. Book of the Royal blue . ndred pursuits. Flora is the metropolis of the county,having a population of .!,200, and is thecenter of the Baltimore & Ohio South-western lines, in Illinois. It boasts ofexcellent school facilities, one of the besthigh schools in southern Illinois beinglocated here, also a first-class businesscollege. Its residences, churches, banksand public buildings are second to no cityof its size in the West, and during thecurrent year a fine Carnegie library hasbeen one of the notable improvements. Much is written and said regarding thegreat trade and manufacturing centers,wh
. Book of the Royal blue . ndred pursuits. Flora is the metropolis of the county,having a population of .!,200, and is thecenter of the Baltimore & Ohio South-western lines, in Illinois. It boasts ofexcellent school facilities, one of the besthigh schools in southern Illinois beinglocated here, also a first-class businesscollege. Its residences, churches, banksand public buildings are second to no cityof its size in the West, and during thecurrent year a fine Carnegie library hasbeen one of the notable improvements. Much is written and said regarding thegreat trade and manufacturing centers,where the wheels turn ceaselessly and thearmy of workers are concentrated, but itmust not be forgotten that from just suchsections as Clay County, III., come thebread and meat with which this army aresustained. The farmers, so to speak,constitute the Commissary Department ofthe Army of the Industrious, and theprairie farms of the West are the vaststorehouses from which the necessarysupplies are drawn. 20 FLORA. TYPKAI, ILLINOIS AllLK (IE((1I Mill. ILL
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