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Dollar General

Rural Illinois Hardship Becomes Dollar Stores’ Gain

By Eric Stock & Tiffani Jackson-Skinner • Jul 12, 2019

Julie Catey of Broadwell loves shopping at the Dollar Tree store in neighboring Lincoln.

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