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| | Walnut Centennial Book |
 | | Walnut's first bank was started in 1876 by Reevs, Phillips and Company, who later sold it to Ferris and Knight, who continued running it as a private bank until it was made a national bank in 1882. |
| | The building, on Walnut's Main Street, was erected in 1899 "for all cases of surgical and medical treatment, coming from Bureau, Lee, Whiteside, and LaSalle Counties and also from 'out of state.'" This historic landmark was torn down in March of 1972. |
| | Walnut had two livery bams, two lumber yards, carpenters, mason, two hardware stores, one well driller, three flsmiths, two painters, one electrician and steam engineer, four implement dealers, two elevators, one electric plant and one poultry house to take care of the needs of the homeowners and farmers and also to give employment. |
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