By International News Service
Nason, Ill., Aug. 14—Anyone with a few thousand dollars desiring a nice quiet town in which to settle down practically to himself should come and give this place the once-over.
The whole town, or about 95 per cent of it, has been placed on the auction block and is awaiting a good bidder. The county treasurer of Mt. Vernon has some $12,000 in delinquent taxes due and is going to sell the town to satisfy these debts.
Nason’s principal industry, a large coal mine, shut down several months ago, and most of the male population were thrown out of work. Business slumped and with the exodus of many of the citizens, home were closed and business houses felt the pinch until they also began moving away.
Then to add to the town’s plight, destructive fires came along and destroyed many buildings. Taxes on many lots, likewise, are due and nobody is willing to pay the treasurer.
From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 14, 1926
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