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-	The company that would make Springfield a major industrial center was the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, which was incorporated in [[1896]] by [[Booth, Robert\|Robert]] and [[Booth, Henry\|Henry Booth]] and [[Kelly, George\|George]] and [[Kelly, Tom\|Tom Kelly]]. In August [[1901]], the Booth-Kelly Corporation purchased the [[Springfield Sawmill\|Springfield sawmill]] and several thousand acres of timberland in the region. The sawmill was dismantled in [[1902]] and a larger, more efficient mill with a capacity for greater production was constructed on the same site (Clarke 1983:46).	+	*The company that would make Springfield a major industrial center was the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, which was incorporated in [[1896]] by [[Booth, Robert\|Robert]] and [[Booth, Henry\|Henry Booth]] and [[Kelly, George\|George]] and [[Kelly, Tom\|Tom Kelly]]. In August [[1901]], the Booth-Kelly Corporation purchased the [[Springfield Sawmill\|Springfield sawmill]] and several thousand acres of timberland in the region. The sawmill was dismantled in [[1902]] and a larger, more efficient mill with a capacity for greater production was constructed on the same site (Clarke 1983:46).
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		+	*[[Kelly, John\|John Kelly]] began publishing a newspaper called the [[Nonpareil]] in [[1896]]. Two years later he sold the paper to [[Woods, J.G.\|J.G. Woods]], who changed the name of the publication to the [[Springfield News]]. Although ownership changed over the ensuing years, the News is still the principal newspaper in the [[Springfield]] area (Graham 1978f).

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	The company that would make Springfield a major industrial center was the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, which was incorporated in [[1896]] by [[Booth, Robert\|Robert]] and [[Booth, Henry\|Henry Booth]] and [[Kelly, George\|George]] and [[Kelly, Tom\|Tom Kelly]]. In August [[1901]], the Booth-Kelly Corporation purchased the [[Springfield Sawmill\|Springfield sawmill]] and several thousand acres of timberland in the region. The sawmill was dismantled in [[1902]] and a larger, more efficient mill with a capacity for greater production was constructed on the same site (Clarke 1983:46).		The company that would make Springfield a major industrial center was the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, which was incorporated in [[1896]] by [[Booth, Robert\|Robert]] and [[Booth, Henry\|Henry Booth]] and [[Kelly, George\|George]] and [[Kelly, Tom\|Tom Kelly]]. In August [[1901]], the Booth-Kelly Corporation purchased the [[Springfield Sawmill\|Springfield sawmill]] and several thousand acres of timberland in the region. The sawmill was dismantled in [[1902]] and a larger, more efficient mill with a capacity for greater production was constructed on the same site (Clarke 1983:46).

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The company that would make Springfield a major industrial center was the Booth-Kelly Lumber Company, which was incorporated in [[1896]] by [[Booth, Robert|Robert]] and [[Booth, Henry|Henry Booth]] and [[Kelly, George|George]] and [[Kelly, Tom|Tom Kelly]]. In August [[1901]], the Booth-Kelly Corporation purchased the [[Springfield Sawmill|Springfield sawmill]] and several thousand acres of timberland in the region. The sawmill was dismantled in [[1902]] and a larger, more efficient mill with a capacity for greater production was constructed on the same site (Clarke 1983:46).