Geneseo Library Board Bids Farewell to Miss Emma Chapin
At a September 30 1910 meeting the Geneseo public library directors adopted a unanimous resolution acknowledging Miss Emma Chapins long service as librarian since October 1883. The board praises her faithful efficient work, kindness to patrons, and valuable aid to the library’s high standing, and wishes her health and happiness in California.
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Geneseo Public
Emma Chapin
Eseo Public Library
California
Board of Library Directors
Terewith
Chapt J
Public School Enrollment And New History Text Adopted
September reports show township high school enrollment 155 with two withdrawals leaving 153. Grade schools total 428 pupils with 8 withdrawals and 38 tardiness cases. Two boys truants. New books added to grade library and a set of second grade readers purchased. Board adopted Mace's School History for grades six to eight replacing Montgomery's. First year history readers eligible for 40 percent trade-in discount. Report cards to be sent home Wednesday. Penmanship class to start in high school with limited credit for faithful work. Parents encouraged to consult over their child's progress.
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Tres Monts
Board of Education
Mace
United States
Montgomery
Geneseo Board approves bills and school book changes
The Geneseo District No. 144 Board of Education met October 3 1910 with Holt Cook Johnson and Weaver present and West O Bryan absent. Bills totaling for lumber repairs supplies printing and tuition were approved and paid. The board discussed fuel contract and book changes selecting Montgomery history with an updated sixth to eighth grade sequence, and adjourned.
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Geneseo
Ill
Board of Education
Holt
Cook
Johnson
Eagle Pencil Co
Marcia
Scott, Foresman Co
Steffen
Clerk
Atkinson, Mentzer
A. C. McClurg Co
Walker Pub. Co
Central Scientific Co
Supi
Atlas School
Committee On
Mace
United States
Ace of Montgomery
On Motion
H B. Fisher
Delinquent Subscriptions Owed Urgently Requested
Post office authorities require publishers to purge delinquent subscribers. Publishers urge readers to settle accounts promptly to avoid being dropped from the list. Send a check now to bring your subscription into compliance.
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Post-At
Post Office Department
Local Notes from Moline Rio and Osco Area Listings
USC Arnold Ohrn spent Sunday with friends in Moline and Alden Hall spent Saturday and Sunday with relatives in Rio. Various residents attend dances, visits, and meetings. a lecture course opens October 25 at M. W. A. Hall. Grace church Guild hosts a chicken pie supper at Guildhall Osco October 13 with a program of solos duets and recitations.
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Arnold Ohrn
Moline
Alden Hall
Rio
Anson Nash
Tom Johnson
Kewanee
Jennie Weborg
Orion
Georgia Bennett
M. W. A. Hall
Mi8s
Dora” Eric
Hunt, Johnson & Taylor's
Girls’ Dancing Club
J . Johnson
Charles Quist
Harcourt
Iowa
Enroth & Horberg
Florence Hornecker
Nell Rogers
Cambridge
Wesdames Frank
Roy Brown
Frank Johnson
Andrew Md
Christine Bollenbaugh
R.G. Neville
Galesburg
R.M Morgan
Hadley & Carl
Springfield
Frank Brown
Herman Peterson
A. G Soderburg
H A Combs
Glenn Tracy
Guildhall
Osco
Maude Mangus
la Verne Elston
Alex
Edith Neville
Elizabeth Nash Taylor
Alice Hadley
Irene Combs
Maude Manguson
Margaret Combs
Deaths at Soldiers and Sailors Home Quincy September 1910
The death toll at the Illinois Soldiers and Sailors Home in Quincy for September 1910 lists names, ages, and units including James Wright Co I 3d Ill Cav 83, Thompson F Brittingham Co D 3d Mo Cay 80, Walter W Hathorn Co K 1st Vt Cav 76, Thomas E Gorton Co A 99th IN Inf 68, William Gaston Co WD Sth Ill Cay 84, Philander Kellogg Co C 4th TIL Inf 80, tomts-Tel Pelwig Taeber Co A th 1] Inf 69, Lt. John Moyer Co Db 99th Pa Inf 73, Wright A Hurlbut Co D 17th Ill Inf 68, Christian Behman Co G 4th IL Inf 79, all dated September.
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Illinois Soldiers and Sailors
Quincy
James Wright
Co. I
Ill
Thompson F Brittingham
Mo Cay
Walter W Hathorn
Thomas E Gorton
Co. A
William Gaston
Philander Kellogg
tomts—Tel Pelwig Taeber
John Moyer
Wight A. Hurlbut
Christian Behman
Illinois Passes Moral Training Law for Public Schools
A new Illinois law requires public school teachers to dedicate at least half an hour weekly to kindness, humane treatment, and teaching about birds and animals in the natural economy. It imposes penalties for violations and sets a 95 percent cap on public school funds for noncompliant teachers.
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Illinois
B. M. Chipperfield
Canton
New Coal Mine Opens Near Galva With Rich Vein
Coal is being taken from a new mine near the northeastern edge of Galva opened by Kewanee men. The vein runs about four feet thick and the coal is reported to be of good quality. Mining and marketing proceed as quickly as possible.
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Cal
Galva
Kewanee
Iowa farms offered for sale in eastern Iowa by Sankey
A 5100 dollar reward ad offers several eastern Iowa farms for sale. Listings include 80 acres at 75 dollars per acre with 2.0 acres, 1144 miles to town, 200 acres near town with good improvements at 80 dollars per acre, and 226 miles to town with land and improvements at 80 dollars per acre. The note promotes Iowa land as superior to Illinois and urges contact with John W. Sankey of Hazelton Iowa for descriptions and terms.
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Iowa
Ilinois
John W. Sankey
Hazelton
Andover Community Notes Highlight Visits and Events
Rock Island visitor F. W. Nelson attends Andover events while George H. Johnson and others make tri city business trips. Thieves steal 300 chickens from Axel Nelson and Andrew Stranberg. Clergy Rev C P Edblom and Rev Theo Moberg preach and host gatherings. Parishioners Ida Shantz and Fern Nelson visit in Moline. Freeland returns from funeral. Young Peoples Literary program planned.
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F. W. Nelson
Rock Island
George H. Johnson
Tri-City
Seers Rehnstrom
Tri-Cities
D R. Hultman
Willie
Edna
Moline
Axel Nelson
Andrew Stranberg
C. P. Edblom
Augustana College
S. P. Holmberg
Parker
Mathilda
Young Peoples’ Literary Society
R Lynn
Theo Moberg
New York
Molberg
Sheep on shares headcount in unsettled listing
Fragmentary note lists twenty head of thoroughbred Cotswold sheep on snares with gaps in names and prices. Mentions Buck and John, with unclear locations and identifiers following.
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John
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Kewanee Ile
Madelia
Wisconsin
Rastede
Daroc-Jersey
Weinrich Bros
Daroc
WM. Sand
Carl & Hoos
Waterloo Boy
Proceedings OF
USC
Soldiers and Sailors
Andover
J. J. Hadley
Tenhwars
Hadley
Carl
Henry W. Sand
Republic Office
France
Belgium
J. R.- Justice
Galesburg, III
Bell
the Union Hotel
Enroth & Horberg, Osco, Ullness
General Merchandise
Thils Place
Enroth
Horberg
Minois
R. M. Morgan Osco, Tsilinois
Mandt and Stoughton
Knox
Deamas Ust
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