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Illinois Brevities Fresh crimes and civic actions across Illinois
A long list of local incidents includes Mrs. Sarah Leavengood burned to death in her Ottawa area home, a Haiti education director taking a university post in Illinois, a ten year old killed in Lincoln, and Rock Island banning Sunday work on city projects. Other items note suicides, fratricide, a banker found slain, thistles fined, fox hunters meeting, and large unions and labor conventions in Chicago and East St. Louis with speakers and discussions on coal, flood control, and industry.
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Sarah Leavengood
Ottawa
Carl Colvin
Haiti
University of Illinois
Donald Henry
Lincoln
Joseph Cliketon
Pecatonica
Rock Island
George Groves
Clifford Hammond
Lawrence
East St. Louis
Alexander McDowell
Naperville
Wi&s
John
Illinois Fox Hunters’ Association
Stokes Estate
Pana
Illinois
Ancient Order of Hibernians
Auditorium
Chicago
Francis Ryan
James Breen
Illinois Federation of Labor
John H. Walker
Federation
Rardin State Bank
Rardin
Charleston
D. T. Hartwell
Owen Coleman
Arlie Boswell
Marion
Boswell
Cliff Hatcher
Herrin
Hatcher
Curly Brummitt
Chester
Northern
Ilinois Coal Company
Staidwood
Guy van Buskirk
Community Church
Ontario
Galesburg