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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1911
Page
18
Annawan notes report visits from Davenport and Rock Island traders, local shopping notices, fair planning, and school updates. Community members travel for business, music instruction begins, and church services and dances anchor weekly life. obituaries mark the passing of local residents including William van de Mark and Aug Johnson.
Orion readers hear of visits by Geneseo, Davenport, Cambridge, Moline, Coal Valley, Sherrard and Rock Island residents. Local travelers include Oscar Anderson and son George to Omaha for feeder cattle, A R Lundin to Missouri, and Rev A C Wood to Peoria for conference. Township library gains readers, and Miss Cora Anderson leaves for a teaching post. many locals attend Labor Day and Woodhull Field Day activities. Continuous motion as friends and relatives tour, visit, and travel through nearby towns.
At a Detroit convention delegates chose Moline over Rochester New York by a three vote margin to host the Belgian American Alliance on Labor Day next year. East Moline delegates urged for the city but the Moline delegation carried the day with broad state support.
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