Pioneer days

Pioneer days
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Carroll Slider of Decatur, dressed in character as elocutionist Mrs. Taylor T. Farley, pauses while reading a book on the back steps of the schoolhouse at Sommer Park while, inside, her husband, Lee Slider, gives a presentation on phrenology to attendees of Pioneer Days on Sunday. The monthly event helps teach how the early rural Peorians lived in the mid-19th century. DAVID ZENTZ/JOURNAL STAR