Geneseo Social Notes Highlight Local Moves and Visits
Geneseo residents and visitors are listed in a long local notes column. Highlights include Louis Godine of Chicago visiting Colby family, Joan Morrow taking over City Bakery, Hon. W. W. Cole shipping cattle to Chicago, and Mrs. Michael Drager’s ankle injury after a cherry tree fall.
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Louis_Godine
Joan Morrow
Harry Stich
W. W. Cole
Chicago
Mr. Cole
Carl Gustafson
W. W. Fones
Moline
Darwin
Harold
James Reeves
Fores
Reeves
Michael Drager
Murphy
Electric light plant canvass by Gorham and Marron
A canvass was made Wednesday by L B Gorham and J V Marron of Rock Island on a proposed electrical service at the Electric Co plans. They argued that sufficient patronage would pay for the installation and improved lighting if given the go ahead.
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L. BE. Gorham
Plankill
Mr.Gorham
J.v—Marron
Rock Island
Conatrac- Aton
Nominations Filed at County Clerk Office for August Primaries
Nominations filed by party at the county clerk’s office. Names listed include Circuit clerk candidates P B Keeler and J Arnott Bngwell from Kewanee and Andover. State’s Attorney hopefuls C E Sturtz and H Sterling Pomeroy of Kewanee. and others for Surveyor Coroner and Senatorial Committee.
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Phil—Phu Aay
C. E. Sturtz
H. Sterling Pomeroy
Kewanee
James Andrews
Charles Mulligan
J. W. Connery
C. C.martin
Geneseo
Lloyd Z. Joes
Gelva
John Danielson
Henry C. Morton
Galva
Joseph Carney
Frank S. Baynes
William Hoemt
D. M. Stamm
Tragedy at Neponset Ends in Double Death
Archibald Cherry of Cambridge shot his sweetheart Miss Annie Weingardt at the S. D. Carpenter home in Neponset then killed himself. Weingardt, 21, was wounded in the head and taken to Keewanee hospital where doctors feared for her life. Cherry, 25, died instantly. He had visited her for three weeks and they planned marriage. The shooting happened in the kitchen after a lovers quarrel. Cherry was born in Cambridge and was a carpenter by trade. Weingardt was a well known Kewanee girl. Cherry's body was taken to Cambridge for burial after a Thursday funeral.
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Archibald Cherry
Cambridge
Annie Weingardt
S. D. Carpenter
Neponget
Gowne
Neponset
Imity Wei
Mr. Cherry
Weingardt
Card of thanks for sympathy after loss of husband and father
Deep thanks for expressions of sympathy and generous aid from neighbors and friends during our sorrow after the illness and passing of our beloved husband and father. Mrs Joserm Glapman and Cutlpxen.
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Joserm Glapman and
CutLpxen
Democratic Candidate Announces Run for 37th District
A letter from J. McGuire dated August 8 announces candidacy for Representative of the 37th Senatorial district in the Democratic primary. Also includes a 1906 testimonial from C. N. Corneil of Roding Georgia praising Kodol with a note of well wishes. Sold by J. E. Wright.
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Georgia
C. N. Corneil
Roding, Ga
J. E. Wright
Deserted Love and a Shifting Romance in a Marsh
In the continued tale, Mrs. Waring and her circle at a seaside hotel navigate romantic tensions. Sarto challenges a growing attraction with jealousy and secrecy as Annette Bancroft and Gerald Buist stir a fragile triangle while a car ships out and a tense farewell seals a uneasy partnership.
Havre Royal Port City Scene With Luxury Car Friction
In Havre the Totel Maritime project dominates the quay as a chauffeur battles fatigue while polishing a car. An English observer questions the tire change pace exposing class tension and restless motives. Sarto works quietly as a shadow falls and the drama of pursuit begins.
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Itue_Royal
Havre
Totel Maritime
Porte-Cochere
Sarto
Peter the Great and the Toothache Tale
The tale recounts Peter the Great rewarding a servant for exposing a wife who feigned toothache. The czar, furious to learn the ruse, intends punishment but the misunderstanding reveals moral on truth. An accompanying Tacitus quote cautions that fear blocks truth and wisdom rests on sincerity.
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Tacitus
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