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Illinois Happenings Show Local Co ops to Plant Seeds
Beardstown growers form Melon Growers association. Illinois news notes ship arms to Japan, a Canton eight foot coin stalk, and a campaign for an 85000 dollar Caterpillar Trail women’s camp in Tazewell. Also covers World War II memorial road trees for Rock Island, a potter’s field for Chicago’s unidentified dead, and legal actions on Wisconsin water rights.
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Beardstown
Melon Growers’ Association
Japan
Decatur
Canton
Tazewell County
Women's Civic Federation of
Peoria
Rock Island
World War Rock Island Post
American Legion
Eastern Illinois State Teachers’ College
Charleston
Morgan
Wisconsin
Blaine
United States Supreme Court
Ilinois
Lake Michigan
General Assembly
State Board of Welfare Commissioners
Macoupin County
Catherine Harmon
Roy Harmon
State Department
Springfield
Legion
Thifty-second General Assembly
House
Senate
Frank O. Lowden
Supreme Court
Albert C. ‘Wilson
Wilson