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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1897
Page
1
The text shows subscription pricing with annual and semi annual options. It lists eighty one fifty for twelve months and a three month rate around forty cents, but the OCR is garbled. The notice reads as a brief price schedule for a publication called Live Senieseo Republik.
Local notes from Cambridge Illinois and vicinity recount travel by numerous residents including C. Nye in Rock Island, Evangeling Bailey and Miss Sheldon Ayres visiting friends, and George Read from Sumner Nebraska adopting a child. Married life events, births, illnesses, and church activities fill a busy week with trains and schedules adjusted for winter travel.
Dee 11 Chicago relatives visit J C Myers and wife. Spring Hill Woodmen Hall Company stockholders elect directors at Janoth ISU hall at 7 p.m. Miss Cora Clapper leaves Kempster school to teach at Sharon school. Elmer Young succeeds her at Kempster. Prof J H French gave first musical recital at Woodman Hall on Saturday night December 4 with a full house. Brooks Camp No 224 M W A elects J C Meyer V C and other officers.
December items report Mrs. co. Kincaid ill again while wedding bells loom. Glenn school opens with 18 pupils. Mrs. Rogh and family attend a Moline party. Hunters sighted. rabbit plenty. Anne Anderson returns from Gilchrist visit. Play at Coruna praised. One Christmas tree planned for Alc o house with music and singing. Community invites all to join.
Long town notes from Phenix and Colona describe school life, sugar beet farming plans, theater and church events, weddings, and local travel. Highlights include Mr. Upson’s bachelor life, Mrs. Lynch teaching singing, Mr. Phelps apple orchard, a double wedding in Colona, and revival meetings with Rev Gaither.
The note sheet records brief movements and health updates: Mr Chas Olson visited friends in Galesburg last week. Messrs John Berglund and Caleb John son traveled to Moline on business. Johnson brothers and Forsell shipped a carload of stock early in the week. Harry Robinson has recovered enough to be about. Mrs C G Peterson is sick with erysipelas. Dr H H Long of Orion attends. Mass A Peterson and sister Tillie toured the tri counties to replenish stock. Earl Johnson of Holdredge Neb visited locally last week en route to Chicago with stock.
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