Geneseo Chautauqua Opens With Lectures And Concerts
The Geneseo Chautauqua opens Friday evening with Dr Stanley L Webs from Chicago giving Telepathy as the first lecture. The Illinois Glee Club and Hand Bell Choir perform after Krebs lecture, with Miss Elma B Smith making her child reader debut. Saturday brings Children Day with free admission for under 16, and further performances including the Illinois Glee Club and Krebs second lecture The Frauds of Spiritualism. Sunday features Champ Clark lecture and Maple City Concert Band concert, closing with Two Snakes in Eden or Irvine Demons Fear and Worrs. Attendances rise this year despite hot weather as grounds sit in city park for afternoon enjoyment.
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Geneseo Chautauque Wi
Stanley L. Webs
Psychology of
Chicago
Krebs
Illinois Glée Club
Glee Et
Illinois Glee Club
Glee Club
Champ Clark
Missour
Glee Ub
Miss Smith
Attom
Maple Cits
Eden
Irvine
Women Who Do Things and Notable Honors
Census figures show 13 821 women in the federal executive civil service. Obituaries note Aunty Kerky Young, a pioneer nurse from the Civil War era, and Miss Agnes McAllister a Methodist missionary who died in Paris. Dallas and London figures gain appointments while charitable efforts fund scholarships for young women and a Hebrew girl recipient is mentioned.
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Census Bureau
United States
Kerky Young
Fis
Indiana
Suiy Ward
Palestine
Texas
E. P. Turner
Pf .Tucker
Dallas Board of Education
Mary Louise Genion
London
Home Office
Puior
Agnes McAllister
Africa
Paris
Buffalo
N. Y
Ework
Local Notes and Tragedy Shocks Colona Community
Colona segment records visits and errands of Miss Gertrude Allen and Margaret Allen with Gary Oskaloosa and Minneapolis departures. It reports a fatal overdose by Miss Cora Kincaid after family dispute and details a train accident near Colona with Myer, a St. Louis worker, badly bruised but alive. Funeral attendance and primary election notices fill remaining items with local business updates and auctions.
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Myer
St. Louis
Colona
Leighan
Geneseo Hospital
Church Announcements for Sunday Services and Meetings
Canistian Seirs l berghes every Sunday in the Hosford building with a top of lesson sermon and Spirit emphasis. Pastor Morse preaches and the Sunday school is held at noon. A senior sport meeting and other meetings are listed in the Millard room notices. Services are announced for next Sunday with general notices of Sunday school times and preaching hours.
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Canistian Seirs l -Berghes
Hosford
Esson
Spirit
Beas
Hailwaces
Morse
Serepee
Peeda
Itinor
Millard Baster
bLoun Merne
Surnen
Ff Johnson
Snday Schoo
Meéeetree
Luther League
Mrsven
Calmen
Sanda
Uoth
Folles
Bergen
Sanday
To Live With Esquimaux on a Polar Expedition
William Stefansson, American ethnologist with Norse roots, begins a two year arctic journey toward Coronation Bay to live among the Esquimaurs described as a bold trek with minimal equipment. He will travel 1850 miles by river and ice, enduring famine and cold, seeking new knowledge of a people little known to civilization.
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Mar
Wilhjahur
Stefansson
Sur Fent
Aytfimans
Frowen
Wheate
Coronation Bay
Harvard
Stgia
Iceland
Pernbods
Bat
T’e Feabody—Museum
Spetag
Absen
Mackenzie River
Alaska
Twain and the funny office joke told in a shipboard tale
A fragment recounts Mark Twain aboard a steamer and a joke about a bookkeeper in a New York office. The tale centers on a nervous clerk called Quilt who fears illness after odd remarks from colleagues and a joking boss. The second fragment has a whispered anecdote from Mr Wu Tingfang about a mandarin told by a doctor.
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Mark Twain
New York
Jake
Reg
Weimer Mertngen Facility At Bat Details
Baseball play by play notes a batter from Weimer facing Archersen. First base moves and outs are recorded with strikes and outs. The fragment mentions two players Meemer and Archersen with outs on four.
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Weimer
Koenecer
Sue M
Boenezer
Zer
Meus
Ebeneze
M. WA
Ebenezer
M.W. A
Ebenezer Fowler
Vince Esl
A-Weimer
Wewerrerne
Delp
Ceeese Robe Eben Nsell
Saseald Engart
Mortensop
Mandle
Eveeel
Po Lowes
Deales
T Waltzer
Blanchard
Lao Hagelin
Waltzer
van Scott
Tee Neiswender
Remenie
Epene
Kreculs
Newweeder
Welmer
Valis
Neiswender
Weiner
J Wartzer
Walver
Scott Pocrest
Portu
Senore
Hilsdale
Portland Po
A Anderson
F Woods
Lamphere
Iw Woods
Ss Art Anderson
P Anh Upson
Aug Anderson
Ch Upson
Local visits and church event noted in Geneseo
Families visited in Geneseo including Rev PO Hines and wife of Marshal town Iowa. Threshing continues and a quarterly meeting is set for Sunday August 9 at 3 PM with Bro Shively of the M I church leading communion. Sunday school at 2 PM and a painted carpeted church aims for a full turnout.
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Saniee
Wa Santee Sr
Geneseo
PO Hines
Marshaltown
Iowa
F A Hines
Shively
M. I
Reflections on honesty and self awareness in everyday life
The piece muses on human nature and honesty, noting that people often resist admitting flaws. It questions what defines a true friend and laments how reputation and self perception drive behavior. It contrasts aspirations with errors and suggests personal accountability remains central.
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James Speed
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Gilmer
Bellefontain
Ohio
Rey Thos-Byrnes
Gertrude Allen
Gary-todiana
Margaret Allen
Oskaloosa
Mark Meer
Minneapolis
Minn
BTS
Geo. B. Reese
Prophetstown
CL. Parker
Moline
Toradayes
Baum Thresher
Sherrill’s
H. A. Torney
H C. Heath
V. F Kincaid
Green River
Rock River
Cora Kincaid
Pervier
Sheffield
Fred Gramenz
Lone Rock
Hernap Liedtxe
Wercome Thursdas
Attrev
Sofrank ‘Kincaid
Skearnet Nebr V
Alfred Wil
Harry
Geo McMilnin
Abbor Guenther
Clint Kommorgan
Ray Skipter
Rob Milem
Tomlinson
McHugh
Sherrill
Jualius Millark
Dan
Francisco
Pan. Millark
Emma Buset
Oakland
Snediger
Colonal
Miss Kincaid
Marie Meer
Tri Cities
Mr Kincaid
Meer
Kincaid
Seighon
Hibcard
C. F. Looner
Esquimaux
Quill
Wes
Quilt
Hu Hhaset Ote
Bbene
Sonilaw
Fa Mabie Len
He Bone
Wi Berge
Eran
Andrew’ Grassau
Andrew Grageau
Henry
Illinoia
Henry Romsky
Cambridge
Jay
Suii
Enid
Spieste i
Hp Wee
Andrew Grassac Latherine Grassag
Henry Waterman
Atty
Lder
Pers
Chicago Street
North Side
Herman G
Roman
Rose
Henry W. Lane
Geneseo, Illinois
Republic
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Fbelf Ag Cong
Annawan
Photonn of
Abneyee
Ftate
Illinois
Frank Slater
KRESO
Fleck
J. E. Wright
D. M. Stamm
Ceneseo, Minois
Henry County
Yale
Think
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Congress
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