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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1912
Page
11
Local notices feature Atkinson activity with sales ads for wall paper and wagons, farm and insurance services, and various visits by residents and visitors. Community events include a large planned rolly bolly tournament and church union services, while town residents travel to Geneseo, Princeton, and Chicago for fairs and visits.
The Henry County Telephone Company calls a special meeting of stockholders at Atkinson Town Hall Illinois on September 16 1912 at 10 am to consider increasing capital stock to 30000 dollars. Directors Frank W. Ole Weston L Rishel Barton W Winter Seth Moor G D German W Adams request attendance.
The third travelogue will be shown at the church on Friday at 8 15 p m. with subject Your Filipino Cousin The lecture features pictures of the Philippines people home life and church life and shows American schools and missionary work Admission is free and a silver offering is requested The sermon topic Sunday evening is Whats the Harm in Dancing Rev W H Manshardt pastor
A partly garbled notice offers for sale a high grade stallion formerly owned by WH Obrecht. The listing cites fine breeding and mentions August V. Bzel Atkinson in Balls, with unclear references to progeny and location.
The notice touts bargains in Iowa land offering farms at one third to one half the usual price. Prospective buyers are urged to request an illustrated list from Northern Lands Company located in Independence, Nebraska.
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