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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1907
Page
12
Geneseo area notes include visits by W J McBroom and others to Moline, plans for Chautauqua week, and a large Fargo gathering. Reports cover church bids for a new Catholic church, an auto parade launch, a marriage at the Swedish Lutheran parsonage, school activities, Woodmen memorial services, and community socials in Colona and Osco with details on local residents’ travels and ties to nearby towns.
A humorous portrait of rural households adopting modern equipment to ease labor. Farmers upgrade to gas lighting, windmills, engines, cream separators, feed grinders, silos, harvest machinery and household conveniences while balancing family budgets and social life. The piece notes women influencing purchases and the shift toward town participation and city goods.
Carl Laufman and wife visited Mr Averss on Sunday while John McNeil of Chicago stayed with his sister Mrs Robert Dail. Isaac Franks family spent Sunday at Ed Vromen's. Seedsless lemons and large fruit stocked at Spring Hill store. Local visits include Angie John Fuller in poor health after a fall and Mrs Heller undergoing appendicitis surgery. George Perkins wed Miss Julia Parson at Atkinson and returned Friday. Fred Brooks Earnett and wives attended the funeral of Hattie Hudwell in Geneseo. Lawrence family and children Willito Dora attended Morrison graduation exercises. Charlotta Santos and Willie Rolle featured in local school milestones.
Owing to the firm retiring from business all accounts should be promptly closed. Debtors are urged to call and settle promptly, and creditors are asked to submit claims for payment to Levi Waterman or Co.
Chicago men Eloping Lovers believed buried in a tragic mine cave near Laugpiazes in Monterey state Mexico. They aim to explore a zinc and lead vein they found inside hoping for wealth while fearing the cave’s deadly history and potential arsenical poison.
Glacier ice is delivered to major European consumers. It is mined like stone, quarried in the Alps where railways have made transport profitable due to the ice's hardness and lasting quality.
The Panhandle and southwest Texas shift from grazing to farming as steam gang plows unlock virgin soil. Large fields and widespread cotton cultivation expand along the Texas and Pacific and Fort Worth routes. Boll weevils and pests have not yet appeared in southeast Texas.
The week's church notices list Rev W C Hallwachs of Geneseo conducting at Monson Presbyterian next Sunday at 2 40 pm and Zion Evangelical with varied service hours. Other meetings include Christian Scresor at Woodman Hall 10 45 am and Lutherans with Sunday school at 10 am and services at 7 30 pm.
Mrs Elia M Patten and daughter Alice plan a public auction in Cambridge on Saturday June 5 at 10 o clock sharp. The sale covers town household and kitchen furniture including beds bedding commodes bedroom suits sideboards lamps rockers tables rugs carpets proof safe carpenter tools billiard table wood and tree vises horse buggy harness bric a brac lawn mower and sweeper lawn swings and more. Cash for sums $10 and under. Six months credit with approved security at 7 percent if interest not paid.
Loraine church will observe Children’s Day on Sunday June 9. A program is planned for 8 p m. Evening services begin at 8 with a program and baptismal services after a morning session at 10 a m where the pastor speaks to the children. Parents may have their children baptised. The public is invited to attend.
A college professor renowned for intense concentration returns home after a film meeting. While settling in his room he hears a noise beneath his bed. The intruder claims no one is there, prompting the professor to remark on his own puzzling perception.
Cartoon style collage of jokes on coal prices smiles bills trains and family dynamics. Characters debate church benches comfort fatigue and a “train of thought” gag while lightheartedly poking at everyday woes.
Patchen Gentry is described as a young three year old stallion with a striking dappled coat and four white feet. Sired by Patchen Wilkes with Dam Jennie Neff producing Canato Land 2 31 speed, the horse is praised for flawless conformation and speed potential. He will be kept at the farm Monday to Thursday and at Weinrich Bros barn the rest of the week, limited to 25 approved mares at 90.
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