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Delavan Fair Short on Funds and Local Happenings
The Delavan fair is short 1800 dollars. Reports from Chillicothe speak of a fair planned for mid October. Becher and Ong of Wenona sold a trotting horse Ding Dong to Ottawa buyers. Mrs Mary Harter of Wenona received a widow's pension with 106 dollars back pay. Quincy Soldiers Home houses 903 inmates with over 500 on furlough. The Santa Fe plans 60 coal chutes at Toluca to load 300 cars daily.
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Chillicothe
Becher & Ong
Wenona
Ottawa
Mary Harter
Quincy Soldiers Home
Santa Fe Railroad Company
Toluca
Jacksonville
John Porter
Aledo Record
Abraham DeLong
Varna
Michael Slowsey
Spring Valley
Lacon
Illinois Central Road
LaSalle
C. H. Perkins
Milo
Milnois
Mendota
Lillian Runnells
Whitefield Corners
Tiskilwa
Marshall County
Association
L. A. Thomas
Henry Public Schools
Wilkinsburg
C. H. Whorrel
Sidney Smith
Warrensburg
Venona
Stephen Stateler
Wm Roberts
Springs Bay
Zeller
Friends Yearly Meeting
Magnolia
Burgess Bros
Ford County Bank of ‘Thompson, Blackstock&Co
Paxton
J. H. Moffett
C. H. Yeomans