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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1912
Page
12
Geneseo residents share travel from Chicago and Kansas City visits. crops reported from Ryder country in North Dakota. Dar row and Nashua farm news. state fair attendance and registration reminders. Local theater praised for The Divorce Question. Lyman Howe Travel Festival slated for Friday at the Armory.
A village miscellany lists residents in Geneseo and Colona from the week, including John Gontz hauling tile from Carbon Cliff and Eben J. Baum's trip to Geneseo. Several locals, such as Mrs John Edwards, Mrs C L Williams, and the Woodbury family, are noted as callers or visitors. The item also mentions a silo cutter in use, church/club meetings, and local business trips.
Lost a bunch of keys Tuesday. Finder please leave at the Office. Potatoes for sale at 55 cents per bushel by L. H. Grant. Girl wanted for small family to do general housework. Inquire at this Carload of fancy Early Ohio potatoes for sale cheap if taken off the car. Inquire at Brown's Grocery.
Messrs Sale and Reader were in Colona Tuesday. Henry Heck called on in Geneseo Monday. Henry Peacock of Green River visited Sunday. Mrs E Extrom of E Moline was in town Friday. Mrs J M Reader visited Grandma Deem Monday. Frank Sullivan of Moline spent Sunday with relatives. E Mix, clerk at the Manufacturer's Hotel in Moline, visited home folks Sunday. L Taylor prepared premises for cold weather on the canal. J H Stohl of Cleveland lays a foundation at Dayton cemetery for a monument to late Albert Hall. Local relatives gathered at Will Pobanz’s residence Sunday: William Mix Jr H T Pobanz Aug Bensenberg. Misses Blanche Janette and Berton Searle returned to Geneseo Monday to resume studies at The G C I after vacation. A masquerade at Dayton Saturday was a grand success. Bowery dances end for the season. Pelser’s Hall Green River will host the oct 19th event.
A Colona scene includes Sherrill's selling salt and a train accident near Rock River bridge leaving a man named Fletcher of Moline with serious injuries. Local visits span Tampico Rock Island and Colona residents with social events noted including Embroidery Club and Ladies' Aid gatherings. Eggs and butter offered for flour at Sherrill's Store.
Ladies of the J C Hammond and Society assisted by a group of young women will sell tags to residents of Geneseo and vicinity Saturday. Funds raised will buy a tile lined operating room. the room will be sanitary and modern with updated equipment. A progressive mass meeting at Weimer's Opera House Geneseo Oct 11 features Chas Kincheloe and J S Kelsey with Geneseo band music, free admission and civic appeal.
A local column lists weekly visits and greetings among Spring Hill residents. Families such as Fuller, Lanphere, Smedley, Sohrbeck, Sibley, and Perkins are noted for hosting or visiting. A bridge replanking project limits crossings between certain hours, and a child is reported seriously ill with infantile paralysis.
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