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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1911
Page
16
Hooppole residents travel to Chicago Des Moines Peoria and Geneseo for shopping fairs funerals and family visits. Local schooling opens with Miss Rachel Ellis teaching at Fremont School and several residents plan reunions while Lee Wilson advertises a sealed bid store sale.
Mrs. Burkhart of Geneseo visits sister-in-law while Miss Isabel Bentham of Kewanee engages to teach at Stowell school. Calvary and Zion churches list Sunday services. Misses Sessler of Tampico visit Mrs. Seyller. Mannon’s orchestra to give recital at Leon Friday. Ed Fehlman travels to Luverne Minn for farm work. Mathis Bros. & Co advertises ladders in Hooppole.
Norman Boo ze l of Monmouth surrendered to authorities admitting theft of a horse from William J T Miller a year ago. He had evaded capture until now.
A fragmented ad notes a Lager offer where one dollar buys seven pairs of Tis best Suarucees hose, with unclear branding and quantities. The readable line emphasizes a bargain on stockings and suggests a store sale.
Administrator Bert Dirck and auctioneer Henry W. Sand announce a public sale at the late residence of Freeman Miller deceased five miles northwest of Geneseo. The auction starts 1 p m with horses a span of black mares and other stock a buggy wagon harness tools household goods corn hay and farm implements. Cash terms.
Clarence Smith and S. S. Rush were arrested on a Rock Island train in Sheffield by Railroad Detective J. M. Costello after handling a whiskey bottle. Rush was released on bail. Smith’s case was continued. Rush claimed a passenger left a whiskey bottle in his vicinity and he only joked about it before the arrest.
An exchange notes a man must serve three to five years and pass rigid exams to run a railroad or marine engine and obtain a state license, yet a person with little mechanical knowledge can buy a six horsepower auto and drive it in twenty minutes, risking safety on the highway.
The Moline Dispatch reports Illinois was well represented among summer visitors in Colorado Springs Manitou and the Pike s Peak region with over 100 Illinoisans at the Manitou picnic. Auto travel from Illinois is popular due to good roads and the cool Colorado climate drawing many visitors.
Michigan will hold a land and apple show in Grand Rapids during the second week of November. The event showcases local agriculture and rural industry with demonstrations and exhibits for growers and families.
An elderly man from the country met two young men who lured him through a corn field to avoid the fair. Once inside they robbed him of 15 dollars before fleeing. The item ends with an advertisement for belts by Lager Offerle Co.
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