Local Geneseo Notes and Christmas Shopping Adverts
Geneseo items list December bargains at Lyon and Weekley, Zimmerman furniture, and Newers auto purchases. Local society notes cover church events, Christmas travel plans, school performances, marriages, and faith meetings with many residents and nearby towns named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyon &Weekley's
Joseph Dent
Human Clothing Company
Lyon & Weekleys
Geneseo
E. B. Neal
C- Zimmerman
Open Air Exercise Promotes Lifelong Growth and Health
Dr Woods Hutebine argues that outdoor exercise builds both mind and body beyond early adulthood. He warns that stopping activity after graduation curtails development and shortens life, noting growth continues until about age fifty with steady effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Woods Hutebin Eae
Fiddles and relics at auction echo old Rome
The auctioneer held a battered fiddle asking for bids while joking it might be the Nero violin. A man offered thirty cents, then the sale turned to handing down volumes of government agricultural reports for 1879.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Versailles
Nero
Rome
Reward of Industry and Virtue in Oysters Tale
A humorous column notes Alfred Kargers in Saint Paul Minnesota finds a pearl in an oyster bill at a 35 cent restaurant item. He sells the pearl for $10 the next day but must walk home, while the story concludes with a joke about snuff and a magistrate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred Kargers
St Pauls Minn
Aamie
Peoria
Munson Co-operative Church Holiday Entertainment
The Munson Co operative church Sunday school offers a Christmas entertainment Monday at 7 30 pm. Everyone is invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munson -Co-operative Church
State Teachers Association Meeting Moves to Chicago
The State Teachers Association will meet in Chicago December 27 to 29 instead of Springfield as before. Over 4000 teachers have already paid enrollment fees and the largest attendance in the association's history is assured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Teachers’ Association
Chicago
Springfield
Almost Generous Two Irishmen
Two Irishmen recall their deceased friend Casey noting he was cheerful and generous. Pat recalls Casey offered a drink in Flaherty's bar while debating rain or snow, illustrating his good nature and humor.
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Pat
Casey
Mike
Flaherty
H F Hiatt
West Virginia
Courtship in Pants and a Postal Romance
A Muscotah Record note tells of a young man who buys overalls with the sewing girl’s name inside. He writes a letter, but the reply rejects romance, saying she is a working girl who will not support a husband. She adds that future marriage would require a man with better means.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hais
John Fitzkee
John
E. E. Fitzkee
Worthy
I J. Emmons
Macauley
Ma Andrews
Sarah Porter
Annawan Lodge
A. F
A. M
Masonic Hall
H. E. Whitted
Jesse de Marranvaillé
George W. Farnum
F. R. Bessant
O. E. Trickle
Harry Massey
Columbia University of New York
Raymond
Hartman
Andrew—Davidson
Jas_ Irvin
Raymond Hartman
Floyd Boomerey
St. Anthony’s Church
Tiler, Jr
Louise May Hoogerwerf
Frances Conrads
Jacob Hoogerwerf
Republic
Hera
Art's Very Best Reds High Scoring Red Cockerels Sale
A poultry sale offers high scoring Reds at $1.50, $260, $2.50 and $3.00 each. About 10 utility cockerels with low non freezing Rose Combs available at $1.00 each. Call or write for details.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Aserinson
Mothers’ Meeting
J.H Harrison
J. M. Goodman
Elizabeth Zimmerman
Kewanee
Ralph Shearer
Prof
Vail Cordell
Roland
Macomb
Scott Hunt
Millersburg
E.C. Green
E. C. Chapler
Congregational Church
Cryer
Robert Wright
Sheffield
Free Methodist
Robert Ransom
Rockford
Chester Macauley
Oberlin
Ohio
Will Griffin
Maude
Verbeckmoes
Nauvoo
Stanley Ransom
Beloit
Wis
Queec- Iman & Pough
W. A. Newers
Glen Tomlinson
Iim
Atkinson Lumber
Roy Newers
Cambridge
A. L. Odenweller
Ruth Porter
DeKalb
Daniel Porter
Thomas Frew
Martin Borkgren
Weaver & Monesmith
M. S. Kendrick
Clara
Fairbury
Ernest Tappery
John W. Griffin
Int
Daniel Griffin
California
George Hartman
Herbert
W. H. Hunter
Christian Science
Thomas Haugh
Blue Island
Ed Nowers
Jennie Nowers
Charles E. Hand
Congregational
Mlinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational Church
Woodman
Robert Allen
Cornwall
e——Armstrong
Silvis
Liberty Cemetery
Henry County
Liberty
Mn Funk
J. J. Hadley
Hunt, Johnson & Taylor's
Enroth & Horberg
R. M.—Moran
J. Thomas Murrish
Quincy
St. John
St. Thomas
Edward Fawcett
Ill
Munson
Art W Verbeckmoes
Corge
Atkinson
Henry Wigren
Tivnsis
Aterly
Christus
Lavaliers
Queeman & Pough
Illinois
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