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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
16
Cambridge community news lists visitors and travels including McHughs and Broghanmers, church notes, school and court mentions, a charity supper recap, and remarks on local residents' movements and health. It reports a land drawing result, upcoming church dedication, and a new pastor call at Geneseo Congregational Church with Leonard A. Parr accepting.
In Bpring Hill and nearby areas during Sunday and the week there are multiple social visits. Bert Brookland and family from Erie visited Leonard Arnett. Mr and Mrs Sam Fitch welcomed a new baby born on Sunday October 25. Daniel Kelley and wife from Dallas Iowa visited Henry Sibley and relatives. Sibley siblings attended a gathering at Charley Sibley’s. A sale of Smedley’s thoroughbred hogs is planned for tomorrow. The piece also includes lengthy discussion of legal matters involving Mr Sturtz and county finances.
Chas. E. Sturtz, Republican candidate for States Attorney of Henry County, runs on his record of prosecutions and convictions. His opponents and supporters debate Findley county office reports, with claims of prior misstatements and efforts to find shortages.
The Green River column reports Mrs. D. F. Jones and children with relatives in Moline, Corbett family moving to Geneseo, visits by Mr. and Mrs. Miller of Colona with the Hancocks, poultry markets and shipments, and community events including church dedications and Ladies Aid harvest activities.
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