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Ill health and crop issues loom in early Illinois news
The State Board of Health uncovers reports of crippled hogs and tuberculous cattle bought and slaughtered for East St Louis markets. Miners in Belleville stir talk of a Spain war memorial. Wheat and corn fodder pests threaten horses in Washington county while Ringling Bros. circus animals suffer in a Centralia wreck.
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Illinois State Board of Health
United States Bureau of Animal Industry
National Stock Yards
East St. Loui
East St. Louis
St Louis
Washington County
Ringling Bros. Circus
Winter Quarters
Michigan
Centralia