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Personal notices and local updates from Rochelle area
Mrs Minnie Kersten visited Dixon while Mildred Griffith toured Rochelle. Jacob Vaupel and others traveled to Aurora and Chicago on business. Multiple residents visited Rochelle, Sterling, Rockford, Palatine, and Bern. Coal forecasts, real estate sales, births, and community events fill regional diary notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Kersten
Dixon
Mildred Griftth
Rochelle
Jacob’ Vaupel
Aurora
John J. Cleary
Henry Gonnerman
Franklin Grove
B. Albrecht
Joseph A. Roesler
Conrad Pfeiffer
Palatine
Ronald Moore
Esther Durston
Loree Fral
Sterling
Charles Hanson
W. H. Kern
Lucile Randall
Marengo
Henry Wagner
Reynolds Township
Mildred Lewis
Belgit
Franklin County
William Lesszie
Mt. Morris
Grace Kern
Menasha
Wisconsin
Ross Bratton
George Eisenberg
Kenneth Witzel
Rochelle Hospital
All Zies
Charles Guinther
Chadwick
Cass Hallam
Williams
Fred Attig
Henry Salzman
Dysart
Iowa
Albert Messer
C. Shippee
Eella
Loala
G. A. Hamel
Owen
Waterloo
Ontario
Robert Burns Hospital
Washington Blvd
Chicago
Illinois
Raymond E. Losey
Lincoln
Losey
Mary Griffith
Powers Lake
Kate Hathaway
Lee County
William Kersten
Rochelle Herald