Local Geneseo Notes Busy Week Across Town
Green River merchants advertise top market rates for country produce. Community members travel for shopping and business with trips to Geneseo and Colona. Residents including Mr and Mrs Peiser Mrs J Crist and families attend gatherings while the Bethany Circle meets.
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Gs. A. Andstsén
Green River
Chas Hopkey
Arthur Smith
Geneseo
Ian Inaseenanee
John Woodbury
Mrs. Peiser
Wm. Pobanz
Modine
Kate Read
Betheny Circle
J. S. Crist
S. A. Anderson
Ernest Peiser
W . Reese
Colona
Ralp. Anderson
Geneseo Township
Frank E._Edwards
C L. Williams
Alberta
Sharpil
Briar Bluff
J Verbeck
Atkinson
Clark Glenn
Monday
Coal Bank
Edford
Allens
Ladies Aid
M. EB
L Paylor
Fred Emmert
J. P. Baum
M. I. Houghton
Eben Baum
Esther
Sabetha Kansas A Country Town Solves Civic Economics
Sabetha Kansas showcases civic progress with municipal electricity water and heating systems. The town of about 2 520 uses bonds funded utilities pays for itself and provides street lighting and widespread power with minimal private reliance. Citizens including George Hook and John Johnson guide the project while high school students helped lay sewer pipes.
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The
Christian Science Monitor
Sabetha
Kansas
America
Kansas City Star
George Hook
E E. Johnson
the Light and Water
Hecht Fund
Theouse
Plietown
Ah —Johnson
Witer
Johnson
Tess
Sabetha High School
Municipal
Civic Économics
Andover Wins Henry County Baseball Championship
Pep Haley of Andover delivered a clutch double in the final inning to tie Geneseo and drive Andover to the Henry county title. Geneseo led early but Haley’s baserunning and a decisive single produced the winning run as a crowd of over a thousand watched.
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Kewanee
Cambridge
Pep Haley
Andover
Géneseo
Haley
Mam
Henry County
Woodhull
Ed Reno
Johnson
Atkinson
Geneseo
Bickford Jersey Cow Sale Nets Strong Prices
At the L A Bickford farm near Kewanee on the Annawan road a sale of Jersey cows drew many buyers from across the region. Forty cows sold for 3082 dollars, with 22 being unregistered or grade animals, reflecting solid prices led by a bid of 225 dollars from Mr Swift of Chicago. Warren D Lester served as auctioneer and Dan Holzinger as clerk amid favorable weather and broad attendance.
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Jersey
L. A Bickford
Kewanee
Annawan Road
Swift
Chicago
Annawan
Bickford
Warren D Lester
Dan Holzinger
Annawinawas
Divorces Rise in Whiteside County Records
The Erie Independent notes a higher divorce rate in Whiteside County with one divorce per five marriage licenses from April 1 to September 1. From 110 licenses, 25 divorce bills were filed for the October circuit term, signaling an uptick in petitions to end marriages.
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Whiteside
Erie Independent
Heavy canal traffic demands more turnout
Government engineer's office in Roth Balls plans turnouts at Miles Nine and Twenty feeder due to higher traffic on the Minois and Mississippi canal. Work to start this year and aim for completion in spring or summer as grain shipments surge and elevators load boats directly from canal banks.
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Minois and
Mississippi Canal
Roth_Balls
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