Anawan News Highlights Local Events and Prices
An Anawan market and social page reports Lager & Co discounts on straw hats and remnant shoes, new summer shirts, and corsets. Visits by Dr. Johnston and Henry Flanders. crop notes show weather impacts. A cyclone near several farms damaged structures, with injuries and property loss. Community notices invite harvests and a 360 acre Iowa farm for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lager & Co
E.johnston
Rock Falls
D F Barker
DeBout
Adinnesota
Lager & Cos
Henry Flanders
Peter Loucka
Gnesco
Bob Kuhn
Local notes from Beloit area update residents
Community items mention Will Porter returning to Beloit Nellie Perkins visiting Spring Hill and Henry county relatives Mrs Bessie Mrets and daughter at her mother Mrs George Perkins funeral in Bloomington Clareove Gresser returns to Topeka for work Mrs delio Johnson's serious illness concerns her abroad family Epworth League meeting moved earlier for summer heat Salem church events and local crop growth notes plus assorted quotes and notes from residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nellie Perkins
Spring Hill
Bessie Mrets
George Perkins
William Wood
Bloomington
Wm Neal
Tampico
Epworth League
Islands
Jennie Alford
Tobacco Notes From Historical Curiosities
Facts on tobacco origin and processing include ochre in Scotch snuff and cascarilla bark boosting odor. Yields reach 600 to 1,000 pounds per acre. Europe imports 500 million pounds annually. Austria grows about a third. Britain’s per person use is 23 ounces, priming leaves are removed, and Connecticut River tobacco is prized for wrappers. Catherine de Medici popularized powdered tobacco in France.
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Europe
Austria
Great Britain
Connecticut River
Cuba
Catherine de Medici
France
Local social notes and visits across Geneseo and nearby towns
Mrs A G Soderberg and Wm Ringledeft traveled to Chicago on business. Miss Griée Purce visited Galva. J Tracy of Chicago visited his brother J S. Rev W M Purce officiated at a hospital funeral. Cyclone sights attracted many locals to Munson. Mrs Henry Anderson hosted a sister visit. Mrs Maud Combs and son Herbert of Geneseo called on Mrs E A Combs. J J Hadley and Mrs Gertrude Bossemeyer toured Geneseo. Rev F A Joseph left the Rectory for Milan. Mrs D O Hinman and Mrs W M Parce visited Cambridge. Mrs Geo Hornecker and children stayed with Ed Hornecker. Luther Lough underwent a fourth hospital operation in Rock Island. Mr and Mrs Frank Bennett and Georgia visited R G Neville’s family. Mrs W H Patterson leaves for Tower Hill and Topeka for six weeks. J S Tracy recovering, using crutches. Attendees at Emalyee Tom Nason recital at Orion included Mr and Mrs Henry Combs, West and daughter Leila, Hopkins and daughter Dorothy, K G Neville, Miss Larson, and Miss Purce’s Sunday class hosted a moonlight picnic at the Rectory lawn after a phcon 30 scene was moved due to dew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A-G. Soderberg
Yin
Orfen
Q . Wm. Ringledeft
Chicago
Simdlay
Munson
Henry Anderson
Anderson
Maud Combs
Herbert
Geneseo
E. A. Combs
J. J. Hadley
Gertrude Bossemeyer
F A. Joseph
Milan
D.O Hinman
W. M Parce
Cambridge
Geo. Hornecker
Whiting
Indiana
Ed. Hornecker
Luther Lough
Rock Island
Frank Bennett
Georgia
R.G Neville
W H Patterson
Tower Hill
Ill
Topeka
Kansas
J S Tracy
Emalyee
Tom Nason
Orion
Henry Combs
West
Leila
Hopkins
Dorothy
K G Neville
Larson
Purce
Smith Grove
Community thanks for support after sudden loss in Geneseo
Mr and Mrs F T McDocGalU and Fasmty extend heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors for sympathy and aid after their sudden affliction. They praise the managers of the Valie Carriage Works and the workmen in Moline for kindness toward their departed son. A sale notice from F Boda Geneseo Tiltoin offers three young pieces cheap if taken soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valie Carriage Works
F. T. McDocGaLu
F. Boda
Geneseo
Tiltoin
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Annawan
Smith Ferguson
Geneseo Laundry
Fair
Kewanee
Dows Hall
Ginnysat Lager & Co
Graot Hetdriens
Royal
Nebor Circle
Mary Bord
Keres Mg
Kewanee Abu
Our Town
Jos Cuemert Las Ates
Hewirss
Salem
Vercruisa
Rentleren
Hughly
Willret
Gus
Gouges
Jou Naf
Abuuwat
Ted Herssoor
Aa Bao
Legur
Ancawar
Fries
Aud Vis Eoorgta Matthews
Arey
Roester
EU Beo Rigi
PR Sore
Gerace
Rome
Mantius
Fdua Vai
C. W Lager &Co Atkinson
George Brown
Morse Farm
Levi Hopkins
Peterson
Musca
Egine County
Iowa
G. M
Will Porter
Beloit
Wis
John L. Graham
Ramsey
Henry
Charles Steiner
Vhenix
Tne
A J Barker
Genese
Tades Home Society of
Henry Irts
dSunday Senoor
Ebenever
Ser‘moob
Kev
Wolf
Amar
Spain
Efca Fe
Heo
Travaier
Pliny
Seneca
Circuit Court OF the United States
Northern District of
Illinois
George W. Harris
Adair Pleasants
George W Harris
Iinois
Verneckmoes
Drs. Mitchell
Opthalmologists
Kewanee, Illinois
Win Nowers
Post
Cambridge, Ill
Annawan, Ill
Atti Inn Hotel
Henry County Agricultural Board
ATOLY
Henry County
Fregan's
St. Petersburg
M. EB
van Dike & Eston Company
Armory Hall
Theo. Boltensteen
State Street
Main Street
James Orr
Righ
Emery
Chairman
Perdaezen
A. W. Weimer & Co
Gan Bera
sollie-Kamprrsy
John Gra
Wilson, Henney
Sohn Gray
Geneseo Gas
WM. Hoeft
Florsheim
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