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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
10
Atkinson community notes recount business calls and visits, holiday gatherings, theater plans, and upcoming sales. Local stores advertise bargains including cement and shingles, while residents plan church events, school activities, and musical entertainments featuring Robin L. Harper and Gus Leopolus Miller.
Regular monthly session of the Board of Trustees with President Bush presiding. Present were Muncafee Rumler Johnston Graham and Newers. Minutes of last meeting read approved. Bills presented and paid include Nowers 213.02 Harms 60.00 Imel 78.00 Standard Oil 1.07 Rush 18.00 Nowers 13.20 Steiner 10.00 Milar 9.20 De Crook 2.00 Foster 2.00 adjourned.
Congregational churches of Atkinson and Cornwall announce the first regular communion of the year on the first Lord's Day of January, with a preparatory mid week meeting. Members are urged to attend to uphold their covenant with God and the church. Evening union service will be at the Atkinson church.
In a luncheon of society women a question about family origins prompts Mrs. D to reveal her father was in the copper business. The tale underscores pretensions of wealth and social prestige among affluent circles. A lighter aside recalls a hotel roof incident and a quip about candor in criticism.
Work at 87 and 39 North Seventh Street reveals medieval style cellars and vaults used to store bullion. A vault within a vault from the War of 1812 era is among the relics, along with iron bars, locks, and hinges to be added to Independence Hall collection. Copper coins dated 1816 and 1818, found in a yard well, accompany papers showing five buildings formed the old mint complex.
A man reports his pendulum clock halting or striking erratically during cold weather. The clockmaker explains many clocks arrive for repairs in bad weather with similar ailments. They require cleaning and reciting to restore proper operation.
The article argues cork substitutes could profit creators as champagne corks cost up to ten cents due to long wait times for Catalonia cork trees. It notes 46 years elapse from planting to usable cork and that corks require hand crafting to avoid harming wine quality. It then shifts to orchard profits, urging New England farmers to plant apples for steady income and to leverage local soil climate and markets.
Cleveland Plain Dealer notes Skribbs, a joke writer, admired a woman for her merry laugh rather than her looks. The exchange suggests his choice was influenced by something heard, not seen, and hints at his rationalizing marriage as based on humor.
Notes and Queries discusses a privately printed Balmoral book produced under the Prince Consort's directions. The volume, topographical botanical geological and descriptive in scope, was beautifully printed in London but only six copies were struck off. Searches at the British Museum Windsor Library and Balmoral Library have not found a copy.
A dialogue features a literary parishioner and the Rev Dr Fourthly debating whether modern life and freedom from superstition have lengthened lifespans. They quip about improved dental care reflecting broader progress.
A political exchange quotes Senator Sorghum noting shifting constituent confidence and compares his experience to a kindly umpire who faces constant criticism. The remark frames public scrutiny as part of a long campaign effort.
A man fined for assaulting a policeman insulted the court as he left the dock. An officer attempted to return him, and he was again held in contempt. The magistrate warned him that chastened speech would have saved him from punishment.
A brief note from the Boston Transcript records a pedestrian refusing a nickel for a meal and the glad hand exchange with the remark about paying for beer. The fragment hints at street life and the casual street diplomacy of beggars.
Edward Demeyer, a resident farmer near Sheffield, was kicked by a horse and seriously injured with a fractured frontal bone. The incident remains under medical assessment as authorities report the extent of injuries.
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