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Illinois News Highlights and Local Notices of Record
Stark county votes a nearly $40,000 road levy for next year. Inheritance tax receipts total $3,315 for July to September in Bureau County. Rep Michael Fahy of Toluca helps a friend land a state job in Springfield. A Peoria fisher catches a 4 ft 11 in shovel nose fish weighing 43 pounds. Counterfeit Buffalo nickels circulate in southern Illinois. a $6 forged check and a $3 fake pass through multiple towns. Public notices describe estate matters in Marshall County and old letters urging farmers to balance work and recreation. A Streator man faces forged check charges. Mexico’s population mix and native Indians cited. Susan Johnston residence sale yields $2,710 to Henry Mattison. a Presbyterian chicken pie dinner nets $65.50. A Clifton-Arizona diary recounts bear and deer hunting camp escapades and prize-winning fruit exhibits by Sowerhill of Tiskilwa with state fair ribbons and large apple/peach prizes.