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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1906
Page
13
Geneseo officials urge local shops to suspend business from noon Decoration Day until services end in the park. Citizens are asked to forgo amusements and sports that day to allow full attendance at ceremonies.
Judge Gest granted a venue change for three related cases arising from the Avenue G bridge project. The defendants include Sterling town, the bridge contractors, and Martin Brothers. The three actions will be tried at the June term of the Henry County circuit court, likely before Judge Graves, due to concerns over impartiality in Whiteside County.
Liberty church Cornwall hosts an ice cream social Friday evening May 25 to raise funds. Proceeds support purchases for a church lecture room carpet and to aid a worthy cause.
Phenix church notice lists preaching at Salem M E church 10 80 a m next Sunday and at Sharon 7 30 p m A latva social at Salem M E church Tuesday evening May 20 All are invited. Italy reduces national debt by 10 million yearly. Greece olive crop estimated 15 million gallons. French prize 10000 for dirigible balloon. Rome police boats on the Tiber for personal crisis reports. Russian private soldier pay up 160 percent to 32 per year.
A whimsical column references Sir Bord North an entomologist and General Henry Tremain as well as New York Republicans. It notes fashion, marriage rumors, and a joke about a young member sitting on his silk hat provoking laughter in the House of Commons. An Irish colleague quips that the member’s head remained unharmed.
Church notices list multiple pastors and services with topics and timings. Includes Catholic, Protestant, and union memorial events, catechetical instruction in Golona, Confirmation prep, and memorial sermons by Rev. Caton and Rev. Anderson. Sunday schools and evening services vary due to Memorial ceremonies.
A railroad worker recalls deserted ante bellum mansions across the South from Alabama to the northwest. Vast columns verandas and royal carvings remain, yet houses are tenantless, overgrown, and guarded by superstition as masters fell in the war or moved away. The emptiness and decay emphasize haunting relics of a splendor that endures in ruin.
Dr. H H Chase died at 10 15 PM Tuesday May 2 at his Rock Island residence after five weeks of blood poisoning. A Geneseo native and Chicago Homeopathic Medical College graduate, he practiced in Amboy Geneseo Duluth and Rock Island forming a late partnership with Dr E Bradford. He left a wife and two children and his death inspires mourning in his former communities.
Erma Addicks daughter of Mr and Mrs Chas Addicks born May 21 1999 Geneseo died May 21 in Des Moines Iowa at 3 am on her eighth birthday after a week long fever and measles related illness. Her family mourns the child known for affection and devotion to her mother and kin. Funeral tributes highlight her gentle nature and close ties to the German M church pastor W A Danves offers prayers for comfort and resurrection hope.
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