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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
9
Henry County residents report visitors and moves across towns including Kewanee Muscatine Silvis and Prophetstown. new community leaders elected at Riverside Lodge and town meetings. a diphtheria scare effects church events. road and rail changes impact Green River Colona. farm reports include pigs brood sows and cattle shipments. obituary notes for Jalbert Peterson.
A local Burns column records several social calls and visits by residents from nearby towns including Ott Casidy, Edwin Whitt, Sullivan Francis, Fred Lempke, and Ed Girken. It notes illnesses such as mumps and a lung fever, plus Easter sermon remarks by Rev. Tolle and a new buggy purchase by Fred Warner.
The Board of Health and city officials will tour the city to inspect sanitation and note obstructions from brush piles ash piles rubbish and filth. Citizens are reminded that alleys are for travel and must be kept clear as streets. The mayor Hannar A Reneno signs the notice. Lager Offerle Co. advertises Golden Rule neckwear and Clarendon shirts as one price clothiers.
Notice to pea growers advises delaying sowing until soil is warm and dry. If multiple plantings occur on five acres or more, the second planting may germinate with the first if the initial sowing is in cold wet soil. Emphasizes best results come from planting in good soil condition.
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