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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1898
Page
2
Historic timetable fragment lists express and local trains with daily runs, morning and afternoon departures, and a few specific times. Mentions Bureau Ac and C B & Q at Burlington Crossing with westbound and rest pause notes.
A large YMCA audience heard Captain Wheeler discuss the Hennepin Canal project. He described canal history, feeder design, concrete construction, dam plans above Sterling, river water use, land acquisition, and financing with maps and photographs.
The county reports Prof Herald Robinson of New York running a dancing school in Orion. Ice crossing continues on the Mississippi between LeClaire and Port Byron, with ice cutting starting in Moline and 150 workers sought. Corn yields noted on farms near Thos McConnell and others, plus a runaway incident involving Jonas Johnson and a coal wagon.
The piece covers a banquet honoring Arthur Stilwell and figures in the WKansas City Pittsburg and Gulf railroad project, with toasts to family and public life. It notes a sheriff’s resignation, business leaders’ roles, and a charity payment from the United Workers of America, plus a local obituary and a wedding-adjacent toast segment.
A lively reminiscence recounts a toast session in Geneseo touching on Cole Andrews and Joe Dobbs, with mentions of EKewance Stosk Island Galesburg Sterling and Dison. It cites kidney backache cures from Morrows iid ne olds and druggist J Wrights in Springfield, Ohio, plus Jimmie’s editorial tales and a wistful farewell.
Supreme Justice Craig rules school directors cannot introduce new writing books more than once every four years. The decision follows protests over frequent changes in schoolbooks in recent years. The Free Methodists are holding a revival at Kewanee.
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