Show swedes ot illinois CHICAGO sept 23 spec ill 11 many par a ot this state tha swedish red ree identa dents are celebrating today the fiftieth annive anniversary ot of the arrival in illinois of toe the farat swedish settlers event took plaze pla e in september of 1846 and a few hundred emi emigrants granta ano ato headed beaded by andraw larson lareon and 0 G land arrived here in that month have grown into a cau c immunity of one hundred bundred thousand people having bavine in this state outi onu hundred c churches and religious institution valued at a million and a of dollars a two hundred thousand dollar college a tony forty tholand thou thuu and tand dollar inis mission sion college forty newspapers a hospital and several homes for the aged and social beneficial and charitable societies |