Local Happenings and Visits Across Galva Osco and Kewanee
Community notes report visits by Nellie Seaton in Osco and Hallett’s sister in Galva. Ed Johnson returns from Rocky Island. Lorena Stabler stays with her mother. Miss Magèle Westlake suffers a stroke. Velie buggy ads and a $25 talking machine offer color the week alongside parish and court updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa
Nellie Seaton
Osco
Glen
Hallett
Galva
Sandberg
Sinc Kewanee
Ed.Johnson
Rocky Island
Wise Bena -Snider
D. W. Ringle
Geneseo
Harold Chapman
Silvis
Max Baugh
Mabel
Kewanee
Lorena Stabler
Clair Ringle
Sherman Poppleton
Chicago
A. C. Hultgren
Ludwig Hultgren
Magéle_I
Westlake
J. W
Nelson
Banks ‘Wight
Nannie “Evans
Dr. Conser
John T. Pratt
Galesburg
Cambridge
M. E.’ Church
frank—“Werbach
Werbach
Fred Sandquist
Daisy
Mabel Quirk
J. W. Nelson
Verdict Sentences Defendant to One Year and 500 Dollar Fine
After hearing the evidence the jury found the defendant deserving the limit of punishment and returned a verdict imposing one year in prison and a fine of 500 dollars.
Passing of R H Hinman Pioneer Resident Dies at 86
Reginald Heber Hinman died Thursday evening in Cambridge after months of frailty. Born February 4, 1826 in Bristol Connecticut, he lived 61 years in the county with Osco and Cambridge, helped found local finance and farming ventures, served as Osco supervisor and county board chair, and helped organize the First National Bank. Survived by wife Susan Carl and sons Elliott and Frank M., he was a longtime member of Grace Episcopal Church. Funeral services were held at the family home and Osco church with interment at Grace Church Cemetery Osco.
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Reginald Heber Hinman
Cambridge
Hinman
Osco
Mr-Hinman
Swords
R. H. Hinman
Bristol
Connecticut
Ohio
Miami County
Montgomery County
Tlinois
Henry County
Osco Township
Dayton
Illinois
Aten
Relin
First National ‘Bank
Elizabeth Miller
Troy
Elliott
Pomona
California
Frank M
Ahentown
Pennsylvania
Susan Carl
Grace-Episcopal Church
Old Setters Association
Cambridge Todge
J.murrish
Osco Episcopal Church
Grace_church
Lutheran Church Hosts Welcome Home for Wallines
A fine reception and welcome home party for Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walline were held last Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Olof Walline. Neighbors and relatives attended.
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Lutheran Church
Edward Walline
Olof Walline
Methodist Church Notes On Easter Plan and Local Option Rally
Sunday services schedule including 10 am Sunday School and 11 am sermon. Evening mass meeting at the opera house to support the local option law with Hon. Alexander McIntosh of Decatur. Rev. Frank Shult to speak Thursday at the same venue. Will begin Easter visitations in April. Willings Workers luncheon to follow Monday meeting. Church treasury receives small but steady receipts from ongoing fund drive.
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Methodist Church
Opera House
Alexander McIntosh
Decatur
Henry County
Frank Shult
Geneseo
Shult
Young Peoples
L. A. Taylor
Willings
Clara Fairlie
Notice to Trim Hedge Highway Fences and Public Warnings
Osco township highway commissioners warn owners to trim hedge fences and burn rubbish to meet state law. Fences untrimmed after April 1 will be cut by commissioners and costs assessed to the property owner. Rubbish on highways prohibited with violators warned. Also Munson township caucus set for March 15 at Munson Center School.
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Osco
Osco Town
Munson Township
Munson Center
Local notices and visits fill Osco Cambridge tri cities scene
A flood of social items records visits and gatherings in Osco Cambridge and the tri cities including Emil Samuelson's Rock Island visit Nellie Seaton Cambridge and Miss Minnie Frederickson Cambridge spending time with local hosts Mrs Frank Vigor and family host at the Hultgren home are noted. Community events include a Swedish American Republican convention in Chicago and a March 16 Osco sale.
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Ed ST Alfred Fair
Emil Samuelson
Rock Island
Nellie Seaton
Cambridge
J._L
Francis Ohrn
Frank—Vigor
Ren
A. L
Hultgren
Grenwel
Ter
Osco
Julius Lief
Lynn
Ganter
Enroth & Herberg
Bert Rogers Teft
Moline
Frank Soderburg
Orion
Akties Zola Huetlel
Julius West
J. G. Johnson
Reuben
Charles Enroth
Ivan Holmstrom
Dell Cederberg
C.noonan
Osco Township
Frank Brown
Oscola
Geneseo
Farmers National Bank
First National Bank
Farmers Bank
will_be_a_dar
Sale
Village Sale Promises Bargains To Attendees
A local sale lists items including washing machines two dozen pairs of shoes duck coats shirts underwear bread mixer milk cans mirrors tinware and other goods. Advertised as publicized to draw villagers and attract buyers with bargains for all attendees.
Local Notes and Social Visits Across Geneseo and Nearby
Geneseo residents discuss weekend calls and visits in a string of social notices. Augusta Norton of Moline called on Mrs John Miller. Annie Schillingers aided Mrs J J Gottsche. Mamiée Milen of Golena visited friends. Mrs John St Clair visited sister Mrs F J Deem. Percy Ingram Thomas Carse and John Moyer did business in East Moline. Mrs J L Deem traveled to Burlington Iowa to see daughter Mrs George Taylor and family. Thomas Carse sustained a facial bruise after a fall on a cement sidewalk last Sunday, prompting concern from locals.
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F. J. Deem
Percy Ingram
Thomas Carse
Port Byron
John Moyer
J. J. Gottsche
East Moline
J. L. Deem
Burlington
Iowa
George Taylor
Thomas-Carse
Morristown Social Roundup Sees Visits and Dance Plan
Mrs. Bert Rogers visited in Moline this week. Mr. and Mrs. O. F. Glenn called on Rock Island relatives Saturday. Everett Smith is quite ill at home. Miss Ethel Morrow heads to Canton for a start of week. Weichman family visited Schroeders Sunday. A dance is set for Morristown Hall on Saturday March 16, inviting all.
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Edward Walline
Miller
Wallines
Walline
Young People’s Society
Axel,Carlson
Ellen Ericson
Ethel Pearson
Len Amet
Ladies Mission Society
Hannah Johnson
F. A. Johnson
Anna L. Nelson
Nelson
Tia
Bert Rogers
Moline J
O. F. Glenn
Rock Island
Everett Smith
Mr. Spencer
Ethel Morrow
Canton
Morristown Hall
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Enroth. & Horburg’s
Chor Ist “i Gee
Enroth
Horburg Osco
Htinois
R. Heber Hinman
Byatt
Frank. H. Brown
Sesser
A. Gabnerhere Carl]_Ohlert
E. Weldlein
Anson
Cleveland
Morristown
Rogtke
Osco, Illinois
RM. Morgan
Mandt
Roote
Vandervoort
Eugeles
Etey
R. M. Morgan
Davenport Savings Bank
The
J. F. Dow
H. C. Struck
E. Steffen
W. H. Wilson
Iframe
Rock Island Plow
Reich
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