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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
2
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A missionary account details a trek from Rumuruti into Sambur and Rendili lands. Mrs Stauffacher and companions travel with Gikuyu porters, a Sambur guide, and interpreters, describe river crossings, wells, and encounters with Sambur and Rendili chiefs. They report gospel conversations, requests for rain prayers, and amazement at wildlife and village life.
The notice outlines auctions by Henry W. Sand on January 25 with multiple horses cattle hogs hay corn and farm equipment at his premises south of Annawan D F Holzinger clerk. Subsequent sales on January 29 30 February 4 and February 5 feature numerous livestock tools wagons and farming gear with cash or 12 month credit options and free lunch on some days.
An old notice describes auctions and household goods for sale including implements and furniture. It lists a 12 month credit with no interest or cash discount for some items over ten dollars. The page promotes a home remedy recipe for kidney health claiming broad benefits and cites The Scranton Times 1906 printing as the origin.
Wewanee will entertain members of the Henry County Swedish American Republican League for its annual meeting in this city on Lincoln's birthday February 17. Officials discussed plans at a Galva meeting with John A. Lindburg present. Expected speakers may include two prominent state candidates, and committees will be appointed to organize what could be the county league’s largest gathering.
A compact survey of world and technological tidbits: seafaring longevity, England’s annual fish catch valued at 53.9 million, brick absorbing water, and 1.2 million people on seas. Japan’s factory cycles, American tourism spend of 40 million in Europe, Britain's 1900s motor car rise to about 6,000, and shifting labor patterns. Also mentions Nile floods due to Abyssinian rainfall, antiseptic surgery gains, Carl C. Lorentzen’s exchange plan with Denmark, Bell’s Baddeck kite tower, and Toronto engineer W. Baldwin.
A late 19th century national conflict over polygamy surfaces amid Utah statehood conditions. The manifesto forbidding plural marriages carried penalties, while the Reed Smoot investigation questioned enforcement of Mormon polygamy across the United States.
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