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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1893
Page
7
The piece surveys Chicago World’s Fair interest, local church notices, reunions, and civic updates. It cites travel costs, lectures, baptisms, marriages, and public meetings across Cambridge Geneseo and surrounding towns, including church services, school events, and memorials.
John Sebastian promotes the Chicago Rock Island Pacific World’s Fair line offering direct electric service from Rock Island depot to the Englewood gate. Tickets five cents, baggage check to Englewood, quick ten minute travel, and access to suburban hotel district near the Fair.
A notice from Cambridge highlights a teachers’ examination at Cambridge High School on June 17 starting 8 a m. J B Russell, Co Supt, notes no relation to the World’s Fair beyond local dry goods bargain claims.
W J Lewis of Geneseo Illinois advertises nine young Hereford bulls for sale at low prices within the next sixty days.
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