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Local and state items from Illinois and nearby towns
A roundup of Illinois notes: Santa Fe trains planned through Peoria. Putnam County seeks funds for a new railroad. Canton old fairground buildings burned. A Sheldon man reported 120 bushels of popcorn sold at $1.30 each. Marriage talk and jokes among Illinois families. University of Illinois freshmen around 300. A Galva man robbed of wages on the Hennepin canal. Joliet escapes case of Chas Miller, a 20 year convict. Postmaster General Wilson authorizes Paris Illinois delivery from November 15. Streator finances troubled. $86,000 sought. Featherling near Watseka disappears with creditors' claims about $12,000. Illinois Central advances $250,000 tax not due until December. Macomb converts old normal school to a soap factory. Jacksonville artesian well yields 220,000 gallons daily. Grandma Rearick, pioneer, at 96. Hennepin canal work slows. congress needed. Roanoke postmaster W P Moore captured. funds recovered. Kate Bellows leaves bequest to Lacon schools and a church. Pekin sheriff executes murderer Albert Wallace. Marseilles dam plans $85,000 and a great western water power. Wilmot expands cyclonic fence rights to Illinois with partners at Peoria. LeRoy Strawn and Lottie Strawn wed in Pontiac. past marriages ended in divorces. Judge Bailey of the Illinois supreme bench dies. Washburn couple marks golden wedding day. Grain inspector complaints in Chicago cited. country ships lose value due to misgrading and pricing gaps.