Geneseo Notes on Church, Schools and Local Life
Geneseo updates include new Epworth League social plans at Mrs. Bills home after a supper. Episcopal church to hold Sunday services with Rev. Burrell. Presbyterian church elects Rev Koons as pastor and reports improvements to the building. community discusses bank prospects and a proposed Genesee Trust and Savings Bank. local lectures by Dr Monroe Markley and a Whitney Brothers Quartet performance announced for Freeman's Hall. school enrollment rising with new pupils listed and dental society meeting in Moline.
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Tricity Episcopal Church
F. H. Burrell
Moline
Presbyterian Church
C. L. Koons
Rice Laks
Wisconsin
Wasalmoualy Chéoen
Koons
Deol
Chi Ee
J. I. Dool
church-at-Normal
Arcommittee
Munson Presbyterian Church
Rev
Genesee Trust and Savings Bank
R. D. Boice
Theo. Becker
R. J. Pritchard
Leonard Sieben
Charles Stevens
Messrs
O. W. Bolt
S.brown
Farmers Institutes
College of Agriculture
Ered W. ‘Lardare
Springfield
D. W. Morris
Normal
Whitney Brother
Freeman's Hall
Bloomington
Abram
Dimes Look Small and Shop Quality Emphasis
The note argues dimes are smaller than usual and warns shoppers that items offered are not only cheaper but of higher quality than the price implies. It emphasizes careful observation of value and quality in purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genesee
Safa
Central Committee
C. J. Limle
Gunner A. Johnson
S. W. Shafer
S. J Stoeti
John D. Wood
Bargain Sale Promises Tools And Household Goods
A period ad offers polished nickel plated eye hammers 10 inches, 10 inch mill files, fire shovels of 16 gauge steel, a 17 inch hollow handle, and assorted kitchenware including a 14 quart dish pan a 10 quart tin pail and a 12 by 17 roasting pan all priced at ten cents or a dime. The copy promises many more bargains at low prices.
Longfellow Birthplace Mystery in Portland Tenement
The Portland Maine house once connected to poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow has become a cramped tenement. A teacher asked students where the poet was born and a boy answered Patsy Magee’s bedroom, a remark that stunned the class and drew attention to writes about women and so called helpful books.
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Portland
Longfellow Wis
Longfellow
Patsy Magee
Coal at Weimer’s Bank North of Geneseo
Readable text notes coal available at Arthur Weimer’s coal bank north of Geneseo near the Ebenezer camp grounds. Price listed as 834 cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Weimer
Geneseo
Ebenezer
Canning Company Seeks Farmer Contracts
The manager of the Geneseo Canning Company will be at the First National Bank each afternoon to receive corn contracts as the company aims to complete its acreage quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canning Company
First National Bank
Geneseo Canning Coq
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Arcace W. Bills
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Iowa
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Chicago
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Markley
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Castleton
William Babeck
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Herman Heldt
Mildred
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D. D
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Geneseo Library
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Charles Yager
Oscar
Edwin Hasting
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Mollowes
Any. Eeeee
Whitney Brothers
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Bist
Frank Small
Rock Island
Myrtle Liken
Mabel Parks
Naperville
Emma Baer
Belleville
A. Dunlap
Allentoton
Penn
Florida
Nellie McFadyen
Roc Island
Géneseo
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Galesburg
D. Frankcli“Kane
J. C. Hammond Hospital
FP. L. Entrikin
Coens
William Rader
Mr. Rader
Ursula Stafford
Palmer
J. H
Cole
Prophetstown
Monday
J. E. West
George L. Wood
County
West Wag
Manufacturers’ Hotel
Norr
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Florence Wagla
Lucille Goembel
Sadie Schmoll
Oneids
Arnold Wendla-Anderson
Mabel Kane
Nellie Beers
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Roy Horn
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Floyd Blankenfeld
Spurs
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Helen Bradley
Florence Haynes
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Ora Lewis Willie Carleton Dewitt Johnson
Irene Rohweder
Gilbert Wow
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Wash
Mark
Henry County
Boston
Gasolene
the Root & VanDervoort
East Moline
H. P
Wagle Bros., Geneseo
Lela Bry
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