Fire swept the business section of Geneva, the hometown of Gene Stratton-Porter. Awakened by the tumult Gene joins others in fighting the blaze. The newspaper gives a concise reporting of the event alluded to by Stratton-Porter biographers.
Judith Reick Long states that Jeannette was twelve years old when this photograph was taken. It was used by Gene to do a charcoal sketch that appears on page 145 of the Long book, as well as other publications. The Geneva Herald tells us that...
