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GENEVA IN 1899: ‘Of Interest to Women’

At the end of 1898, the Geneva Daily Times announced its expansion from four pages to eight, and promised new features for women, including short...

28.04.2024 10

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GENEVA IN 1899: Darktown Swells

On Feb. 1, 1899, the Geneva Daily Times commented on the Darktown Swells, an African American minstrel show. Typically, these featured people of color...

30.03.2024 7

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GENEVA IN 1899: 'Messages of love'

“Messages of Love Flying Fast Today” ( Geneva Daily Times headline) On Feb. 14, 1899, the Geneva Daily Times reporter gushed about “a day in...

02.03.2024 7

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GENEVA IN 1899: Boston Ladies’ Military Band performs in Geneva

The reason for last year’s columns on Geneva’s history in 1898, as seen through the lens of the Geneva Daily Times, was the celebration of...

28.01.2024 4

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GENEVA IN 1898: The Geneva Daily Times

30.12.2023 7

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GENEVA IN 1898: The 'Christmas Issue' of the Geneva Daily Times, 1898

The Geneva Daily Times proudly announced that its Dec. 17 Christmas Issue was “the most extensive ever attempted in this city.” Instead of the...

16.12.2023 3

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GENEVA IN 1898: Thanksgiving, 1898

Let’s face it. Thanksgiving is as much about the remembrance of past pumpkin pies as it is about the pies baked for this year’s feast. It’s...

19.11.2023 5

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GENEVA IN 1898: Of cows, turnips, cabbages, and gates: Halloween, 1898

“All Hallow E’en does not come very often, and after the occurrences of last night, the people of Geneva would not care if it did not appear again...

04.11.2023 2

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GENEVA IN 1898: Fisk Jubilee Singers coming back to Smith Opera House

There has come upon us a time when we yearn for what we know not, when there are no words within us to compass the slaughter of innocents, nor any way...

21.10.2023 6

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GENEVA IN 1898: In solidarity, Part 2

Ed. note: This is the second of a two-part series. This past Sept. 17, Temple Beth-El and the Abbe Center for Jewish Life on the Hobart and William...

07.10.2023 3

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GENEVA IN 1898: In solidarity

On Sunday morning, Sept. 17, Temple Beth-El reported a bomb threat. Although — thankfully — law enforcement found no device, Rabbi Ann Landowne...

23.09.2023 7

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GENEVA IN 1898: Bring the boys home!

In August 1898, the Times carried daily accounts of the dire conditions of the soldiers stationed in the U.S. Of the 108,000 volunteers mustered at...

09.09.2023 3

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