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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
15
Clothing firms Lager Offerle & Co Engdahl & Fragd and The Model Clothing Co announce their stores will not open on Sundays. Notice dated Nov 9 1942.
Long list of social visits, shopping trips, and family reminders across Cambridge, Moline, Dixon, Andover, and Geneseo. Mentions include Mrs Bestern, Arnold Seaholm, Miss Dorothy Hopking, Mr and Mrs Hopkins, Mrs Emil Simuelson, and J Hadley among many others. Community events include church services, Christmas preparations, and a Farmers' Institute announcement.
A bumbling narrator reads want ads hoping for a self selling job with little effort. He ponders a simple way to earn money without hard work, imagining the day he will pick up work.
In Sunderland Scotland a boy named Raymond Watson died while riding a rocking horse. He leaned back and became entangled in the reins as the horse swung, choking his life away before adults could free him.
A Louisville Courier Journal line notes that once a married woman saves sixty dollars she fears she is merely building a fund for a second wife to use, reflecting social pressures on women's money and security.
London Punch quotes a child wishing for twins to share talents, imagining a world where one half could finish the other. The fragment reflects whimsical verse and playful self-conversation from a humorous period piece.
Spring Hill updates report Wesley Graham a business taller in town Saturday. Mrs Charles Zschlescher made a business trip to Sterling Saturday. Willie Rollo visited from Sterling Friday and stayed Sunday with his parents. Weather remains mild with frost gone and signs of spring. Mrs Perkins returned Monday after a two week visit with relatives in Atkinson. Allie Urick was called to Geneseo Sunday by the death of his sister Mrs Julia Schnaufer. Robert Wail and family, FLF Reiger and wives visited Wm Dail's Sunday. Milliam and Charles Taber went to Sterling Monday for business school courses. Lawrence and wife attended the Wildman sale at Leon Friday. sales were fair. Robert Sibley and wife welcome an eleven pound boy. We announce the death of Mrs Julia Urick Schnaufer of Geneseo Sunday evening. Jula, a farmer in the neighborhood, was survived by husband and infant son and many relatives. We extend sympathy to the family.
A brief meditation from Harper's Bazaar on memory, noting that recognizing acquaintances is a valuable asset in business. It argues memory is a learned skill, not inherent, and worth the effort to acquire despite social misreadings.
A fragment outlines abundant petroleum in China with Shanghai noted for large wells. It hints at sudden wealth for Honaires and mentions tips for housekeepers including ice water and refrigerator filling. The passage ends with references to a Judges Library.
A fragmented note discusses crescent shaped eyeglasses for near sighted individuals and contrasts them with reading glasses. It mentions a yachtsman with such glasses and cites Turkish bath stereotypes while praising habitual long distance gazing as beneficial for children and sailors.
A Cleveland Pl. style column quotes a bantering exchange about opposing a young couple’s marriage, threats of keeping them apart, a baby, and a clash over a gift from the Sparkler family, illustrating social pressures and costs in courting.
A comic panel shows Mr Willis urging balance while Mrs Wilis refuses to reveal her bank book to the bank cashier. The exchange highlights cautious thrift and privacy in financial matters.
A man dropped his wig in the street and a boy who followed picked it up and handed it to him. The man thanked the boy saying he had never seen a more genuine ball restorer. The item appears in the Minneapolis Journal.
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