Geneseo Area Public Notices and Local Business Notes
Local Geneseo and nearby communities report visits by residents to Geneseo and Annawan, notices of Verbeckmoes Department Store bread specials, notary services by F. E. Gresser, and various church and school events. Also mentions customers and ads for Holsum bread, Harms Glawe meat and dairy, and Rev. J M Finch activities.
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Prince
Enderries
Fockley
Dirs
Jacob—Gatour
Geneseo
Robi
Black’ & Son
Ain
Mira
Lloyd
Porter
Rand
John Keag
Central
Verbeekmoes
Holsum
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Wm. Jr
Ethel
Robert Black
Local Notes From Leon and Vicinity
Leon residents share visits and family updates as neighbors recount calls and travel. Ed Oberle and family spent the weekend with John Jacquet, while Nellie Oberle and children joined. Miss Pearl Jaquet assists with housework. Mrs Larson remains ill but improving after a doctor visit.
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N. Adams
Leon
Rickél
John-Jacquet’s
Henry—Oberle
Dorothy
Win- Oberle's
Ethel “Lofgren
Specht
Altona
Joseph Oberle
Amboy
Bernice
Lansford
Wm. Oberle
Jos. Egert
Oberle
Alice Holzinger
Geneseo
Johnson Wa
John
Larson
Commencement Exercises At Atkinson High School
The Atkinson High School commencement was held at Everett's Opera House on Wednesday evening May 29. Misses Ruth Macafee Edith Booth and Viv ian Hardin graduated. An address by state senator H S Mason on “Gon oe Baeg 'girl-of-Princeton” was praised. Glee club songs and solos by Macafee Booth and Prof Clifford Thompson accompanied the ceremony.
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Everett's-opera
Ruth Macafee
Edith Booth
Vivian Hardin
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Princeton
Macafee
Booth
Clifford Thompson
William Foster obituary notices Civil War veteran
William Foster was born October 4, 1857 in Pink Prairie Henry County. He was the son of John and Harriet Foster, respected pioneers who settled here. He leaves four sisters, two daughters and a son, and was laid to rest in Grand View Cemetery beside his parents and brothers who gave their lives in the Civil War.
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William Foster
Pink Prairie
Henry County
John
Harriet Foster
Tian Hartman
Grand View
Wallpaper Sale By Robt Black And Son
Robt Black and Son advertise wallpaper at two cents per roll with a guarantee of pest free quality across all wallpaper offered.
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Black & Son
Fes
Atkinson High School Alumni Banquet Honors Twenty-Fourth Year
The Atkinson High School Alumni Association held its twenty fourth annual meeting on Thursday evening May 30 with a bounteous banquet in Mystic hall. Officers elected for the coming year were President Arthur Verbeck Vice President Stanley Ransom Secretary Ruth Macafee Treasurer Thos Nowers Registrar A Ross Welch. A program featured Hazel Higgins Ransom address of welcome Vivian Hardin response piano solo Lucy Nowers vocal Nina J Parker reading Bessie Steiner Keag vocal Mrs J M Goodman trio Paul Black William Massey Ross Welch. Supper served to about one hundred attendees after which graduates danced and past president Mrs Ransom received congratulations on the event's success. The note adds local farming activity and social visits then declares Liberty Cemetery cleanup set for June 12 with trustees asking cooperation.
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Atkinson High School-Alumni Association
Graham
Mystic Hall
Arthur W. Verbeckmvoess
Stanley D. Ransom
Ruth B. Macafee
Thos. F. Nowers
A. Ross Welch
Hazel Higgins Ransom
Vivian Hardin
Lucy Nowers
Nina J. Parker
Bessie Steiner Keag
Wm. Massey
Ross Welch
Ransom
Rights of the Child Injustice Sparks Debate On Parental Duty
An Illinois State Journal excerpt recounts a New York shopkeeper beating a four year old boy and a rescuer breaking in. Public opinion splits, judges urge leniency, and letters blame neglectful parents for a city seen as chaotic as children roam free.
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Illinois State Journal
New York
Card of Thanks from Hartman family
Card of Thanks expresses gratitude to those who aided during illness and after the death of their brother. Thanks also extend to floral donors singers and faithful pallbearers who were friends of the deceased. Mr and Mrs Geo W Hartman.
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Geo. W. Hartman
Trustees Meeting Atkinson Illinois June 3 1912
The board of trustees met in regular session with President Bush presiding. Bills approved include coal lumber engineer services police lamps and park maintenance. A license and bond were approved for Charles Van Dewastine drum shop. The meeting adjourned with Village Clerk Jesse Steiner. An advisory note promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for whooping cough epidemics.
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E. Imel
I. Harm
Mills Electric Co
Nowers
Mowsinge Park
L. van. Builaert
Graham. & Son
Peter de Roo
P. Ormond
Tion Co
Clyde Atwell
H. de Witte
P. van Deneste
Ella Wee
Atkinson Lumber Men Offer Home Building Tips
Epigrammatic locals urge post election focus on home improvements. The advertisement from P. D. Ranson and Son promotes window and door screens lumber products plaster replacement cedar fence posts limestone blocks long joists cast iron well rims and cistern covers promising durable materials for smaller chores and long term safety.
Prize winning collie license shows at Atkinson events
Carlton Grayling, prize winner at the 1910 International show and 1914 Kewanee sweepstakes, announces a touring stake with stands at Bullock’s farm and multiple Atkinson locations. The notice lists dates, sites, and a 15 dollar service fee to cover living costs. Harry Broadbent is owner with James Woodward as attendant.
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Carlton
Grayling
Kewanee
Mr. Bullock
John Black
H. Gilbraith
Atkinson
B. S. Warner’s
Henry de Roo
Graham
Harry Broadbent
James Woodward
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