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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1898
Page
4
The Geneses Republic notes that in Paris Spanish and American Peace Commissioners are close to a treaty before month end. Spain concedes exhausted resources and will accept terms US insists upon. The United States plans 22 million dollars for cession of the Philippines with the islands added value treated as war indemnity.
A sequence of farm and household sales is planned around Geneseo. E P Davies offers 0 acres of timber near James L. Davies place at Geneseo beginning 1 p.m. on Tuesday. Subsequent sales reference Wm Sand Bloomquist farm near Geneseo, Ged Bryant auction near Spring Hill, John Thurwanger near Atkinson, and Hepry Rethage near Conee. Items include horses, cattle, corn, hay, tools, wagons, and household goods with free lunches noted. Also reports a Des Moines, Iowa burial and Geneseo post office robbery details.
The readable words show a garbled OCR fragment mentioning Mi and a numbered board. Core facts are unclear, but the text implies an event or board reference with names Mi and Hee.
The article lists church program topics for Sunday and weekday meetings including Sunday school at noon and Unity Club Mondays at the parsonage. It notes a successful dramatic entertainment by church ladies with receipts totaling 92 and a charity collection of 34600 contributed that Sunday.
We express heartfelt thanks to friends and societies for aid and offerings given us in our sad bereavement. We also thank the quartette for their kind service and all neighbors who showed help and sympathy. Floral tributes are gratefully appreciated from Mr and Mrs. Coas, PoLson and Family.
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