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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1906
Page
13
Fragmentary text notes a sudden slump in a morning market with fragmented phrases about price, choice, and observers. No identifiable people, places, or organizations are readable. The snippet lacks verifiable facts to form a full card.
A merchant defends honest pricing claiming to sell melons at a small living profit above cost. He rejects conspiracies about Rockefeller wealth and asserts personal integrity in business dealings despite market pressures.
A garbled ad-style text touts lower prices on staple items and accuses others of hiding value. It claims rapid turnover of jars and cash reinvestment, urging readers to join a local store’s "band wagon" for discounted goods and to avoid inflated supermarket prices.
Geneseo scenes include visiting relatives from Cambridge and Burlington, church notices, a wedding and new hires at the Geneseo Collegiate Institute. The Geneseo public schools open with robust enrollment, manual training added, and multiple sermons announced for nearby congregations.
Mrs Helen Young visited Tuesday afternoon in Geucsed. Mrs I B Ensey entertained Mrs J A Barnes Tuesday afternoon. The Munson Center school began Monday. Miss Mand Hammer teaches. Agnes Weaveberg of Cambridge visiting Mrs Alfred Sed Johnson. Mrs L A Wheaton entertained Mr and Mrs Jobin Carlson and family Sunday evening. Mrs Jacob Elston entertaining sister Miss Wibertrude Taylor of Cambridge. Mrs Tames Ringlers. Martin and Mrs Johnson were out calling Tuesday. Mrs Bertha Nelson returned home from Des Moines after visiting with her aunt Mrs Lane. Mrs Fred Offerto and cousin Mrs Anderson spent time at Cambridge. Mrs Carl Cady and Ruth Hefflefinger of Genes spent Wednesday at James Younis. Wanted strong, out bodied men between 18 and 55 for factory work at Western plant. Employment Bureau.
Conservator of Wesley Mertz schedules a public sale on the Mertz farm three miles southwest of Geneseo starting at 10am on a Tuesday. Items include 79 cattle with 10 milch cows, 96 hogs with 40 old, 30 acres of corn, 20 acres of oats, farm implements, two wagons, buggies, and horse teams. Cash or 12 month credit at 6 percent for sums over 10. Auctioneer H W Sand. attorney Phineas Morrow. conservator Hyxttie Mntz.
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