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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1910
Page
15
Cambridge notes show residents traveling to Rock Island Sewanee and Kewanee for business and visits. Local families announce births illnesses sales and school plans and report on the 112th Infantry reunion in Keewanee with officers elected and a free YMCA dinner.
Miss Ella Taylor and Mr Asher B Love of Orion wed at the home of Mr and Mrs LeRoy Taylor in Cambridge on Tuesday September 20. The ceremony included a ring rite conducted by Dr JD Hopkins, with music by Addie Snider and Grace Ringle. About 35 guests attended the three course supper, and the couple departed for their auto in a shower of rice amid well wishes for a long, blessed life together. outoftown guests included Addie Snider Edith Snider Rosalii Mefuen J R Snider and Fred Love.
In Andover, residents share visits with friends in Davenport Kearney and Kewanee and travel for juror duty. Warren Bengston suffers nervous prostration and is hospitalized. Rev Nystrom departs for Galva after serving locally. Teachers bid farewell at M E parsonage with keepsakes for Martha and Leonard as the school cherishes moments of departure.
Morristown reports residents at Cambridge Rock Island and Geneseo events with visits from August Betcher Elmer Schroeder and others. The community mourns the death of former neighbor Mrs George Smith with condolences from all.
The annual W C T U convention gathers at the M K E church in Woodhull on Thursday and Friday September 29 and 30 1910. Officers include President Hattie N Waite Geneseo. Vice President Joussa N Massey Atkinson. Secretary Harriet T Miller Geneseo. recording secretary Jennie Emmons Atkinson. treasurer Kate L Taylor Cambridge. auditor Emma Turner Cambridge.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer quote from a bartender describes the morning after an all night drinker queue. The soda clerk complains about customers sharing life stories and even showing a watch photo of a girl, seeking advice on keeping his romance alive.
Henry van Dyke warns that seeking Ophir and wealth as life’s end is a small goal and a bitter reward for the soul. The passage urges facing desires honestly and prioritizing eternal values over bank balances and stock market fame.
In Berlin an old doctor, after surgery, returned with hair suddenly white. Foxy Grandpa blamed the hospital for no dye. He finessed the tale into fame, became a royal physician, grew rich, and left a lasting name as Nice the prisoner of Chillon.
The page discusses boys wardrobe details from Harper's Bazar including heavy pongee outfits and young boys’ collars belts and ties. It also covers tall building beekeeping noting single story hives can start and expand to fifty pounds capacity as bees swarm for space. A New York shop buys foreign stamps for business mail with stamped envelopes and sells stamps from various regions at seven cents.
J J Hadley and A C Tomlinson moved stock to Chicago Monday. The item lists local ads for paints, alfalfa land, and a residence for sale in Osco village. A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Roy Lough. several residents visit relatives in St Louis Cambridge and Orion. social at M B E hall nets over $40. ads promote Knox seed corn dryers Enroth Horberg shoes and Hadley property listings.
Milo Mercer visited Geneseo Monday with Mr and Mrs Chrisop and their children. Miss Rachel Ague and Mrs Collis visited Green River Thursday. Wilson Ague and daughter Rachel visited Mrs Messer’s Sunday. Verner Larson and daughter Elsie called on Hanna friends Sunday. Schwark family attended a dance at Witt Schwark’s Saturday night. Mrs Charles Hass and children and Miss Rachel Agne visited the fair and reported it good.
The watch completes 157 680 000 ticks in a year and the wheels travel 3558 miles. This summary notes the high frequency of the movement and the total wheel travel in annual operation.
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