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Lincoln (City and county-seat of miles)

a city and county-seat of miles N. E. of Springfield. It is in an the Chicago and Alton, and the Peoria, agricultural, mining, and stock-raising the Chicago and Alton, and the Peoria, Logan co., Ill.; on the Illinois Central, region; and has four coal mines, grain agricultural, mining, and stock-raising casket factories. It is the seat of Lincasket factories. It is the seat of Linand Odd Fellows' Home for Children; State Asylum for the Feeble Minded, banks, daily and weekly papers. Pop. and has a high school, electric and street (1910) 10,892; (1920) 11,882. railroad plants, waterworks, National caster co.; on the Burlington Route, the

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