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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1911
Page
10
Geneseo area brief highlights social visits school and church events at Atkinson Lumber Yard and surrounding towns. Movements include visits by Misses Blair Verhaage Hartman and Maloney, a sewing machine raffle, ball game preview Geneseo vs Atkinson, and a fire incident at Merritt frame building with rapid fire department response.
The DeLong Colts of Geneseo lost 16 to 17 to a team from Atkinson on Monday afternoon. Umpires were town marshals of Atcis Richmond. Geneseo played well despite missing regitcer Wilson-Smith, showing improved knowledge of the game.
An unidentified tall man about 70 and 6 feet 6 inches, with shabby clothes, was found beside the highway near Brandon school house. Coroner's inquest returned death by heart failure with no sign of violence. burial followed at Fairview cemetery after viewing at F R Brooks.
The article discusses ancient apron traditions from Greek and Roman times and notes Queen Charlotte and Beau Brummell’s disdain for aprons. It mentions a Duchess’s apron being thrown aside at a Bath ball and Mary Queen of Scots leaving many aprons in varied hues and fashions.
In Australia a match between Waratah and Thistle clubs left players with severe injuries. One finger broken, another severely crushed, an eye blackened, a face damaged, a knee bruise, a badly cut shin that bled through a boot, several mouths cut, and shins sliced through shin pads.
Fragmentary OCR text quotes discuss making life less difficult for others and question life’s purpose. It references individuals and ideas about self-improvement, usefulness, and human compassion. Ambiguous context limits precise attribution or event.
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