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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1911
Page
9
Incomplete OCR reads rates and class references for a service or publication titled Three Monthe or similar. Mentions per year pricing and second class designation. Details are garbled but indicate a pricing or enrollment notice from a bureaucratic or postal context.
Delegates from twenty one Swedish Lutheran congregations met in Molene to discuss dividing the Rock Island district. The proposal to form a new district was rejected while a plan to leave the question to the Illinois conference for final decision was endorsed. An individual cups debate arose with a motion from the First Swedish Lutheran church of Moline. the district will decide locally or defer to the Illinois conference. Officer elections were held including President C P Edblom and Secretary A T Lorimer.
Frank Henninger Hanna township tax collector will be at Geneseo Savings Bank every Saturday until books are closed March 4 marks the final opening date. Lager Offerle & Co One Price Clothiers advertises better clothes.
W F Berglund and Fred Peterson attended the Svea Mutual Protective Insurance Co meeting in Galesburg. Officers elected include President Jacobson, Vice President Westring, Secretary Asplund, Treasurer Nelson, and Auditor Johnson with alternate Larson. Appraisers were chosen for towns across Knox Henry and Mercer counties.
Frank Wilson shipped a carload of cattle to Chicago Tuesday and Wm Schmidt sent a carload of hogs to Chicago this week. Med Baker swaps farms and plans Minnesota move. Ernest Salzman worked two weeks in Hooppole. Rasmussen & Sons sale drew strong prices while Peter Verbeck's sale hit high notes. Hiram Riely heads to Laverne Minnesota for next year’s farming. Lee Wheat’s coal bank trip delayed by overnight stay as fourteen teams queued for coal.
Public sale scheduled for Monday February 6 in Cambridge at the Bristol barn. W A Fell, a noted breeder, will market 40 pure bred Duroc Jersey brood sows. His herd is well regarded for merit and performance with select animals in this year’s offering. A catalogue with sow breeding and sires used is available in another column.
Old fashioned revival services continue at Grace Church each night except Saturday with large attendance and strong interest. The meetings are described as a great blessing and inspiration, with all invited to cooperate in the effort.
Notice states no hunting allowed on the undersigned property and warns trespassers and violators will be prosecuted. Polly De Crane is the property owner issuing the warning.
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