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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
11
A garbled excerpt shows a farmer’s day from dawn to dinner with talk of plowing, harvesting, and meals as winter tightens. References to corn, seed, wood, and appetite hint at seasonal labor rhythms and farm routines in midwestern life.
At Victoria Station a witty circle led by Hon. Charles Duguid follows Seamore as he accepts a job offer and prepares to sail. Phyllis Farebrother plays piano while a romance unfolds with millionaire heiress and a farewell that matches the tune of The Girl I Left Behind Me.
In a Denver church on Thanksgiving a bright half dollar lay in the aisle. Two women claimed it, each saying the other had dropped it. A man with the collection box intervened and someone else admitted dropping a half dollar, ending a neighbors dispute.
A Japanese physician reports experiments linking hair growth to serious illness. He states illness shortens hair along its length and the damaged portion indicates illness duration, suggesting a possible identification method pending proof.
A wealthy man fell ill and, after a family doctor convened a consultation with several sniffers and a smoke, he could not be convinced of a constitutional cause. He declared he would take the matter to the Supreme Court for decision, and interrupted the doctor with sharp lies about the satirical situation.
A sermon excerpt contrasts virtue and fault in men, urging readers to reflect on Philippians 4 8 and the ideal self. It cites Beatrice and Dante as moral touchstones, urges youths to seek higher life through faith and association, and contrasts two young men choosing different paths.
The excerpt blends a hymn snippet by Phoebe Cary with a reflective essay on home influence in child development. It cites Cary’s life from 1826, notes a shift in meter, and emphasizes the home as shaping character, arguing that nine tenths of a boy’s influence comes from environment and urging parental unity, patience, and love.
A sermon by Rev. A. Arnold Ross reflects on Samuel hearing God and obeying, urging that the divine voice still speaks to souls today. It contrasts heedless actions of industry and society with faithful listening to wisdom and truth, praising those who heed the call.
A compact reflection on habit shaping heaven or hell, heartless being homeless, and liberty found in law. It warns the sleeping church to awaken, notes the power of a moved heart, and cautions against preaching modernity that paralyzes ministry. It laments hasty striving without a clear goal.
The Senate backed a House plan to raise annual pay to 7500 for Senators and delegates and 12000 for the Vice President, Speaker, and cabinet members by a 58 to 22 vote. Debate, amendments, and delayed effects dominated a busy session with notices of Senator Alger’s death and pension legislation shaping the day.
The President designated Richard A. Ballinger of Seattle to head the General Land Office succeeding W. A. Richards who retires March 4. Senator Custom presented petitions from the National Business League of Chicago opposing Lodge amendments to consular reform and seeking revision or repeal of certain parts laws. Brig Gen William S. McCankey, Texas department commander, will be promoted to major general upon Major Gen Wade’s retirement April 14. A writ of certiorari was received in the Edward L. Klicker case challenging a seven year Ohio prison sentence for conspiring to wreck the Gallon National Bank.
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