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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1911
Page
4
The Geneseo Republic prints 187,475 total copies in the year from Jan 7 1910 to Dec 30 1910. Dividing by 62 issue days yields an average of 1,805 complete copies per issue. Business Manager Will Lieberknecht certified the statement on January 14, 1910 before Notary Philip S. Schnabel.
The Taft administration faces surprise and anxiety as prosecutions continue despite political risk. Attorney General Wickersham pledges firm action against violators, while a Circuit Court decision on the Southern and Union Pacific merger looms. A prominent insurgent senator plans philippics against Taft, citing the Periodical Publishers Association case and concerns about voter influence. The civil service measure passes, moving 4,000 state workers to merit system protection, including 1,369 women under the ten hour law.
The Illinois board of charitable institutions reports a 1910 reduction of about 250000 dollars in ordinary expenses versus 1909 through wholesale purchases and tight management. It lists 17 institutions with 19500 people under care, 2500 staff, and assets valued at 12300000 dollars across 5597 acres and 450 buildings.
Colonel Morrison of Waterloo Iowa reflects on 1858 Illinois politics and Stephen A. Douglas. He recalls campaign spending, the role of money, and the influence of Missouri backers, noting conditions differ from modern fundraising. He cites Madison County importance and relative frugality in former practices. He also touches on crime, punishment, and sterilization debates as public policy considerations.
A critical piece argues for sterilization to curb the defective and insane, comparing state care at Watertown and Minvis institutions with humane treatment but noting many patients remain unfit for normal life. The author highlights inherited tendencies, mistaken freedoms, and the need to protect the public from unfit parenthood while acknowledging reform progress since Dorothy Dix.
President Wheeler of the University of California toured the northern border speaking with farmers about reciprocity with Canada. He found little opposition among farmers who support reciprocity, noting only the lumber industry as organized against it. He reported that prairie anger is not evident and urged anti reciprocity senators to consult their constituents.
Galesburg Register reports an Aurora exchange urges readers not to kill ladybugs as they curb cotton scale on maples and fight plant lice. The note cites dangers to grape vines, cherry and pear trees, and urges conservation of beneficial insects to protect crops.
A Lincoln Nebraska girl reports chronic constipation and stomach trouble improved within three days after using Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. She says she is the proudest girl in Lincoln to find the medicine and notes it is for sale by all druggists.
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