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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1912
Page
16
E M Ole of Munson sold a load of Angus yearlings weighing about 851 pounds at the Chicago market for Armour & Co. at 46 40 per head. Beveridge Freeland & Co. set the price, praising the facility of the firm and noting the success reflects well on Henry county feeders.
Colona residents report farm sales with Ed Block purchasing Lewis Shuh’s property and Fred Babnow planning to move to Colona in spring. Miss Lousa Oelke to wed Carl Helke of Latrosse County. Rev A C Menicks officiated at a local church ceremony. Community events include upcoming theater entertainments selling five tickets each with dates from November through March.
Bids will be received for the erection of a concrete arch bridge four feet in diameter and four feet long by the commissioners of Munson township Henry county Illinois. Bids open Saturday October 5 at 1 pm. Plans and specifications obtainable from George H Vogler R F D 4 Geneseo Illinois.
Local notices list residents traveling to Geneseo on Tuesday and Friday including Mrs Mary Meer, John Magerkurth, Mrs Emil Johnson, Mr and Mrs Gervaise, Frank Steen of Moline, and James Billingswortarth. Along with business trips, shoppers, callers, and social events appear from Colona, Barstow, Briar Bluff, Princeton, and Minnesota.
Gust Moline shelled corn last week and many Alba residents attended the Kewankee fair Thursday. Warren ONeill returned from a week with relatives in the tri cities. Dr Warner and Warner from Washington DC visited Alba. Gerhardt Wolf builds a large barn on his newly purchased farm. A crowd attended the Annawan baseball tournament earlier in the week. Med Baker visits from Minnesota with his mother. Jas and Fred McNeill received lambs from Kansas City to feed on their corn fields. John Devenney starts sorghum cooking. crop short due to dry season. For sale a sorghum outfit and a three horsepower gasoline engine. contact John Devenney, Annawan Illinois.
The Henry County W C T U holds its annual convention September 22 and 23 at the M. S. church in Kewanee with Miss Marie C. Brehm among speakers. The program includes Sunday rally and address by Miss Brehm, union services, and a long Monday agenda featuring executive reports, officer elections, delegate selections for the National Convention, and Women’s right votes.
Morristown reports illness Andrew Long and a series of visits by locals including Mr and Mrs Bert Rogers in Moline and Miss Cleone Weidlein in Geneseo. Obituary lines note Katherine Eberle and Hattie Parker Richards with family sympathy extended. Local events include a dance at the Air Dome and fair attendance at Joslin.
Mr Sullivan was a passenger for the East Monday Julius Mix aids Searles brothers with silo filling. Bensonberg callers at Moline. Taylor family visited Colona. Flora Wendt assists sewing at the Mix home. Heeren host Will Collis and family. Readers spent Sunday with Collis in Hanna. Mary Davis taught at Stewartville school visiting parental home. M H Sale home from two months South trip. Florence Sullivan visiting Green River. Ruby Rost from Moline visiting parents. Buy engines and separators from C A Lowe. Pfaff woman operated at Davenport St Luke's hospital. Green River and Dayton baseball game score 14 to 16 in Dayton favor. next Sunday game at Green River.
We thank friends and neighbors who offered sympathy and assistance after the loss of our beloved mother. Grateful for the singers, those who helped at the rites, and the floral tokens from the community. Children of Mrs. J. F. Eberle.
We extend heartfelt thanks to many friends who were kind to us during our bereavement. Mrs. Ella M. Kaiser and family.
J Clementz erecting a hog house and Barney Egert family visiting Fred Wirth home. Meyers visits Atkinson with relatives. Edw Oberle and Mrs Hattie Papendick assist with housework. Egert family visits Bradford relatives. Jaquet entertains children and families. Clementz baby boy born Sept 16 1912 in Depat area. Duggan family and Theresa visit. Newton family visits Joseph Newton’s east of Prophetstown.
A bowery dance is planned for Saturday night at Rickel Park with the public invited. A masquerade dance will follow on Thursday night at the same venue with a prize of one dollar for the best dressed couple.
Hugh Burchell formerly of Kewanee passes away in Rock Island on Wednesday night September 11 due to heart disease. The body was buried at Acomb.
No endorsement by the Rock Island county bar for Circuit Judge successor to Judge W. H. Gest. A rule required two thirds of active lawyers to vote. 28 of 72 participated after five hours of polls and notices by telephone. Voters could choose three candidates of different political faith. Let the people rule.
Undersigned offers house and lot on Weat Passe Street. The dwelling includes twelve rooms, in need of repair, with one room suitable for kitchen or cooking and a furnace. Title and terms unspecified.
Candidate for nomination on the Republican ticket for the Office of Circuit Judge to succeed the late W H Gest in the October 5 1912 primary. Olmsted is Rock Island County Judge in his sixth year age 44 with six years as public prosecutor before the bench. He is noted as president of the Court and Probate Judges association and has addressed bar associations in other counties.
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