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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1912
Page
14
Local notices report many visitors and guests including Mrs G M Baugh, the Koehlers, the Gus tafsons, and J B Taylor visiting Cambridge and area towns. Western sales promotions at Wm Ringle Co feature dairy and millfeed deals and farm auctions.
Church notices list upcoming events and confirmations with names and towns. Dates include August 11 through August 19 and locations in Geneseo Kewanee Hooppole St Johns Mich and Kewaunee.
The undersigned Theo Boltenstern advertises 499 acres of land for rent in Lynn township Cambridge.
Community brief mentions the Oelke family unloading gravel in Mo ne on Saturday and relatives visiting in Warner and Edgford. Births include a child born to Mr and Mrs Julius Voth. Rain Monday aids corn crops. several residents attend events in Colona and Green River. Funeral in Moline for a nephew. Peterson family visits. Mrs Kushman gravely ill in Rock Island.
A garbled excerpt blends aphorisms on conscience and knowledge with a quip about a Chinese exchange operator. It references Uncle Eben, a man as an encyclopedia, and a note on Oriental Politeness with a humorous exchange about dialing a number.
Lord Chesterfield favors vigorous attire over undersized dress for young men. He argues that being well dressed signals self respect and practicality, while fashion arrogance is misread as vanity by the ignorant. Society views well dressed youths with approval, though judgments vary.
Mrs Swan Anderson, aged 79, died August 17 1912 at her daughter's home in Cambridge after a long illness. Born in Smoland Sweden January 6 1833 she married Swan Anderson in the 1850s and the family moved to Cambridge in 1880. Seven children were born, Swan Jr. died in 1907. Funeral August 19 at the Lutheran church with Rev Martinson of Chicago officiating, burial in Cambridge cemetery.
An elderly church caretaker reflects on his changing titles as roles shift from janitor to sextant to virgin and finally anserti lege, noting the creed endures despite word changes and generations in charge.
The readable text displays garbled phrases and stray quotes about books, speech, a banquet, and vague power themes. No clear person, place, or event can be determined from the fragments.
The fragment discusses a philosopher who died with a fortune of 1,000,000 dollars. It comments on his philosophy as overly easy and shallow in thought, contrasting it with Horace Mann's reputed caution about breadth of mind. The piece appears to critique intellectual credibility.
A Washington Star excerpt features Mr. Growcher explaining a paint sample shown to skeptics who doubt freshness unless rubbed. The passerby exchanges revolve around proving the paint’s immediacy by physical touch.
An article describes a so called alliance ring worn by the groom, a solid ring that actually consists of two bands with invisible joints. The ring separates by inserting a pin in an inside pinhole, and the engraving is done on the inside surface.
The London Chronicle recalls a Paris duel where the minimum expense was four pounds and the style costs rose high. Aurelian Scholl, a boulevard journalist, recounts a bloodless duel in which he was the only person touched after a friend borrowed 100 francs for expenses and never repaid.
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