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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1903
Page
5
Geneseo items recount social calls and visits from Mrs. Ila Rels Mrs. C W Coleman and families reports on church services and a move of the Heshey family to Phoenix township along with notices of marriages deaths and community events. The column notes entertainments at homes recalls a hospital visit for treatment and a street sale and advertisements for local businesses and properties.
Community notes from Cornwall report farming activity with corn cutting and weather interruptions. Residents such as John Black, Ed LeClair, Jacob LeClair, Pearl Johnson, Jennie Mapes, and Frank Armstrong are mentioned along with visits to Kewanee Atkinson Geneseo and local families. The piece notes a death, cattle losses from green corn, and social events including dancing at Ernest Monta’s.
A fragmentary local notice recalls a Catholic wedding at Atkinson and a reception at the bride's home. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Lewis of Geneseo and Abe Lewis of Comursil visiting George Lewis's family and planning to attend a state fair. It also notes Charles Raisner losing two neck yokes and a plea to identify missing pieces.
A Spring Held incorporated company plans to build a line through Hoop Pole to Geneseo, with Moline as its main office and Chicago directors. The Mississippi River Valley Railway backs the project, aiming to start work soon. The city considers a fifty year franchise, with a vote likely at the October 18 meeting as officials study the proposal.
The melodrama A Gambler's Daughter scores success and heads to prosperity with a four act production led by Lonie Dunbar. Oct 2 at Freeman's Hall promises a packed house with songs, comedy, new scenery, and loyal lovers amid daring conspiracies and villains. Admission 50 cents adults 35 cents children 25. Reserved seats at Woehr's book store.
Fragmentary OCR lists names and places including Nettie Davis Sharon Ill and Bisa Josephing, with unclear context. No full events or actions readable to determine a concrete news item or outcome.
The complaint in a Henry County Illinois chancery case lists many named heirs devisees and spouses as unknowns in the estate of various deceased holders. It seeks publication notice and to compel appearance at the next November term for the defendants to plead answer or demur to the bill of complaint. The land described spans multiple quarters in Henry County including portions of sections Sixteen and Eight, all within the Fourth Principal Meridian. The defendants unknown and cannot be ascertained are urged to appear by the first Monday of November next as required by law.
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