New Carpets and Curtains Store Opens This Week
New goods opened this week in Carpets and Curtains department with a fine line as shown on the Burlington. Special drives in Carpets merit attention.
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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1893
Page
6
New goods opened this week in Carpets and Curtains department with a fine line as shown on the Burlington. Special drives in Carpets merit attention.
A summary of Illinois lawmakers actions up to April including the senatorial apportionment bill with amendments, Peoria securing the state fair location, and the World’s Fair gates closing on Sunday. Dispatches describe the Springfield scene with 32 house bills, many on second reading, and several Senate bills on various readings as observed by a Springfield reporter.
May I Wanted a farm hand figure of JH Smith Milas Jonnie of Merer county visiting in JH Smiths family Rev Hick and Mercer to conduct Grace church service next Sunday at 10 30 am Grain office accident damaged furniture and windows An obituary notice for James M Smith mentions distant relatives attending the funeral including J G Brown his wife from Marshailtown Iowa Mrs W L Aitchcock Greenfield Iowa C W Kirkpatrick Bonnington Iowa J W Meyers and wife Bushnell O E Mair and wife Prairie City WM Myers and wife WM Norton and wife Misses Lizzie and Mary Brown Farmington Iowa
Regular monthly session at Geneseo includes reports on alley petitions and street work. Council considers light plant matters, lamp placements, and official appointments while approving bids for lumber, plumbing, and repairs. Community notes cover deaths, school and church events, and local travel and visits.
Cambridge items note Mrs B Randydane as the republics authorized agent in Cambridge. Silas Carrie Loungquist visits Moline. State's Attorney Emory Graves was at the county seat last Saturday. Born May 4 to Mr and Mrs Westey Perry of Cambridge a daughter. Mrs G A Roblett visited her parents in Kewanee.
The list shows prices for corn oats potatoes spring wheat flour meal butter eggs cloverseed timothy seed soft coal hard coal common lumber shingles and cattle. Values range from 7 pounds per ear to 19 dollars per thousand feet for lumber and from 8.25 dollars per ton for hard coal to 2.25 dollars per pound for Timothy seed.
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