Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 July 1912 — Coal Dealers at Peoria. [ARTICLE]

Coal Dealers at Peoria.

Peoria, 111., July 23.—The Retail Coal Dealers’ Association of Illinois and Wisconsin, met here today in annual convention, with President J. S. Cusick in the chair. The mornings are given up to business, but in the afternoons the coal men are enjoying themselves This afternoon the local dealers took the visitors on a trip of inspection through the railroad yards and a big distillery. Tomorrow there will be a boat trip to Proctor’s Grove, where a picnic and athletic congests will be enjoyed.