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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
2
A garbled OCR snippet mentions names and places in a historical page. Readable elements include Daryv and St. Pa Express references, with unclear dates and events. The text lacks coherent facts to form a clear outcome or action.
A 1907 report from the Illinois Farmers Institute describes an eighty acre hog operation using a four field rotation with corn small grain and clover, pure bred Duroc Jersey hogs sold at 15 to 18 months, and clover pasture reducing feed costs. The system emphasizes land enrichment, minimal hired help, and disciplined rotation with sunlit farrowing houses and movable huts.
The article outlines penalties under a 1905 game law section for killing or possessing wild birds or their eggs, excluding certain species. It notes fines of five dollars per bird or ten days imprisonment, with exceptions for landowners protecting crops and property. It includes an 1886 affidavit page for Hals Catarrh Cure and editor satire on rail passes and country editors.
Reverend J H Keagie from Grace eburen attended the Illinois Antisaloon League board meeting in Chicago. Leaders praised the state victory over the State Liquor Dealers and outlined vigorous enforcement across communities with expected closure of many saloons within a year. The East St Louis convention is planned for next November with wide participation.
A survey notes tobacco costs, growth scales, and global centers. It highlights Kentucky and Virginia as major markets, US dominance in production, and Japan smoking habits. It explains cigar quality cues, from wrapper faults to ash behavior, and praises Cuban tobacco from Havana’s Cal district as best.
A jumble of notes cites Edward Stokes as a former New Jersey teacher, Rome's doll use, William Fluke’s asylum, Persia’s wrestling popularity, Churchill royalties, a Korean mine gift plan, a settler town named Dictionary, and Guatemala fish with two eye pairs.
Jono Garrett of North Mississippi writes Bucklen's Arnica Salve healed a stubborn sore after many treatments. The note credits the salve with relief and happiness, praising its effectiveness for sores, boils, burns, and injuries. J E Wright druggist sells for 25 cents.
James H. Connell a Mercer County jurist and longtime Republican figure died Friday afternoon after a protracted illness. A native of Ohio aged about sixty, he came to Mercer County as a boy and lived there except for a brief period in the early 1880s in Denver for his wife’s health. He once sought the Republican nomination for Circuit Court Judge in 1894 and again in 1897 for Congress.
A Fortunate Texan Mr. E. W. Goodloe of 107 St. Louis St. reports trying Dr King’s New Life Pills. The pills claim to cure malaria and biliousness without grinding or gripping. Available 25 cents at J. E. Wright’s drug store.
Peoria Herald Transcript editor celebrates Illinois country editors meeting in Peoria. The piece lauds the country editor as a knight of the pen and defender of hometowns, sharing townspeople’s joys and sorrows while facing libel risks and press burdens.
A garbled period piece lists diverse curiosities from banquets and fertilizer to coinage, languages, explorers, fashion bans, and odd facts. It mentions banquets, California oranges in London, Irish schools, unique professions, and various mis-spellings and misstatements across countries.
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