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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
12
Geneseo Illinois September 20 1912 railroad officials have eased congestion by assigning E M Staples of Eldon Indiana as yard clerk. An additional switch engine and crew will operate in Geneseo yards and make daily trips to Atkinson to handle yard switching duties.
Moline Dispatch notes roads in Henry county are as good as nearby areas and tri city motorists drive to Cambridge or Geneseo for Sunday dinners. Hotels in Cambridge and Geneseo changed ownership and improved, with the Illinois hotel in Cambridge and the Geneseo House hosting travelers.
Advertisement for Harry M. Reid tailor offering to tailor clothes to fit or no pay. Located next to North Side hitching rack with Wednesday and Saturday evenings hours.
Otto Johnson shipped hogs from Otto Monday. Frank Peterson and Pete Rosberg spent Sunday in the tri cities. William Hultman began his first year of high school at Cambridge Monday. J G Peterson is confined to bed in illness. Irene and Marjorie Johnson and others attend school in Cambridge. Carl Bergren returned from Round Lake Minnesota. A M Foss had a stroke and is in critical condition. John Fors visited his very ill father at his daughter's home near Woodhull. Dr Laure left for the Rock Island district mission meeting at New Bedford and Morrison. Cambridge Young People’s Literary Society hosts a program and refreshments Friday evening. Mrs John Swanson and Mrs Anton Peterson host Ladies Mission Society Friday afternoon at the old Lutheran church. Misses Inez Hogren and Florence Fors go to Moline for dressmaking course. A lyceum series is booked for fall and winter. season tickets at Dahlberg’s.
Mrs John Frederic Eberle died at Morristown on September 12 1912 at 5 p m aged 79 years 7 months 24 days after eleven months of feeble health. Born January 18 1833 in Rhonehausen Germany she arrived in the U S in 1849 and later lived in Buffalo Cincinnati Rock Island before settling in Morristown in 1860. Surviving are daughters Mrs Amelia McClain and Mary and sons W A Eberle George plus others. seven grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral conducted by Rev G Horst at the home with interment in Morristown cemetery.
A Geneseo township meeting at the Wigwam Theater elected Arthur Cook permanent chairman and Clinton F. Luther secretary. An executive committee—F. O. Withrow, Dr. L. A. Ferry, Phineas Morrow, Wm. Harbaugh, J. F. Schureman—was named with the chair and secretary as ex-officio members. The group signed the Progressive declaration and heard brief addresses from local leaders and a Colorado guest.
Joseph L. Haas announces his candidacy for circuit judge in Illinois 14th judicial circuit to fill the death vacancy of Judge William H. Gest. He states he was backed by 21 of 28 Rock Island county lawyers and will run in the October 5, 1912 Republican primary, honoring the party’s choice.
A guide to services across denominations detailing times for Christian Science, Methodist, Epworth League, Presbyterian, Swedish Lutheran, Catholic, German Lutheran, Zion Evangelical, and Congregational churches. Notable notes include no service next Sunday for the Methodist pastor, and Harvest Home services with flower donations requested.
Mrs Mary Jane McNaughton a long time Geneseo resident died at her home Wednesday September 18 1912 at 136 am after a prolonged illness. Born March 28 1857 in Sterling Whiteside county she moved to Geneseo with her husband David H McNaughton. Survived by three children Ralph Edith Tatwall and Lee two brothers Alexander Bailey Samuel Bailey two sisters Susie Hall and Francis Potts and one grandchild. Funeral at home Friday 2 pm with Rev J A Giese of Zion Evangelical Church. Interment in North Side Cemetery.
Roy McCarthy, 14, and William Pranskey, 13, from Oak Forest Illinois, escaped tuberculosis ward at a Joliet hospital and wandered to Davenport. A man lured them with work at Barr Distributing Agency, prompting a box car ride west. Police captured them near Forty fourth Street and await Chicago authorities for return.
Frank Curtiss a Civil War veteran and longtime Colorado pioneer died last Sunday after a heart ailment. The Paonia community gathered to honor him with a memory service as his widow and two sons mourned. Curtiss served in the 8th Kansas Infantry, was wounded at Chickamauga, and later moved from Geneseo Indiana to Colorado towns including Golden Colorado Springs Manitou Lake City Quartzville and Paonia. He held public roles as justice of the peace and county commissioner and retired to orchard duties in Paonia.
Congressman George W. Prince travels the district by car with his wife and son in a broad personal canvass. He has already covered Henry Adams and Anox counties and will visit Filton and Schuyler. Prince says voters favor the people ruling, amid the Kincheloe challenge with sixteen thousand voters backing Prince in a prior primary.
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