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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
13
The Geneseo Republic reports a mix of local items including shop ads, upcoming events, auctions, and community notices. Highlights include holiday gift ideas, deferred medical, legal and council actions, church events, engagements, obituaries, and plans for local shoots and fairs with numerous names and places in Geneseo and surrounding towns.
Reader notes caution about making money in gold and jewelry markets. Warns that jewelry often holds value and can nearly double when priced, suggesting careful consideration of genuine gold and gems as a stable investment.
President J L Lamont opened the Geneseo Farmers Institute with strong attendance. Dr J M Folsom spoke on Insects in the Cornfield while G W Conn Jr discussed Reorganization of the Country School System. H Q Allison from the State University led stock judging and coordinated the day’s contests. Household Science premiums were awarded and Maple City Concert Band performed. Fr iday features include the Geneseo Agricultural Club presenting Faults of their Seed Corn Plots.
Multiple congregations announce sermons and schedules for Sunday worship. Clergy include Rev D. M. Wirkpatrick at Unitarian, Rev Father FM Foley at St Maraclav, Rev J. Pearson at B.V.P., and Rev J H Weade overseeing Garner. Services span Geneseo Colona Epworth League Swedish Lutheran German and Congregational bodies with themes on life, future world, and tribulation.
Music and skating events scheduled at the New Armory in Geneseo on multiple dates in December. Listings show afternoon and evening sessions on December 10 12 15 17 19 22 29 and 31 plus Christmas weekend events and a final night program.
George Wake an early Illinois pioneer died at his Hillsdale home on Sunday December 6 at 10 a.m. He was eighty, born in England in 18 percent and immigrated to America at age four. Survived by sons Charles Frank and Clyde Wake and daughter Mrs F J Whiteside. Funeral from Zuma church at 1 p.m. Tuesday with burial in Zums cemetery.
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