Fragmented Illinois notes on new halls and local events
A compendium of items from El Paso and nearby towns reports the near completion of a Masonic hall in El Paso, incorporation of Gibson and associates with a $50,000 capital, deaths in Pekin and Louisville, church sales in Wyoming, editor changes in Kenney and Heyworth, and various local notices. It covers farms, prisons, newspapers, dams, and upcoming hunting dates across Illinois with brief, non-graphic mentions of people and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Order
el Paso
Gibson
John F. Schipper
Pekin
Schipper & Block
Peoria
Louisville
Methodists
Wyoming
G. Lay Wolfe
Christian Church
Henry
Kenney Herald
Heyworth
Toluca Star
Toluca
Charles McEntee
John Hayden
Steuben
Tda
Saratoga
R. T. H. Dorn
Laura E. Schwanke
Varna
Eureka News
C. W. Stewart
Eureka College
J. T Bliss
Magnetia
John Lackie
Keeley
Chicago
L. A. Gardner
Kewanee
Kewanee Independence Office
Rushville
Twin City Journal
Vaughan
Joshua Milla
Putnam County
Pennsylvania
Princeton
Fr O'Brien
Lacon
Illinois
Illinois Central
Samuel Russell
Paxton Record
Merton Dunlap
C. H. Yeomans
Knight Templars
Roberts Township
Roberts
Norn
Pike County
Thompson
Wyoming Post Herald
Y. M. C. Association
Ilinois
Elgin