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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1910
Page
2
Local public notice fragment from Geneseo Illinois includes names Witt Lieberknecht and PrBLisnens with unclear roles and a December 2010 reference. Details are partially legible and not sufficient to determine action or outcome.
Statement of circulation shows the Geneseo Republic printed 182 000 copies in the year ending November 26 1909 with average daily output based on issue days. Notary Philip S Schnabele attested December 11 1909, Will Lieberknecht business manager signed.
Post office authorities require publishers to purge delinquent subscribers from lists. Publishers urge readers with overdue accounts to send a check promptly to avoid having their names dropped from the subscription list.
Local and personal items include J E Wright visiting Rock Island on business, a lost automobile tire ring notice, and a request to leave found items at the local office. Orson Ott and Adolph Ott family mentions, a grand-daughter Effie Ott dies at age eight in Offerle Kansas, no jury trial this week in Cambridge, Judge Ramsey on the Morrison bench. Pedestals at home and office advertised by W L Meyers, A J Lovelace&apos.s Portland visit and AVE Harding band show, samples from Umpqua Valley shown at Will Austin&apos.s, Mr. Austin impressed by Northwest, Herman of St Louis visits Geneseo, Thanksgiving with family in Galesburg, celebration of Henry Herman&apos.s 79th birth anniversary. Herman children listed in Galesburg, Samuel in St Louis, Harry in Oklahoma City, Felix in Chicago.
A London dispatch reports an unnamed Harley Street physician using X rays to treat deafness. He treats the poor free or for a fee, with weekly sessions in a darkened room and a lamp apparatus. Several patients claim gradual hearing improvement after months of therapy, noting new sounds like clocks, bells, and birds.
George Wiegand visited business in Ohio, Bureau county, on Tuesday. Floyd Erdman, son of Theodore Erdman, is hospitalized at J C Hammond with pneumonia as the Republic goes to press. Last year a snow storm struck, and December 5 began a long sleighing season through the winter.
A Daily Thought piece offers rustic guidance on nettle stings. It urges immediate action to seek help from Providence, then to look for a dock leaf, and notes the time to call for Providence is when one is trapped in a十分 difficult situation.
Quote from Jeremy Bentham on reciprocity and virtue shows that the giver’s self-approval endures despite ungrateful recipients. The passage reflects on good conduct without reward and the moral balance of gratitude in social exchange.
The article recalls early ideas on atmospheric electricity from ancient figures like Tullius Hostilius and Cicero and notes Virgil’s lightning design damaging the Capitoline Wolf. It mentions Divisch's 1754 tall lightning conductor in Bohemia, built to impress rulers but blamed for a drought, and suggests Franklin may not have known of it.
A plain diet table for dyspepsia recommends avoiding frying, favoring toast over bread, and choosing white fish eggs soups milk pudding with spinach beans celery butter or olive oil. Meals include breakfast of egg toast and tea or beef tea, dinner with soup boiled fish roast beef or lamb baked potatoes and noncabbage vegetables, and light tea with limited meat bread greens and dessert.
A reflection on changing attitudes toward The Spider and The Fly parable from a bygone era. The piece argues that modern view sees the fly as a harmful agent rather than innocent, noting the shift from earlier warnings to recognize sickness and death linked to the fly, outweighing other calamities.
A Chinese wedding described with ceremony and solemnity, detailing the bride’s entrance, the table ritual, and rice tossed to the couple. The groom carries the bride to his home while guests observe. The text then shifts to a productivity message urging men to use spare time for hobbies and self-improvement.
A commentary notes Spenserian July pronunciation differs regionally with Scotland favoring the first syllable while English country districts stress the same. The piece argues July does not rhyme with duly and likens July to a rare spondee. It also discusses April pronounced as Ay-pril by many, highlighting regional variation.
The piece argues that lack of social activity strains a marriage as both partners risk isolation. It notes outside social life can help, warning that withdrawal fosters petty behavior and reduces attractiveness. It asserts young wives should seek friendships to sustain a true home life.
A garbled Georgia message recounts Luther and Lester Sheriffl along with Pred Settlemire Ransom and Walter Eades robbing bees near Terrell Catawba county. They felled an old red oak three and a half feet in diameter, captured two gray squirrels, a swarm of bees and a small quantity of honey after tying a person to a limb.
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