Cambridge and Geneseo News Wraps Holidays in Respectable Returns
Cambridge and Geneseo report social visits and family travel for the holiday season. Local residents greet kin from Galesburg, Alpha, and Andover, while Horatio N. Boyd of Kansas visits relatives in Cambridge. Marriage notices list several couples, and a Sunday school Christmas program is planned for Armory Hall with a small admission fee.
Christmas festival and services in local Lutheran church
The Sunday school will hold a Christmas festival Monday at 7:15 pm with readings in Swedish and English. Christmas Day services are listed for 5:15, 10:30, and 7:30 pm. An oyster supper fundraiser for the Lutheran society is planned for Thursday Dec 28 in the church basement with admission 10 cents and supper 15 cents.
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Minnie Baldwin
Springfield
John Samuelson
Rt McCann
The
Lutheran Society
Congregational Church
Martin Luther
C. L.gruey
Grandma Sayles
Wales
Timothy Daniels
Os. Daniels
Mra
J. B. Stiers
D. Brickoff
London
Mary Dixon
S. L. Edmonds
Giant's Causeway
Antrim
F .B. Bennett
S . Childe
S Chilberg
Polly Vincent
John Lafferty
America
Pacific
Old Court House
Sullivan Howard
Himalaya
Wm Wallace
John Randall
Wallingford
Wm. Woolsey
J Streed
Eugene Palmer
Parma Goodrich
John Schoettler
New Orleans
R. W. Fleming
Gibralter
T.J Worthington
John Woolsey
Jesse Woolsey
J. F York
Hughes
John Casteel
Cambridge Coal Bank
Jan
F. O. Dahlberg
Wm. Woolf
Pacific Coast
Rosene Thatcher
Jas
Luavis
Fanny Hughes
Wm. Wallace
Gran
New Zealand
Auburn State Prison
New York
John Streed
France
Wm. Wilkinson
Lee Woodruff
Massachusettes Bay Colony
C. J. Gruey
Grandma Flagg
Hanna Whitman
Hunting
Long Island
Auburn
Geo. Phillips
Wim
Woolsey
Benedict Arnold
L. H. Patten
England
Scotland
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
J. F. York
David Wallace
Calumet
Mich
John Banholt
Jesse Beer
E A. Vaughn
Sarah Woolsey
G. Boyd
Kirkland
Id Wallace
Considera Lo
Local notes from Hoop Pole and surrounding towns
Messrs Frank and S E Meyer traveled to Renner. An infant girl born to Mr and Mrs Chas Groves. infant son of Mr and Mrs Frank buried midweek. Mr and Mrs Selim Swanson hosted guests Friday. Horace Landwehr ill with lung fever. Dr Wheeler attended. Irwin and Clinton Luther of Walnut spent Sunday with Hoop Pole friends. Christmas trees and programs planned at both churches. A contractor secured mail route between Hoop Pole and Annawan for four years. Misses Ada Goembel Josephine Luther Rebecca Fahlman and Alice Minch and Borge returned from Naperville for the holidays. Yorktown Lorraine Alba Phoenix mutual insurers meet Jan 3 at noon. Mr and Mrs Lewis Gaut of Luverne visiting relatives. formerly from Henry County. Gaut lived near Cambridge. Mrs Gaut formerly Nellie Gutzler from Lorraine township. At the M W A election Geo Mathis named Consul. others listed as officers and investigators.
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faMirs
Robert Boschbark
Molino
Cfa
Rock
C. By ‘Taylor
Galesburg
Chas. W. Andraws
Atlantic
Iowa
Walace Andraws
Burns Township
C.A. Myers
Pearis
C. M. Turner
Minnie Baldwin
Springfield
John Samuelson
Christian Swenson
Geneseo
A. P. Fors
John W Streed
Davenport
United States
Will Hayes
Cable
Ill
J. W. Horatio Boyd
William Grant
Luther Straight
Edward Davenport
Cambridge
Alfred L. Talbott
Harry Knapp
Bryant & Stratton Boalness College
Chicago
Shelden Ayres
Saturda
B. H. Stiers
Pawnee City
Carrie Weidlein
Andrew Weidlein
Genenoo
Champaign
Maple City
Cart —G~anderson
Andover
Little Falls
Minn
Peterson
August Miller
Kewanee
Eugene
Wurtemberg
Mildred Hackett
Vermont
B. Stiers
Seymore Briggs
Myrta Wickkom
Alpha
Charles E. Throp
Nekoma
Abbie Slozstér
Jernsas'd-Goshran
Lydia Taninier
Charles W Nelson
Cartie Robertson
Weller
Rape
MeSunday School
Armory Hall
Jared B. Smith
Osco
Henry A. Smith
California
Golden State
Ft.Worth
Texas
Houston
Amsa ‘Graties
Galeee Alaeerin
Horatio N. Boyd
Kansas
7Th TL Cavalry
Grierson
John Boyd
112Th Ml
Republic County Woman
Boyd
Aship
Selim Swanson
Horace Landwehr
Wheeler
Prophetstown
Messrs
Mesdames Irwin
Clinton Luther
Walnut
Hoop Pole
Annawan
Ada Goembel
Cool Bank
Ella Maloney
Goncaco
Crouch
Gece
W. L. Milar
C. H. Hamrodb
Wyaret
John West and
Burns
Samuel Wonders
Edward Everett
F G Ball
Mr Ball
Melvin Marsh Everett
Congregational
Grace Zimmerman
Cliff
Carrie Edmanson
St Neponset
Magee
Kenworthy
John Kenworthy
John English, Jr
Adams
Sheffield
Cora Macaffe
Myrtle Dunbar
Alva Mead
Mineral
Atkinson
Straley
All
Chas Fiebog
Rock Island
Pink Prairie Notes: Ills, Moves, and Mild Happenings
December notes from Pink Prairie report Andrew Nelson hosting Fred Rieley and family while Lauderbaugh endures muscular rheumatism. Upcoming Pleasant Ridge service at three. Wm Blankenfelt family relocates to Berney farm near Cleveland. Geofseley suffers long limb pain from a fall. Ten cent supper hosted by Salem and Sharon ladies at Frank Miller’s home. John Phelps’s Denver trip aids health. Emily Clark and cousins Rolland and Lillian McCully arrive from Pittsburgh for farm life study and Gorosed Collegiate Institute courses.
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Fred Rieley
Andrew Nelson
Lauderbaugh
Pleasant Ridge
Wm Blankenfelt
Jacob Dersham
Berney Farm
Cleveland
Geofseley
Ladies of
Salem and
Sharon
Frank Miller
A. Phelps
John
Denver
Colo
Emily Clark
Rolland
Lillian McCully
Pittsburgh
Lillian
Collegiate Institute
Local Notices and Family Updates From December Area
Community brief records move outs and arrivals on the Ned Withrow farm and at Marshal Aldrichs. Miss Jessie Lyon closes school due to her mother’s illness and death. A tenth wedding anniversary at John Berneys brings guests and gifts. Miss Lotie Nash visits Nashus Minnesota. McClains head to Nebraska with children. Neville returns from Chicago with news of McCurdy’s improvement. Smiths head to California via Houston, planning to stay until spring.
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Mika Mary Stanbro
Gieve T. D. Er
Ned Withrow
Emma Shisler
Marshal Aldrich’s
Jessie Lyon
John Berney
Lorenzo Brokaw
Lotie Nash
Nashus
Minn
John McClain
Nebraska
BR. G. Neville
Chicago
McCurdy
Jared H. Smith
Beery
California
Houston
Texas
Local notices of visits sales and a bank burglary
Neighbors share social visits births illnesses and entertainments from Dec 8 town listings. A bank burglary occurs with stamps and cash missing but no clue yet. time lock safe opened later with contents intact.
Holiday Preparations Amid Light Skating News
Geneseo reports late season rain sleet spoiling skating while residents plan ice storage and farm preparations for winter. Relatives celebrate Wm Kershaw's 76th birthday as surveyors map a Rock Island Geneseo railroad line and a Christmas tree is planned at the M E church.
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M Rielly
Geneseo
Litias Kincaid
Rock Island
Briar Bluff Stock Co
Wm Kershaw
John Beem
Chicago
Frank Deem
Cleveland
E. C. Stevens and Son
Dayton
M. EE
Rene Jacas
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