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State fair receipts down from last year and local notices
The itemized news notes state fair receipts were 85300 less than last year. Other items include Emily Bonham’s position at an Iowa insurance firm, the Swedenborgian state association in Chicago, Woodford county winning a grand premium at the state fair, and various local incidents and official actions across Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Stevens
People's, Spaaks
Lacon
Emily Bonham
Des Moines
Iowa
Swedenborgian State Association
Chicago
Woodford County
Rock Island
la Salle High School
Woodford
Winnebago
Bureau
Scheeler
Chillicothu
Chicago University
Rocky Mountain
Henry
Doc Munger
American House
Princeton
J H Henderson
Court House
Kane County
Geneva
Elin
Princeton Electric Light Company
Peru
W. F. Cronise
Peru Plow and Wheel Company
LaSalle Democrat
Leahy
Illinois River
State Board of Equalization
Marshall County
Putnam County
Quincy Herald
M. T Moloney
Illinois
Dean Terry
Chicago Daily News
John Y. Cotton
Atlantic
Sparland
Sparr
Presbyterian
Anna Nighswonger
Bolomon
Richard O’rouke
Spring Valley
Walter Newton
Newton
O’rouke
Minner
Central Illinois
Stony New England
West
Hennepin
Carrie Carpenter
Ernest Ponzer
Granville Jeffers
Lizzie Smith
James I. Taylor
L. D. Phillips
Annie Olson
John Speers
Lawn Ridge
Pittsburg
Speers
State Board of Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
Venona Index
Peoria