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Bob Splear Starts 20th Year in Rock Valley Apparel
Local feature profiles Bob Splear of Beverly's Apparel as he enters twenty years in the clothing store trade. The piece notes family ties to Rock Valley dating back before 1880 and cites the closing of Foppes Pioneer Store as a catalyst for continuing women’s clothing availability.
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Bob Splear
Beverly's Apparel
Bob
Foppe
Bee
Rock Valley
Beverly’s Apparel
Ambrose Splear
Foppees
Pioneer
Foppes
John B. Poppe
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Tennessee
Kate Landschulte