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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
12
Geneseo residents engage in church gatherings and school openings while many neighbors report illnesses recoveries and travels. Social visits, sales events at Verbeckmoes Department Store, and family news from Atkinson to Rock Island fill the week with a mix of travel, illness, and community activities.
Six bargain offers include boys knee pants 39 cents a pair, men's shirts 39 cents, wool and all wool blankets 25.7 percent off, men s dress and work clothes 19 cents, fabrics 84 cents per yard, and dresses two for the price of one plus special shirt stock. Coffee served every Wednesday afternoon.
Cambridge notes list many residents and guests visiting Osco Galva Orion Rock Island Geneseo Kewanee and LaFayette. People traveling for business or visiting relatives include A HB Poulson Marie Fair Helma Peterson G M Turner Doane Johnson J B Taylor Sadie Stranberg and others with moves to Galva Orion Rock Island and Geneseo.
George Funk shipped cattle Tuesday and Fred Lewis sent two loads Sunday night. Vacation ends as teachers and pupils return to work. Bernard Charlet and family visited with her parents Saturday and Sunday. John Black and Morris Black visited Geneseo on New Year’s Day. Mrs. Hugh Armstrong learned of her father Joseph Dines’s illness in Atkinson. W. Ri Rehord traveled to Cambridge on business Monday.
A local retailer advertises numerous near seal and electric seal garments with reductions. Prices drop from $45.00 to $37.50 on jackets and $27.50 to $20.00 on select electric seal pieces, with multiple sizes 36 through 44 featured. The sale includes jackets with mink collars and satin linings, blouses, and beaver trimmed items.
The ad lists several fur and silk scarves including Jap mink items with reduced prices from $9.00 to $6.95 and $14.00 to $9.95, plus other trims like three tail scarves and sable fox boas with marked downs. It highlights natural Siberian grey and sash tone pieces and notes multiple sale prices across diverse items.
Imported caracal garments feature satin linings in black and other colors. Prices ranged from around $11.95 to $27.50 for different styles, with reductions on several semi-fitting caracal coats. Lower prices included coats down to about $6 in the sale catalog.
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