August 5, 2020, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois) "Looking Back."
1920, 100 Years Ago.
"The owner of a herd of cattle that was taken to the police station on a charge of having trampled the garden of O.S. Greenwood is Albert Ashelford and he was brought into the local police station yesterday and assessed a fine for allowing his cattle to run loose."
From Find-A-Grave. Albert Ashelford was born 16 June 1867 in DeKalb Co., Illinois, died 22 December 1922 (age 84) in DeKalb County and is buried in Fairview Cemetery in DeKalb, Illinois.
1945, 75 Years Ago.
"Those polio cases in Rockford are causing Sycamore people to use every precaution with their youngsters. Sycamore had its share of polio two years ago and doesn't want it again."
Disease problems even back then in this age of the coronavirus.
--Cooter
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