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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1912
Page
11
Local items report a big A W clothing sale at Kern, multiple Atkinson calls, and a 20th anniversary sale at Verbeckmoes department store. Residents visit kin, churches host socials, power house work progresses, and various personal and business trips fill the week.
Geneseo events include Peter Longfield as caller, John Lauder visiting Yorktown, and John Mapes reachable by telephone. Lois McNeill helped threshing crews, James Bishop produced 2300 bushels of oats from 40 acres, and Mr. Mrs. Geo Watling visited Annawan. Dinners were shared with the Devenney and Knowl families. John Van Hohenstein and Mrs. Van Hohenstein visited Andris, who hosted threshers. Warren ONeill and family returned from Moline after visiting his father. William Wildemuth is mildly ill but improving.
Tam 4a traveling salesman writes of constipation and indigestion until using Dr King's New Life Pills, which he calls an excellent remedy for stomach liver or kidney troubles. At J E Wright's the pills cost 24 cents.
Maurice Barrymore recounted a Kansas City visit before his final collapse telling of a Belasco production in which a villain taunts his bound hero. The gallery audience urged him to kick the villain, provoking Barrymore to curse the moment for life.
An article by W. B. Meese advocates using Illinois waterways from Chicago to Muscatine and the Mississippi route, highlighting the Illinois and Michigan canal and other canals as feasible links. It argues for cleaning and enlarging locks and urges Peoria and other towns to join in developing a six-foot waterway to connect the Great Lakes with the Mississippi, stressing economic savings for nearby communities.
A description of Yukon sleds from Wide World Magazine notes two main patterns. The simple eight foot Yukon sled costs 10 to 14 dollars and trails sixteen inches wide, while the basket sleigh ranges from eight to fifteen feet, costs 40 to 200 dollars, and uses a basket with handles for guidance.
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