Returning Soldier Starts Shoe Repair in DeKalb in 1919

Okay, I accidentally put this here instead of in Cooter's History Thing, but I didn't want to retype it.

From the March 6, 2019, MidWeek  (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1919, 100 Years Ago.

"Joe Cohn, a returned soldier lad, who was in the service for seven months at Camp Jackson, South Carolina, has recently been mustered out, and has started a shoe repair shop in the little building next to the Nehring Electrical Works on East Lincoln Highway in DeKalb.

"Cohn was a cobbler by trade when he entered the service, and was in business at Earlville, and when he mustered out, thought DeKalb looked good to him and is getting his share of the business in this line."

Camp Jackson was where my grandfather was stationed during the war.

--GreGen