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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1910
Page
12
Fragmentary notice from Geneseo Republic references J F Wl and Chas Liebeknecht and PIBLISUEEs with unclear context. Likely short local items or notices. readable names include Geneseo and December. Further detail unavailable from the fragment.
Publishers urge delinquent subscribers to settle accounts or be dropped per postal rules. Readers are asked to send payment promptly to avoid removal from the mailing list.
Local notes recount purchases at Stamm’s pharmacy and a post office stand, visits by Mrs. Windisch and others, a break to Mrs. Jen in Carls, and a progress report on hardware and farm items. The section covers illnesses, a barn fire, murder trial notes, and a Swedish Lutheran wedding at the Johnson home near the northwest farm.
Church announcements summarize Christmas Eve and Christmas Day services for Grace Evanzselicai Rev Marshall German Lutheran Swedish Lutheran Catholic Congregational Christian Science Unitarian and other parishes with times ranging from early morning to evening and a Sunday school festival scheduled for Monday evening with community invitation.
Holiday visits and church services fill Colona as residents celebrate Christmas week. Local figures attend parties, canal work progresses, and a Masons and OES project nears completion while schools plan holiday programs and a Santa themed program at Darton school.
Walter Shuman of Beardstown recalls nearly dying after an operation at a hospital. He was told he would not recover until consulting Dr. Carson, a Chicago specialist, who agreed to take the case and succeed. He now walks the streets daily, attends to business, and praises the doctor's skill.
A history professor addressed a women's club on obscure heroes during the French Revolution. He neared tears as he described a hero seeking a final interview with his beloved before a guillotine fate. The audience watched a moving, imperfect delivery as he stumbled through phrases and finally spoke in broken, faded words.
Mr Hallroom and Mrs Slimdiet discuss the poor quality meat from various shops. Hallroom laments the difficulty in finding good meat and asks if any nearby places near the loin have it.
Washington district court of appeals defines the term colored in Isabel I. Wall vs Board of Education. The girl, admitted to a local white school over a year ago, was later excluded as colored. Chief Justice Shephard and the appellate court upheld the board’s action.
A newspaper quotes a critic noting that the pursuit of wealth can enslave its lovers and threaten independence. It contrasts wealth with personal freedom and recalls a remark about the tenor’s intentions during a recent operatic performance.
Public sale at the residence three miles northwest of Cambridge and four miles southeast of Osco on the Arse Boyd farm Tuesday January 3 starting at noon. The listing includes 4 horses and livestock such as a bay mare and bay gelding 3 years old yearling mare colt 17 cattle plus hogs and calves. Farm implements include binder planter hay rake and other gear with cash terms and notes.
Upton Sinclair discusses fasting in New York praising its popularity while cautioning against disrepute. He recalls a surgeon joke about appendicitis and a wife reacting to a patient next. A separate quip notes a boy with a watch enjoys time and a maxim on liberty and law.
The piece highlights rapid Southwest growth spurred by census reforms and railroad investment. It notes 926,683 families moved into new territory, most becoming farm producers as rail lines promote farming in the arid region and the agricultural sector adapts soils and climates for profitability.
A correspondent reports a shop display reading S. Bee with a possible accent on the e in Gray's Inn Road. The sign is described as very brief and prompts curiosity whether a briefer name exists in London.
A compact rustic fable of a trolley accident and a dog named The Yellow Cur. The Bull Pup laments losing their tail while readers imagine the boys who tied tin cans to it, in a quiet frontier vignette.
A fragment recalls journalist Levy of the Telegraph asking Sara if editing copy bothered him. She quotes Levy’s reply likening himself to a butcher with meat indifferent to its preparation. The reminiscence is attributed to Mrs. T P OConor.
Fragmented garbled text describes a joke about roast beef base wet hunger and a bit of moral instruction from a father to a child. Eugene Wood in Bam ton s Magazine is referenced with disjointed quotes and stray dialog about manners and speech.
The article discusses the possibility that apes, second only to humans in speech ability, could learn to speak. Bell suggests apes might be trained to utter words through mouth and throat manipulation, potentially allowing them to express simple ideas.
A garbled 19th century letter from a resident of 4 Bitville to Tolks expresses plans to bring the family to a big farm and live happily after a long stay. The writer urges hope that if prices and costs continue to fall, economic stability will follow. The piece contrasts with a sales pitch asking why goods cost more than the New Fair offers.
A notice seeks the return of a white bulldog with a pink ribbon lost near Piscy, Folens Chins, weighing 20 pounds. Contact 127 N. Ww. Ellingsworth for details or to claim the pet.
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