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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
12
Frederick Peterson M D cites experiments and anecdotal proof of mind driven physical effects. He recalls St Francis of Assisi and notes a Vienna professor Krafft Ebing demonstrated a plaster stamp producing a blister on a woman’s skin. The account appears in Collier's.
Miss Mary Deem visited the Grantz home Thursday. The candy man was a business caller Tuesday. John Moyer visited Colona Saturday and at O. W. Jacobson's Sunday. George Milom and mother hope to be in their new home by Christmas. Mrs Gottsche shopped in the tri cities last week for Christmas goods. Willams spent days at Sherrard with son Roscoe. Mrs H Stark and daughters Merle and Doris visited Mr Weaver's Sunday. A Christmas tree and program are planned at the church Thursday evening December 4. Elmer Barrett and family visited at SL Barrett's Tuesday on the way home from a visit in Owa.
Cornwall note recalls corn shredder start and new bridges planned after a light turnout at the town meeting. Sunday visitors include Herman Fritzsch and Mrs Pritzsche from South Dakota visiting Burns and Cornwall. George Farnum and Ernest Pobantz had a boating mishap with boils but expect to recover. Maud Atwell visited Atkinson. weather shifts to cloudy and chilly with a raw wind.
Diverse congregations announce Christmas services and programs. Zion Evangelical hosts both morning and evening services. Grace and Lutheran churches plan special Christmas classes, sermons, and a Sunday school festival. Congregational and Methodist sites feature cantatas, choir performances, and interdenominational readings with guest musical groups.
The Norwich Record argues long hours and poor farm organization push skilled workers to cities. It warns about early starts at 3 30 a m and exhausting days ending near nine p m. It questions the impact on wives children and intellectual growth from such routines.
Beethoven recounts to Charles Neate how a quarrel with a tiresome tenor led to his deafness. He describes flinging himself to the floor in rage, hearing nothing after the knock at the door, and a doctor diagnosing nerve injury. The passage ends with a note on fans imagining revenge on the tenor.
Henry W. Lucy notes How Disraeli used charm in politics with a pompous Irish physician Dr O Leary as a figure in a lobby scene. The anecdote recalls a resemblance to the Irish writer Tom Moore and comments on election maneuvers.
A French couple sought to marry their child Eugenie and discovered the civil register listed them as a boy. Despite evidence of gender and name usage, authorities require administrative and judicial steps and new records before recognizing Eugenie as female for marriage. The case highlights legal hurdles in civil status and marriage eligibility.
A Toronto police magistrate known as Colonel Blank is described as dispensing justice with little regard for formal law. He is respected, frequently appealed against, and remains convinced he is right after the supreme court upholds his judgment. The piece cites Octave Thanet on men not nagging and contrasts male and female behavior in marriage.
Thomas Butler, a colonial era army colonel, died in New Orleans in 1803 amid a clash with General Wilkinson over wearing the queue. He reportedly ordered a hole bored in his coffin so his pigtails would protrude at his burial, a tradition the family says was followed.
The piece urges girls with ordinary public school educations to read a page daily from a good book and copy notable sentences to improve spelling and phrasing. It warns against hurried novel reading unless the work leaves lasting value and notes librarians can advise on self culture.
Travel Magazine recalls cross cultural shopping where gestures and facial expressions substitute for language. A French saleswoman answers in French, promising a perfect fit after a comic sizing exchange. The piece notes quick wit and language barriers in European shops.
The London Chronicle cites Jorevin de Rochefort describing Worcester in 1671 where children carried pipes in their satchels for school. Mothers filled the pipes at breakfast and the master smoked with pupils, teaching them to hold and draw tobacco as part of daily routine.
The sky never dark says Scientific American. The Milky Way above the horizon in summer lights the night, making it brighter than in winter. Faint stars unseen to the eye also contribute significant light.
Quoted sentiment asserts that law embodies divine order and universal homage. It states law’s seat is God’s bosom, its voice harmony of the world, with angels and men alike under its power and care, yielding peace and joy.
Miss Augusta Salzman visits Geneseo to see friends while others discuss neighbors and crops. Talks mention Mapes sale progress, Norman Mapes buying drift, and plans for home moves. Charles Mihbaert is ill with cancer feared. Harrison family plans a toll of new buildings near Skunk Knoll. Mrs Wy Robinson suffers a third stroke and dies days later. Kubingon age three is noted.
A Christmas program by pupils and teacher at Hanny Center on Wednesday evening December 23 begins at 7 30. Students perform dialogues recitations songs and scenes including Getting ready for a Santa Claus and The Night before Christmas among others.
In memory of Hazel Mace who fell asleep December 16 195. Three years have passed since you left in sorrow and woe. Your mother writes of loving you dearly and cherishing memories that time cannot fade. A lonely heart remains by your grave and mourns your loss.
French investigator Telsserence reports rare gases in air samples taken from eight and a half miles high. Argon appears in all samples with neon and helium detected. a balloon carried the apparatus and an electromagnetic device sealed the tube after a break in the barometer point.
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