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This download contains abstracts from the newspapers The Reynolds Press, 1900-1903, Rock Island, Rock Island County, Illinois; 281 pages.
The Reynolds Press covered news in the village of Reynolds as well as many nearby towns in both Rock Island and Mercer Counties in Illinois.
From The Reynolds Press, February 9, 1900
A letter from J.D. Harris of Edgerton, South Dakota is published. He mentions some of his South Dakota neighbors who formerly lived in Mercer County or in Rock Island County as beings:
- Q. Boldman, who used to run a ferry from Muscatine, Iowa to Drury’s Landing in about 1849 or 1850. Mrs Boldman is a sister of Err Thornton who died a few years ago. They live at Armour, South Dakota.
- Sam Ramsey who was born and raised in Bowling, has a claim “on the reservation in Charles Mix” He is a nephew of Mrs. Alex Boyle.
- The Rev. Mr. Peel who preaches to the Swedish Lutheran people in this country and who used to live at Swedona.
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