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Distant notices from the Illinois towns spread across Gazette pages
The clipping lists varied local items from Bradford to Ottawa including August death of Louis V Blackman at 82, praise for Modern Woodmen of America, coal strike payments totaling 244 458 dollars, county fair drafts of 100 dollars each, a missing carpenter from Tiskilwé, a fatal melon wager, heavy wheat yields by Jake Reddish, and several community updates on marriages, school pay, roadwork, and local anecdotes.
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Bradford
Galesburg
Louis V. Blackman
Magnolia
Washburn
Woodmen of America
National Guards
State Board of Agriculture
Princeton
Chana
Jake Reddish
Jersey County
Nerona
Frank Wing
Max Schultz
Mr Wing
Henry
Chicago
John Trainor
Peter McIntire
Spring Valley
John McDonald
McIntire
la Salle
Perry A. Armstrong
LaMalle County
Ottawa
Perry
Jerry Breen
Minoak
Clara Peters
Rutland
Peter Peters
Bennington Township
Veach
LaPrairise
Porter
John B
Spencer Burt
The
Henry Times
Generly
Theis
Lacon Democrat
Gibson Waterworks
Peoria Herald
Wilson
Fairbury
Woman's Literary Club
Caroline Bartlett
Lacon Ladies
Lacon Journal
Dwight Branch
Venona
J. D. Crompton
Peoria Transcript
Peoria
Fritz de Vries
Rock Island Row
J.D. Crompton
Fulton Street
Crompton
Ottawa Republican Times
Louis Wagner
Hoe
John Jones
Will Severson
Seneca Bumble Bee
Milwaukee
Will
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