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Illinois Definition–noun | 1. | a state in the central United States: a part of the Midwest. 11,418,461; 56,400 sq. mi. (146,075 sq. km). Capital: Springfield. Abbreviation: IL (for use with zip code), Ill. | | 2. | a river flowing SW from NE Illinois to the Mississippi River: connected by a canal with Lake Michigan. 273 mi. (440 km) long. | |
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Examiner-Baltimore - Found Jan. 3, 2009
... inside story on a battle fought with the Indians on the Illinois River. ... The first with a short page 2 report from Nauvoo on the commotion ...
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Etoile Thornber Ziegler
Journal Pilot - Found 20 hours ago
... one son, Robert (Barbara) Ziegler of Nauvoo; ... She finished her bachelor's degree in math and accounting at the University of Illinois.
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June flood rated top story in Tri-State Area; year also included ...
Gate City Daily - Found Jan. 2, 2009
... by 67 percent of Warsaw voters and 60 percent of Nauvoo-Colusa voters on the Feb. 5, “Super Tuesday,” Illinois presidential primary ballot.
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Etoile Thornber Ziegler
Gate City Daily - Found Dec. 31, 2008
... bachelor's degree in math and accounting at the University of Illinois. ... 22, 2005. She taught junior high math in the Nauvoo-Colusa system ...
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Sheriff's awards honor citizen, employee, auxiliary deputy
Journal Pilot - Found Dec. 30, 2008
... shelters in Adams, Henderson and Pike counties in Illinois and shelters in ... details at the Hancock County Fair, Nauvoo Grape Festival, ...
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Publication of Joseph Smith papers a turning point
Salt Lake Tribune - Found Dec. 19, 2008
... in the church's Times and Seasons periodical in Nauvoo, Ill., in the ... 1841-42 Illinois journal (which will appear with Smith's other ...
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PBS sacrifices a goat in honor of the high priest Obama
PHX News - Found Dec. 24, 2008
... lost them when he checked them, along with his skis and other baggage, on a US Airways flight from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Salt Lake City.
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Kristine Frederickson on MormonTimes.com: The spiritual wealth of ...
Deseret Morning News - Found Dec. 28, 2008
... in 1840 the family migrated with other Saints and eventually settled in Nauvoo. When Scovil and family arrived in Illinois they were penniless.
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Year in Review: The top 10 local stories from 2008
Quincy Herald-Whig - Found Dec. 28, 2008
City and LaHarpe, defeated DuQuoin 21-14 to win the Illinois Class 3A ... A co-op agreement brought Hamilton, Warsaw and Nauvoo-Colusa together
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Mormons & Taxidermy: Alissa York's Effigy
New West - Found Nov. 10, 2008
Through lucid flashbacks, we learn that as a young woman in Nauvoo, Illinois, she developed a desperate crush on Joseph Smith, who founded the...
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