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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1911
Page
18
Annawan hosts a grand July 4 celebration with parade plans and community notices. Local happenings include farm and business reports, visitors, baby birth, renovations, and upcoming sales and errands across town.
Alba closes this week with a picnic at Maple Grove School. Henry Huberty of Moline and Geo Warner with Nate Warner of Prophets Town were noted as business callers in Alba on consecutive days.
About one hundred pigeons from the Kewanee Homing Pigeon Club participated in a race from Quincy to Kewanee. The fastest bird covered 1477.15 yards per minute a very good time, while the slowest averaged 1173.94 yards per minute.
Joseph T Le Merts a well digger and farmer south of Annawan died after an explosion and gas exposure while opening a well on the Fronk farm. He had earlier sunk a well at Barker farm and reached about fifty feet before obstructions required explosives. He and two assistants were at the Frank farm when the fatal incident occurred.
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