Scene in front of the Sears Hotel in the early 1890’s. Ready for a trip to the Sangamon timber for Pawpaws are Ida Simpson, Belle Turner (Roberts), Clara Hesser (Close), Pearl Correll (Sutton), Helen Wright (Sutherland), Julia Whitehouse, Lynn Myers (Higginson), Rebecca Simpson, Jessie Hesser, Kate Blair, Frances Turner (Fait), Pearl lshmael (Briggs), Mosquitoes were reported more plentiful than the fruit.

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