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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1906
Page
15
In a fierce gale the Agnes Jane sinks after a collision with a storm induced wreck. Gra den rescues Marnac while Treherne and others struggle to control the vessel as waves drive it onto the reef. A stray farmer’s near miss with a steam car ends with a lighthearted quip and a tale of a loosened plaster.
The narrator and companions race the red sailed Agnes Jane in a windward chase from the quay toward a distant fishing boat. Graden instructs Miss Weston to inform authorities about Professor Afarnac while Isaac treherne debates joining the pursuit for a large fish contract and a hundred pounds. The scene closes with Miss Weston’s farewell and the looming storm as the Pride of Cornwall prepares to sail.
In the Cornish harbor dusk, Skadolf Marnac eludes capture as a storm brews. Weston and Sir Henry Graden grapple with following him while Agnes Jane’s provisioning details surface and tension grows about the fate of the chase.
The scene opens with a stormy coastline and darkened shore as waves crash and a silver crescent moon lights a southward chase. The narrator notes companions at the tiller and a quiet conversation among relatives and Isaac as the voyage continues toward a French port.
In a comic vignette the couple tease each other about “the old story” as they recall courting days. The slow-boarder comments on the garden scene while the landlady jokes about money not materializing yet. A buyer touts thrift at the Dargzin Sale as the wife boasts saving 39 cents.
Girard T. Smith of Moline was chosen by the school board to serve a seven year term as local official. The election narrowed to two candidates with Smith winning by a small margin. He is 38, has lived in Moline three years, and is Albion College trained with prior superintendent experience in Ludington and Lansing Michigan.
Dr Eugene Cohn of St Jacob Madison county and Dr Julius Wen Glensky of Chicago named assistant physicians at the eastern hospital for the insane at Kankakee Jacksonville. Dr Francis J Sullivan of Chicago named assistant physician at the central Jacksonville hospital to succeed Dr W L Potts. Gov Deneen names Mrs Clara P Bourland of Peoria to state board of charities succeeding Rev Father Edward Kelley.
State's Attorney Robert Scholes plans to prosecute an ice dealers' combine in Peoria after complaints that wholesale ice sells for 5 per ton while small consumers pay 8 to 8.25 per ton. He will present evidence to the September grand jury and indictments are expected.
The Graduate School of Agriculture at the University of Illinois hosts a second session with about eighty five students from twenty three states and three international attendees. Faculty include L A Bailey from Cornell, True and T W Wiles from the U S Department of Agriculture, and T J Burroughs of Illinois.
A large blaze near Bangs Lake in Watconda damaged several homes and mostly hit the Wauconda Flouring Mills. The mill or facility reportedly contained over 3,000 bushels of wheat and the total loss is estimated around 100000 dollars. Residents C L Spratt H C Graham J Cook and A Fuller suffered property damage.
Report says a thief fled after breaking into the home of W A Cannon aided by a young man and woman in a car near Zion City. A gold watch money and clothes were taken. A neighbor named Hueigh allegedly assisted by tying a bundle and leaving on foot while the suspects fled in the rear seat.
A thrashing engine on Charles Johnson’s farm west of Jacksonville exploded blowing Roy Galviti aged nine to death and fatally scalding Roy Libbey while three others suffered scalds. The boiler likely broke letting water be forced out.
Frances Dinzo a 14 month old girl climbed a hedge to a fourth floor window and fell about twenty five feet to the ground suffering likely fatal injuries. The mother had left the room briefly and upon return found the child gone then seen lying on the sidewalk from the window. The infant remained unconscious.
Miss Mary Murphy a Peoria public school teacher killed herself by stepping in front of a switch engine at the Peoria and Pekin Railway yards. Her head was severed and body mangled. Authorities cite poor health as the cause. she had recently resigned and then returned to teaching at Garfield school.
Trustees of Frances Shiner Academy at Mount Carrot vote to raise 35000 dollars to meet Andrew Carnegie's offer of 10000 toward a new administration building with subscriptions due by April 1, 1907. About 26000 dollars is in sight, and efforts will appeal to pupils and friends across the country, especially nearby communities.
Four brothers playing in a wall of a front yard excavation at 1551 West Sixty seventh street Chicago were buried when the side collapsed. They were rescued after police and citizens freed them though two were nearly dead from suffocation as the trench remained dangerous.
At Granite City a bucking broncho stampede during a wild west performance injured a number of spectators. A section of temporary seating collapsed and the broncho trampled those trapped beneath the wreckage amid the chaos.
The Illinois Retail Jewelers Association meeting in Springfield went on record against the proposed Parcel Post plan before Congress. They also declared against auction stores and catalogue houses selling directly to the trade as inimical to retailers.
Peter White, a Centralia resident and former slave born in Virginia, marks his 107th year recalling events of the Civil War era. He says he witnessed many moments of national change and has seen presidents Harrison Polk Tyler and other early leaders.
Lieut. Gov. Sherman Tesla derides Illinois parole policy at the State's Attorneys Association in Springfield calling the system a stupendous mistake as it releases criminals who return to crime.
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