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Local notes and visitor items from Ashton and Dixon area
Personal items list visitors and guests from Rochelle Dixon Chicago and surrounding towns with brief notes on durations and places visited. Includes notices of Tanlac ads and local business updates plus a section on railroad fare promotions and the Freeport Lincoln-Douglas debate celebration invitation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Gilbert
Wheaton
Charles Chamberlain
Baby
Cortland
John Ftnies
Ashton Sweet Shop
Dixon
Fred Tadd
Albert Tadd
DeKalb
Mildred Johnson
Rockford
G. Johnson
Marcus Gonnerman
Nettie
Franklin Grove
Ashton
Tanlac
George KR
Charters & Son
L. W. Entors
Amboy
Illinois
H. Hanneman
Lee Center
Freeport