Geneseo Republic notes August 5 1898 item
Geneseo Illinois August 5 1898 Geneseo Republic reports local items and notices from the Geneseo area including brief society and business notes.
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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
4
Geneseo Illinois August 5 1898 Geneseo Republic reports local items and notices from the Geneseo area including brief society and business notes.
The report lists candidates for state offices led by Floyd K Whittemore for state treasurer and Alfred Bayliss for superintendent, with several other races including trustees, senators, representatives, and local officials. The article notes party results showing Republicans gaining ground while Populists and Democrats suffer losses, and various scattered campaign references across Illinois regions.
An on‑the‑trail letter dated June 19 1898 from Fort Selkirk describes the Laks Le Bence and N W Tor journey from Bennett City down Lake Bennett to Windy Arm and Caribou crossing. They note rough water bearable camps in the open air Swed weather and imminent plans to push toward the Polley River for prospecting, with hopes of not being away long.
A fragmented notice outlines a Milan area camp meeting program. It mentions sessions on a Wednesday and Thursday with Baptist and Epworth Teague leadership attendance, hosted south of Milan and involving Brown and Calboun as executive committee members.
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