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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1903
Page
8
Rural notes show corn pickers in demand across Cornwalbg with several residents listed for harvest work. Rain halted picking briefly while riders, carpenters, and farmers like Hugh Armstrong and John Follett kept busy.
A long list of community items from Annawan includes special cloak sale dates November 17 and 18, moves by residents, new goods at Lager & Co and D F Barker, social events at Dows Hall, a wedding at the bride’s home, and obituaries. The column notes arrivals, illnesses, farm updates, school ties, and church notices with modest local detail.
A collection of community items from Phenix and Geneseo area includes purchases of two fine carriages by Esquire Cherry, social visits among Fries and Sickler families, updates on Mrs Shellhammer after a buggy accident, Aaron Rapp buying a wagon, and local farming activity. Rev Hyde to take parsonage, church services announced at Ebenezer and Salem M E churches, death notice for John Hosler from Cleveland, and Is Bell Shellhammer advertising a large stock sale near Frie for horses and cattle on Nov 17 1903.
Nov 11 market notes show steady wheat then a rally but selling pressure grew as larger receipts and weak core demand sparked liquidation. Oats briefly rallied but slid with corn weakness. traders question how far liquidation will go as shorts step in and prices fall.
Corrected every week by W 8H Laidley & Co Commission Merchants shows daily market activity from Nov 5 to Nov H with hogs, cattle, and sheep totals and price ranges. Note fluctuations include Hogs around 4.15 to 5.95 and sheep strong on several dates, cattle generally steady to higher.
Activities around Grand View feature Sunday school at the school house next Sunday. Helen Kay and her two brothers visited George Hartman last week. Della Little traveled to Loraine to see her brother Frank Little. James Frew, visiting his daughter Mrs. R. Marley, and brother Thomas, returned to Sherrard. Mrs. BH C Little and others from Atkinson visited W. G. Kay. Bertha and Addie Larson visited Andover to see Miss Mabel Larson and attended a box social.
By D. T. Parsons Geneseo House or by frank-Emery the two buildings on State street next north of Emerys to be removed from the tots.
The mean temperature was 42 degrees a normal week with a high of 61 and a low of 23 on Friday morning November 6. No precipitation occurred and fall work progressed as farmers picked cribbing corn despite earlier delays. Cool winds aided corn drying and field readiness while pastures declined slightly but remained adequate for the season. S. B. RanpDau.
In District No 162 Hanna Canter school Cleveland eleven pupils received perfect attendance certificates for the month ending November 6. Names include Fred Brokaw Eddie Brokaw Peter Wachtel Annié Wachtel Lydia Ague Rachel Ague Etta Rink Lizzie Collis Lloyd Brokaw Ray Brokaw and Roy Brokaw. Agnes Davis teaches with nineteen enrolled and average daily attendance 184.
In a store update, proprietor John Gray announces a larger stock of trunks satchels suitcases and related goods. A new line of styles arrives after November 10 with the latest fashions for ladies to view in shop.
The family expresses heartfelt thanks for sympathy and assistance during their bereavement. They remember friends neighbors and GAR members for their kindness and support. They name Rev H A Stermantox Groner and mention Fraser and Van Dink.
A school report notes sixteen pupils enrolled with strong attendance. Schroeder acted as auctioneer selling twenty seven boxes at an average of sixty three cents each. Names or statuses of several students appear, including Eun Losiseiy and Leslie Smith, in a dated school transcript style.
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