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This download contains abstracts from Rock Island County IL Newspapers 1850-1859, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; 253 pages.
Newspapers abstracted for this volume include Rock Island Advertizer, Rock Island Argus, Rock Island City Adversizer, Rock Island Daily Advertizer, Rock Island Daily Commerical, Rock Island Daily Republican, Rock Islander, Rock Island Morning Argus, Rock Island Weekly Commercial, Rock Island Weekly Register, Rock Islander and Western Illinois Times, the Daily Islander and Argus and one issue of the Moline Independent.
From The Rock Island Advertizer June 27, 1855
Two little boys arrived on the train last night in search of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Elisha Corey who are supposed to reside in Rock Island or Davenport. Their father is a carpenter. They had been staying with an uncle in Chicago.
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