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Looking Back 7.17.24

1886There was some opposition to issuing the Rock Island Railroad bonds here, but this was overbalanced by the fact the Burlington had bypassed Fairbury, and this town didn't want to miss out on an east-west line.1893First indications of the 1893 money panic came in farm product prices: Hogs $5.30. cattle $5-$5:50. butcher cattle $1.50-82, wheat …

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