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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1911
Page
4
The Geneseo Republic reports annual circulation figures for 1910 from January 1910 to December 30 1910. Total copies printed and the average number of complete copies per issue are disclosed, with business manager Lieberknecht credited and sworn before Philip Sehnabe on January 14 1911.
County official Perry urges Friday August 26 as a Cleaning-up Day for county schools advising thorough cleaning of yards and buildings by hired help or patron and director cooperation. Emphasizes sanitary wells and outhouses to prevent contagious diseases and improve health.
A Republican speaker in an afternoon talk claimed he could identify each attendee’s party. He labeled an elderly man as Republican, another man on the right as Republican, and a sickly rear attendee as Democrat, who denied the charge citing illness.
Sterling Standard voices a Jacob Riis inspired query on who counts as unfit in society. It contrasts slouches and wealthy exploiters, underpaid workers and scrub women, urging moral judgment and social reform to cleanse the environment and give all brothers a fair chance before leaving outcomes to God.
The article notes rising public approval for Taft amid attacks from both Democrats and insurgents over the recall provision in the Arizona constitution. It cites endorsements expected from the American Bar Association and state bar groups, and praises Taft vetoes affecting wool and labor. It also critiques insurgent senators and warns Democrats will face electoral consequences, per the New York Tribune.
A Harper's Weekly reflection argues men should embrace living in the moment, transform pain into courage, and seek to remove sources of sorrow through self discipline and voluntary renunciations. It asserts that reducing misery by addressing poverty, vice, ignorance, dishonesty, and selfishness enlarges a person's nature and increases global happiness.
A rural Pennsylvania minister kept donations from his congregation limited to useful clothing for children. He arranged a church visit where he quoted Solomon about wealth and was rewarded with higher pay and a rise in salary.
The New York Tribune argues Taft has not wavered on wool duties. He backs a tariff commission and data driven revisions rather than guesswork. Critics who fault his inaction would also have to oppose the commission’s purpose. The piece notes consistency in pursuing informed tariff changes.
An essay argues that geniuses are impossible figures causing strain on families if married or burdening friends if single. It notes envy toward celebrated minds, while claiming geniuses are abnormal, with Lombroso calling them degenerate and scientists labeling them sports. Bernard Shaw is cited regarding Masson’s view.
The Illinois Farmers Institute issued a bulletin describing a grasshopper control method used by Frank I. Mann of Gilman. A kerosene film over water in galvanized iron pans traps and suffocates grasshoppers as the machine drags across fields, reducing pests on 20 acres with five gallons of kerosene per day.
Governor’s aide Deneen honors requisition from Kansas for Walter Cott to be delivered from Rock Island to Lansing. Cott and an associate face Rock Island charges but may not be prosecuted due to existing Kansas sentences. A Rock Island detective arrested them July 11 for stealing merchandise from a newsstand at Thirty first Street depot.
Seller offers 1000 feet of Shinn lightning rod at 10 cents per foot with horse vane and balls. Rods retail at 18 cents per foot. Seller promises full warranty and will accept notes if cash is unavailable. Regular bill demonstrates wholesale pricing.
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