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Illinois Brief Items Highlight Local Quarantines and Elections
Alton reports Chief J A Lynn quarantined with smallpox. Freeport seniors cap gown spending at five dollars. Caseyville posts a mayoral re-election win for Charles Thilman Jr. East St Louis plans April 17 bond election for a new high school. Bloomington marks the death of Martin L Moore, age 86. Multiple crime and court notes across Aurora, Chicago, Champaign, Decatur, and Ottawa with robberies, murders, and smallpox cases. Educational and civic actions appear in Urbana, Springfield, and other towns.
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Alton
J. A. Lynn
Freeport
Freeport High School
Sterling
E. H Webster
Caseyville
Charles Thilman, Jr
Galesburg
Lawrence J. Henderson
Harvard
Knox College
Decatur
J. F. Mills
First Baptist Church
Calvary Church
Davenport
Elmwood
Will Graham
Andrew Carnegie
East St. Louis
Bloomington
Martin L. Moore
Ottawa
M Stiefel & Son
Palmer
Eurich
Chicago
Champaign
Catherine Needham
Urbana
University of Illinois
Aurora
Christian F. Baxmeyer
Portland
Ore
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Michael Zimmer
Harrison
Helene Skaropitsch
North Park Avenue
Rogers Park
Northwestern Elevated Railroad Company
Morse Avenue
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Babson Brothers
Nineteenth Street
Clair Davis
College of Agriculture
George C. Ray
Lafayette Avenue
Wightman & Neafus
Chicago Club
Board of Trade
Ray
Virden
Buckles
Township High School
Anna ML. Sears
Richard W Sears
Perry L. Persons
Lake County Court
Sears
Springfield
Board of Education
John
Mark Sheridan
Washington