24 Nov 1893
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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1893
Page
1
A gallery of small town items from Galva to Kewanee reports new classes formed in Kewanee, local injuries and incidents, fundraising efforts, church anniversaries, burglaries, forged checks in Kewanee, and county agricultural yields. Also notes regional transport times, business moves, and river water concerns.
Ex-correspondent estimates nine acres of corn fodder cut and thrashed on November 4. Weighing fifty shocks yields 21,400 pounds of fodder after losses. Total cost tallies to about $433 with 8 percent loss from exposure, leaving 19,000 pounds of fodder. Fodder cost per ton inferred near $40, with potential depreciation and labor factors.
The rural notice laments widespread chicken thefts harming households and hopes residents act to catch the culprits. It warns livestock raisers to beware and suggests vigilance, urging community effort to curb the predatory nest.
Barna today reveals a patchwork of small updates including Mrs Vene Johnson's illness, oyster supper plans by state rad folks, and corn related work shifting from picking to hauling. It notes property changes, neighbors moving in from Waterville and Kangaa, and a community gesture honoring Uncle David Cosner with a corn haul to market.
Geneseo Collegiate Institute classmates and Co B report heartfelt grief at the sudden death of William R Waterman a member of the class of 98. They express sympathy to the bereaved family acknowledge his kindness and intellect and note the memory and spirit he left with them. Resolutions will be published in Geneseo Reaper Geneseo News and the Collegiate Era.
Mrs F S Johnson visits Geveral daya Minas Begs Raisner with her parents. Misa Hilma Aronson closes fall term in District No 4. Mr Wm Grier of Wethersfield reports his sons Hugh and George. Miss Ida Stone owns a Story & Clark organ bought from Rogers & Bean Cambridge. Samuel Wonders, former Sunday School superintendent at Zion, now a student at Hedding College Abingdon, attended last Sunday. A sermon praised highly by old friends. The Henry county Sunday School association treasurer announces a meeting at Zion church Friday evening December 1 1893. A large attendance is expected. Mr Hilllis will speak. Rev Hartley will report county work. Don’t forget the date.
Oxco Nov 22 reports David Hadley and Geo H Rivenburg erecting wind mills with Poppleton and Hadley. A Soderberg buys a new well boring outfit for first class work. Snowstorm left some corn bare but most stored in cribs. Columbian Literary Society held a well attended meeting and will meet weekly. Harvest Thanksgiving service set at Gracechurch Osc Sunday 11 am with suitable music. Ministering Children's League to hold annual fair at Gaofld Hall early December. patrons urged to watch for date.
Warner No 2 Will Snyder and wife and two children of Ed ford spent Sunday at Norton Dougalla. A series of social gatherings followed with parties at Mrs. Morton Will Carson Will Miller and Dave Jones. Many from here attended the services despite the new storm of the season.
Nov 23 in the River area reports shared travels to Chicago, engagements and weddings, church events, a Thanksgiving dinner plan with oysters and turkey, a Heading Circle meeting, a debate on machinery’s impact, and a lengthy train delay tale with two pack paddlers awaiting a freight at Rock Island road.
Atkinson Hall lists four hitching posts. Kov E Parsons becomes a new junior from Thede, N. D. The Collegiate Herald will be in the mail next week. Chapel rolls rise with 74 for G.C.I. Close singing to begin. Sadie Gilbraith enrolled in the teachers course. Carrie and Nora Weichlein enrolled for piano. Senior junior football touchdowns noted. A letter from ex-Sapt. J. B Hussell hopes for bonds of union with G.C.I and Wheaton. Rhetoricals featured essays and orations. Visitors Miss Hosford, Smith, Vail, Nellie Anderson. Recital by pupils of Mr. and Mrs. Jackson set for Atkinson Hall Tuesday eve Nov 28 with piano violin solos songs and choruses.
Local notes recount a Weidlein social at J C Weidlein's, music lessons in Geneseo, and a church entertainment led by J M Hartley. Also mentioned are an overland trip by W E and Arthur Weidlein to Champaign, plans for a well bore by James Tracy and James Kerwin, and a pig disrupting a neighbor’s harness before a Good Samaritan lent theirs. Mr Otis Stevenson is reported as ill with a maimed foot.
The Executive Committee of Henry County Sunday School Association announces engagements for Rev. W A Hillis to address numerous meetings across county venues. Dates span Nov 23 to Dec 23 with listings for Spring Creek, Woonson, Osco, Morristown, Warner Chapel, Lynn Center, Andover, Zion, Salem, Pleasant Ridge, Geneseo, Pritchard, Byrne, Ulah, Ebenezer, Fairview, Kewanee, Bishop Ail, Clover Chapel, Alpha, Woodhull, Baxon, Galva, Cambridge, Orion, Atkinson, Avnawan, Hoop Pole Evangelical churches and more.
J H McGovern visits ill brother in Iowa while W L Wood leaves for Morrill Kansas to begin future work. Rev Clarke of Waverly IL will lead Orion Baptist Church next year. Epworth League hosts Thanksgiving turkey dinner at Town Hall with a post dinner program and sketch Phe Picnic Party. Baptists mark 50th anniversary with services. Oyster supper and town hall entertainment raise over 50 dollars featuring student performances and a shadow pantomime The Ballad of Mary Jane.
Nov notes report Mrs J J Callender visiting a sick father in Geneseo and Chas Douglas at Northwestern Normal. Mr and Mrs James Ringle plan a Los Angeles winter. Blanche Welliver visited Owen with family. A West church Sunday school convention is set for Nov 26 at 11am with speakers from abroad. Osco Chronicle teases Munson reporters and mocks Osco’s “dried up” town.
Nov 21 report notes snowfall in Caple and visits by residents. Dinners, socials, and visits thread through the week with multiple trips to Moline Cambridge Swedona and Victoria. A surprise album gift honors Theodore Peterson. St John Johnson obituary announced for Nov 23. Oyster supper planned at Lyons school for sidewalk repair fundraiser.
Normal Notes detail tenants at a Pink Prairie cottage with five roomers from La Salle county. Socials, class work, and recitation planning occur as seniors and juniors write essays for the 40th session. The dorms are steam heated and mail delivery is organized by George with Normal drawers serving Mansion Girls and Cottage Boys.
Annawan and Nous report the winter term at the Pritchard school opening. Diphtheria cases close schools as a precaution. The remains of Mrs. Sarah Jump are brought from Geneseo for interment in the Congregational church. A grand ball on Friday marks the dedication of the new village hall with Shea han's Kewanee Orchestra and supper at Hotel Huber.
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