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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1912
Page
12
Geneseo Republic prints its annual circulation report for the year ending December 29 1911 The paper lists total copies printed 189 800 and notes the average number of complete copies per issue 3 650 The statement is sworn and notarized by Philip S Schnaele Notary Public and signed by J F Will and Chas Lieberknecht publishers in Geneseo Illinois March 1 1912.
Local notes report J J Guild Fred Gotthardt Sr ill home bound. Dr C S Young testifies in Cambridge murder case. Rhode Island Red fowls and White Brahmas for sale. Cattle lot sells at Chicago market. Wilfred Nelson and James Thorp bring feeders from Omaha. Mr and Mrs George H Breed returned from Doniphan Missouri. J P Johnson celebrated 74th birthday with family. S W Remington visits from Edgford area for reunion plans. County Superintendent Odenweller at teachers institute and county superintendent meeting in St Louis. Water power site withdrawals announced nationwide January 1912 totaling 1 726 375 acres.
A church notices page lists services at various denominations including Christian Science Swedish Lutheran German Lutheran Unitarian Evangelical and Methodist. Times range 10 30 to 10 45 a m on Sunday with weekday meetings noted and public invitation extended.
A. OM. M. Fors visited his son John’s home for a family gathering with grandchildren. FLO Peterson of List Spring Kansas arrived to attend his mother’s funeral. JWW Goss & Co Geneseo offer low building material prices with guaranteed satisfaction. Ed Johnson leads his household goods business.
Obituary notices recount the life of George Arnett born 1838 in Warren county Pennsylvania who died 1912 in Geo ne a Mason City vicinity. Survivors include wife Margaret Sieben and six children with grandchildren and great grandchildren. Funeral held at Zion Evangelical Church. Plus scattered local notes on meetings and a young death in Andover area.
Mrs Sarah Ann Smith wife of Henry D Smith died at her Ward street home on Sunday February 25 1919 aged 62 years 16 days. Born February 9 1850 in Harmony Township she lived in Town Hooppole Geneseo Prophetstown Magnolia and Luverne Minnesota. She joined Zion Evangelical Church early and served the community as wife mother and friend. Survived by husbands four children and one grandson. Funeral Wednesday at Zion Evangelical Church with interment in Oakwood Cemetery.
The fragment records various social items: Joni ATStahl at a cement show in Chicago. Mrs Tarsony of Atkinson visiting. Genéseo visitors. attendance at wrestling matches with proceeds noted. Mrs Lotta Sale aiding care in Des Moines. references to local firms and weather affecting mail. a stork sighting. a surprise party for Leota Whitted and Roy Hoy. congratulations to the newlyweds. and a family note of thanks from H D Smith and children for sympathy and flowers after a death.
Buyers from Iowa and Nebraska converge on auctions offering improved farms in eastern Iowa. Northern Iowa Land Co. of Independence Nebraska promotes farm opportunities as strong as those at home with good values for serious buyers.
The undersigned offers for sale a limited number of Rhode Island hens. Inquire at premises three miles east of Geneseo.
A fragmentary note presents a character named A-tman dreaming of fame who observes a crowd of men. he quickly realizes the crowd is driven by selfish interests. The passage mentions select U S locations including Manhattan and several states and towns.
Rockford Illinois reports a typhoid fever epidemic with crowded hospitals and infected city water cited as the cause. Dr Edwin Oakes a Chicago epidemicist is retained to conduct tests and findings will be released publicly after completion.
The undersigned offers for sale his seven room house with bath, good basement and cement floor, city water, a fair yard, and a good barn on a 60 by 135 foot lot. Property located one block north of the school house. H. R. Ott, 119 East Exchange Street.
Sincere thanks to all who sent help sympathy during illness and after the passing of my beloved father. Grateful to everyone who assisted at the obsequies. E F Loomis.
Public filing shows Geneseo Savings Bank Illinois reporting assets liabilities and loans to the Illinois Auditor. Figures include real estate loans 800? 1 12. overdrafts 4. bonds and securities 1. cash items 1459. deposits and other totals near 67 514.
Principal items include the Lanark Junction elevation claim and estate settlement for Jacob Levens with executor Edward Coryn. Bank statements from Geneseo, Henry County detail assets liabilities and deposits, plus national bank reports for Geneseo and Cambridge areas.
Mrs Marilla Norton born near Detroit in mid September and died in Geneseo Illinois February 1912. She moved several times before settling in Geneseo with daughter Elma Carson. Surviving children include Byron Beers Dora Miller Hugh Norton and Elma Carson plus twelve grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral held at East Park Street with Rev J A Geise officiating and burial at Eight Mile Grove.
Ambiguous OCR reads like a note from W. F. Hunter about a property claim and payment, mentioning Cambridge and Poland China stock. The fragment hints at a legal or financial matter with stock and title proof but lacks full details.
Farm listings in Van Buren County Iowa offer 60 acres with 1635 down, 13 miles from county seat, 215 acres with level land and improvements, adjoining county seat. Also a stock farm with rolling terrain 4 miles from the county seat. Prices range from 57.60 to 100 dollars per acre with varied terms and condition.
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