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Local notes and sales from Rochelle and surrounding towns
Bergeson sells salt and a flood of business callers visit Rochelle while residents advertise for sale goods including geese walnuts and a Round Oak stove. Local events include a bazaar at Evangelical church, adoptions, theater and schooling notes, rail mail debate, weathered crops and Starved Rock plans.
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Bergeson
Joseph Drain
Chicago
Toulouse
Frank Gleim
Henry Thomas
Rochelle
Fred B. Wood
Charles Payne
John Absher
Creston
Albert Jones
Franklin Grove
Euclid Beach
Martin Witzel
Harry G. Wisman
Charles
Vogeler
Frank Brownell
Joseph Gooch
Evangelical Church
George Krug
E. B. Arnould
Illinois
Starved Rock
Middle West
United States