People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1895 — Illino's Temperance Women. [ARTICLE]

Illino's Temperance Women.

Quincy, 111., Oct. 3.—The W. C. T. U. state convention was called to order yesterday by the president, Mrs. Rounds, of Chicago, who, on account of a severe cold, was compelled to lehve the chair, and Mrs. Carrie Grant, the vice president, of Rockford, presided. The roll call showed about 300 delegates in attendance. The day was taken up in reading reports by the district presidents. and department superintendents, regarding the work of the year, and splendid progress was shown. The banner for the largest increase in membership was awarded to Ava Union in the twentieth district. Devotional services were held in the evening.