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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1906
Page
12
Local Cambridge notes recount a week of travel and visits with many residents and neighbors. Mentions include sheriffs, out-of-town trips to Chicago and Springfield, weddings in Kewanee, funerals in Princeton, and numerous family visits, house sales plans, and social events across nearby towns.
Morristown residents hosted relatives and guests from Davenport Rock Island and Dakota. Henry Schmoll returned from a five week Dakota visit. George Schmoll visited Rock Island. Mr and Mrs Elmer Carlson and others were guests. several trips and a Colorado visit noted.
A column of community notes from Green River recounts Eliza Crist visiting her son Charles in Moline, Nellie Levens and Mrs D Mahlstedt visiting, land plans in Texas, a large family gathering, and a busy fall farming season with corn husking underway. The piece also covers a marriage announcement for Nellie E Jones and Clark J Green, the wedding at four pm with ceremony by Rev W Thompson, a reception, and well wishes for the couple.
Prohibition candidate Paul J Ransom faces a tight race against Democratic rival Mr McGuirre in a district where business ties influence votes. Party factions and editorial notes show Democrats shifting support to Atkinson, while Republicans split their tickets. Election law allows three votes per voter, altering candidate totals as the field narrows toward a likely close outcome. A state convention at Mattoon elected officers for the coming year and noted plans for temperance education outreach.
At Anawan on Sunday a crowd gathered by the river. Local business notes include James Seids as agent for the Gonuseo Steam Laundry and D F Barker selling jewelry and dress goods. Mrs De Shepherd’s boy, Dr Arp in Moline, and farm land prices around 30 to 300 dollars per acre are mentioned. Community updates cover property leasing, hospital operations, and river flooding impacts from damming.
Harvest timing for sugar beets is under way with workers ready. Subsoil plow loosens rows to lift beets then beets are gathered and covered with tops for shipment. Visitors from the paper noted fields east and north of town showing varying stands and quality, urging more help next season for better yields.
In a 375 year old tale from Peoria Daily Herald Transcribes George Fitch recounts Zwingli of Switzerland dying in the Battle of Cappel after a heated debate on religious reform. The account portrays a violent medieval scene with swords and spears amid fierce sectional conflict.
Metionist Rev J L Shively Mordidge announces Sunday services at 10 45 morning sermon Whole hearted of God evening 7 00 Lord s Followers in the Devils Pain 8 p.m Sunday school at 12 m Ep worth League at 6 p m Also Rev W B Millard at Coxonrostionarpreaches Personality in Religion morning subject All cordially invited Also clothing sale notice Best Ever outfits at Schnabele Clothing Co.
Mrs B S Brown describes using a handmade box stove packed with hay and newspaper to boil and simmer food. She reports beans beef soup and a cut of meat cooked to tenderness at little or no cost and notes improvement ideas for a covered planed box.
Kempster and family visits from Prophetstown are noted along with Wallace Kempster and relatives. Mrs Arnect’s granddaughter suffers typhoid sickness, steady farm news across Epfinet county Iowa, and mentions of land holdings, crops, and a Kee Island Farmers Court.
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