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Newspaper
Alexis Visitor
Location
Alexis, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1898
Page
7
A dense OCR style directory page lists national officers state officials and many local society entries. It names United States Senators Congressmen circuit judges and various trustees and lodge officers with scattered dates meeting times and locations, including references to churches and religious groups and a long roster of municipal and fraternal organizations.
Local items recount visits and illness among residents, sales and shipments of livestock and goods, and social events. Names include Vitor Hammerquist, Albert Pitman, Miss Lettie Dickerson, and Emma Dan Dickerson, with mentions of Monmouth, Norwood, Galesburg, and Geneseo. Community activity spans concerts, farms, travel to Chicago, and road conditions amid a busy week.
Local notes sketch revival meetings at the M E church led by Rev Ballew and ongoing Sundays at the Congregational and Methodist churches. Residents and visitors attend parties and visits in Viola London Mills Aledo and New Windsor while school activities, lectures, and a senior class entertainment are planned. Several townsfolk report health and family updates with ongoing church engagement and community events.
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