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PROPHETSTOWN ECHO

VOLUME 132 • NO. 31

T U E S D A Y , A U G U S T 3 , 2 0 2 1 • $ 1 .0 0

Prophetstown, Illinois

THRESHING BEE

Sarah Ford/For Shaw Media

Brian Warson of Donnellson, IA, left, and Joe Galbreath of Sterling, watch a Case steam tractor provide power to a belt-driven hay baler during the Bos Brothers Old Fashioned Threshing Bee in rural Erie on Saturday, July 31. See page 3.

LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS

LOCAL NEWS

Threshing Bee

Science of Fire

Beer Belly Car Wash?

Perfect weather for this trip back in time. / 3

Kids learn about fire and how to be safe. / 5

Cars get scrubbed clean by these guys./ 5

WHAT’S INSIDE Social News........................................ 4 Glimpses of the Past......................... 7 Morrison Police Report .................... 4 Published every Tuesday 20 pages • One section

Property Transfers.........................10 Churches.................................... 12-13 Classifieds ............................. 16-20

DEATHS

William ‘Bill’ W. Thomas, Shirley E. Borop, Clarice M. Meyer Page 8


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