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Altom's sales and visits fill local week
Local notices describe a candy sale and shoe discounts at Altom's with prices 1.29 and 10c per pound. Several families and visitors from Weldon, Weldon, East St. Louis, and elsewhere are mentioned as guests and travelers, along with a home-building project and illness care in the area.
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Altom’s
Hettie Weinsman
Mary Martin
Boston
Mass
John Brown
Salem
Harold Groves
Weldon
E. Danison
Bruce Holland
Emily
East St. Louis
Patoka
Laura Haley
C. N. Cruse
Centralia
Belle Beckemeyer
Evelyn Ballance
Alta
Ollie Farmer
Effie Zimmerman
Denver
Colo
Ilinois
Emmett Lance
Bushnell
Ill
Melvin Belcher
Vandalia
Madeline Porter
James Cox
Greer Hospital
Wm. Black
Decatur
Black