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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1893
Page
5
Local notices cover EK J Jenkins meeting on December 7 to elect officers and conduct business. Reports discuss Geneseo and Rock Island brewing competition, railroad time cards, safety concerns from firearm use, tax sale notices, county poor relief, and a faith healing controversy in Monmouth.
Wm Merriman the leading Western Illinois auctioneer will sell at two Geneseo area farms. On Friday December 1 Thos Lauderbaugh yard sale includes 10 horses 50 cattle 44 shoats 45 tons hay 1200 bushels corn farming implements and more with free lunch. On Monday December 11 Mrs Caroline Sieben sale at Dan Henney farm features 11 horses 58 cattle 27 shoats 15 tons hay and assorted plows harness and gear with free lunch.
The undersigned Cheraby will prosecute to the full extent of the law anyone entering their premises with dog or gun. Under Illinois statutes a severe penalty attaches for hunting or trespassing on lands of others without permit. We publicly state we will enforce the law where evidence supports conviction. J. D. Ford. Gro. & Mowry.
Settlement requested with change of firm effective January 1 1894. All indebted customers must settle accounts by that date or after January 1 will be handed to a collector for adjustment. Seman and Waterman.
Property listings show an excellent house and outbuildings in Atkinson Township with a $1,000 partial payment option for a Geneseo house and lot. An auction sale of a farm in Phenix Township is advertised. Osco Township offers rolling land with fair improvements at $39,000. Munson Township describes rolling land with fair improvements at $32 per acre. A 160 acre farm in Atkinson Township features flat, productive land with fair improvements priced at $3,000.
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