Various Illinois items show growth plans and crimes across towns
General news item collection notes Kankakee fundraising for a starch factory and talks of a fall street fair. Kinmundy council funds electric light at 7000. Joliet Steel and Wire Works closure causes hundreds of job losses. Quincy pauper burials reveal 19 missing among 89. Macomb mayor bans Sunday business and newspaper sales. Deaths include Edward H. Davis and Mrs. Gott murdered for robbery. A Har din county arrest ties to Senator Wall’s killer. Mount Vernon pay day distributes 15000 with more workers soon. Greenville citizens seek local band concerts to boost trade. Mount Vernon Car Company ships forty flat cars for timber rail use. La Salle forms Enterprise Light Heat and Power Co with 100000 plant. Also notes jokes, ads and opinions from Chicago News.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kinmundy
Joliet
Macomb
Edward H. Davis
Bunker Hill
Peter Bollenbach
Galesburg
C. A. Lindewall
Hardin County
Senator Wall
Staunton
Macoupin County
Mount Vernon
Greenville
Mount Vernon Car Company
Brainerd and Northern Minnesota Railway Company
D. P. Gott
Carini
White County
la Salle
Enterprise Light, Heat and Power Co
The
la Salle Council
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Quotable Follies on Women and Wit from Feminine Chatter
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General News
Kankakee
Chicago News
Dr. King
New Life Pilla
Kingston
P. Ketcham
Pike City
Cal
Chamberlain
S. Kingston
WM. F. Peter
City Barber Shop
Eliot Aid
Cold Batns
NIT
Highland Marble Works
L. L. Eckert
NEW Meat Market
Robert Winter
Prop
Public Square
John Diehle
Odd Fellows Building
Main Street
F. W. Zanders
L. BE. Rawson
S. Jefferson Ave
St. Louis
Troy
Theo. Guennewig
Billiard Hall
Main & Market Sts
Troy, HI
Phil. Eckert
Graham
Fred Kuntzmann
Troy City
John Deimling
Hickory Streets
General Hardware
August Droll
the Star Store
Old Reliable
M. F. Auwarter
J. H. Stienhans
A. Heddergott
General Merchandise
West Clay Street
Troy Exchange Bank
D. G. Jarvis
Bankers
Roy A
Kansas
Monroe, Hays City
Kas
WM. Meiners
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