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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1898
Page
4
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A Geneseo dated August 26 1898 lists candidates for State Treasurer Floyd K Whittemore Sangamon. Public Instruction Alfred B. Trustees Illinois. George W Prince Knox. State Senator William Payne. George W Johnson Hook Island. County Judge A R Mock Cambridge. County Clerk G Welton Cambridge. Sheriff Ed Swain. Treasurer Thos Be Johnson Galva. School Incumbent Martin La Geneseo. Surveyor C C Martin Geneseo. Kewanee slate.
Report shows only six out of town men attended in Orion and no meeting was held. The Swedish Americans deny any responsibility for the fizzle and condemn hostile newspaper claims and anonymous circulars spreading a false bild.
The Orion page highlights community life with plans for a Baptist meeting, school preparations, and local visits. It notes Rev E P Brand's first act as Baptist state missionary, campus events, and a variety of residents traveling, social visits, and small-town happenings across Orion Geneseo and nearby areas.
The books of the late firm Meeske and Raynes may be found at F H McArthurs office for those settling accounts who know themselves in.
The article notes a third annual reunion of the Confederate veterans with a crowd aging as old men. It lists officers including President J Henderson and Vice President George W Backs and records several deaths since the last reunion from 1893 to 1898, with members from various companies.
Community items report births and visits including a baby boy born to Ed Oberle and wife and a 10 pound son welcomed by Will Oberle. Several residents attend Buffalo Bill and Yosemite topics, Field Day plans, and talks of Colorado naming a giant tree in Yosemite Valley. ARK Encampment rail tickets to Cincinnati offered with through cars and Rock Island connection.
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