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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1911
Page
1
The Geneseo Republic presents its annual circulation figures for 1910 beginning Jan 7. The total copies printed that year are listed with an average of 187 475 complete copies per issue. Authenticated by Business Manager Lieberknecht and notarized on January 14, 1910.
W G Warnock recounts a long December to January journey from Chicago to Spokane and back through Montana Idaho Wyoming Nebraska and Iowa. He notes Zion City Michigan Milwaukee Spokane and Bozeman as stops and describes farms prices and conditions along the way, finalizing with reflections on land value and living costs in the West.
The DeKalb short course in agriculture during the first week of January 1912 attracted over 200 farmers and sons from nine counties, plus 100 rural teachers and 300 Normal students. Courses covered milk testing livestock judging entomology farm mechanics corn judging soil fertility crop production and domestic sciences with lectures by University of Illinois and Normal school experts. Director H H Parke organized the program with strong support from the Northern Illinois State Normal School and Illinois institutions, highlighting growing demand for rural agricultural training.
January 23 notices form North and South first grades with South class moving to Congregational church until the new high school opens. Six by April 1 may enroll next week. New high school classes include algebra, commercial arithmetic, plane and solid geometry, physiography, physiology, and first year English. Entry is open now. no other class formations occur before September. Aiming for March 1 move to the new building. H. B. Fisher.
Sadie Little of Hillview IM credits Dr C W Carson Chicago Specialist with curing her childhood illness that left her unable to attend school. She writes she is now well strong and hardy and willing to answer letters.
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