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Okaw River Floods and Rural News From Illinois
A jumble of local items reports the Okaw overflowed its banks for the first time this winter. Hillsboro miners strike with no settlement in sight. Upper Alton burglaries target clothing. St. Clair county farm houses 152 inmates. Obituaries and civic notes include Nancy Williams and Captain Samuel Williams. County farms hold hundreds of unfortunates, sparrow bounty in Champaign, and Litchfield block sale for 17000. Local curiosities cover Pullman inspector job, Carrollton marshal stumble on a gambling den, and a $1600 Edwardsville Home-Trade Co corporation license. Bouts of cider, seed orders, school bonds, county fair sales, tramp schemes, a calf stomach find, Joliet parole counts, and a California orange freight train round out the miscellany.