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Palaro Motel Demolition.pdf
WOODEN SHOE RESTAURANT & PALARO MOTEL
The Wooden Shoe Restaurant and Palaro Motel were built in 1954 by Paul and Laura Geihoh. It was located at Galena Boulevard and Illinois Route 47 on the northeast corner.

The manager in the 1980s was Petrie…

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Handwritten note:

Main St. looking North.
Track Railroad - Right side of picture
Miller's Store - Right side of picture

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Handwritten Note:

Looking North Main St.
Railroad Station
Miller's Store / Pool Hall
John Trott Feed Store

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Cooper-Needham Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s, Pictures courtesy of: Vivian Needham

Drawing dated on back: 3-27-1996

Cooper / Needham / Knudson Hall and Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s,

Advertisement reads:…

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Handwritten Note:

Miller's Store (Ice Cream Parlor and Pool Hall), North of Railroad Depot

Post Office

East side of Main Street.

Relate to layout of Sugar Grove of 1926.

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Handwritten Note on first photo:

Clarence Galor
Miller's Store - Pool Hall - Ice Cream Parlor on the east side of Main St. just before the Railroad tracks.
Located where Watson Store was.

Circa 1918-1919

Reprint Dated…

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STOCK CERTIFICATE

Sugar Grove Supply Company

Capital Stock $4,000

This certifies that Theresa Carlson is the owner of one share of the Capital Stock of Sugar Grove Supply Company, fully paid and non-assessable, transferable only on the Books…

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The building of the Sugar Grove Supply Company located at 221 Main Street was built in 1893. It later burned down around 1918 and became the site of Keck's Store.

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The building of the Sugar Grove Supply Company located at 221 Main Street was built in 1893. It later burned down around 1918 and became the site of Keck's Store. The new Keck's IGA Store was rebuilt in brick. For a time, the Post Office was housed…

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Cooper / Needham / Knudson Hall and Blacksmith Shop, Built by Geo. Wolf; late 1800s,

Advertisement reads: "C.J. Knudson, Practical Horse-Shoeing, General Repair Work in Wood and Iron."

The building at 214 South Main Street was known as Cooper’s…

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Clare Groff Frantz: Wheels of Fortune Motorcycle Club, 1971 Beacon News
Newspaper Article Transcription

BEACON NEWS, AURORA, ILLINOIS
Tuesday August 17, 1971

CLASSIC CYCLE

This 1941 Indian "4," owned by Wheels of Fortune Motorcycle Club…

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Will A. Johnson & Sons Company
Sugar Grove, Illinois

Breeders and Dealers in Registered Hampshire Swine.
Most Popular Blood Lines.
Breeding Stock any age for sale at all times.
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