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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1903
Page
7
The piece argues that farmers households should grow a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables to improve health and reduce stomach troubles. It notes limited vegetable use among growers near Norfolk and suggests near house gardens and small tools like a one-horse harrow barrow to ease cultivation.
The article outlines low cost shade solutions for poultry yards using a frame and nearby trees or crops like corn and sunflowers. It discusses planting vines and seeds for quick shade, plus a method to save clover hay by shocking and cutting after dew, avoiding bad weather. It also notes tracking cow accounts as a money saving practice.
The article discusses managing fifty to seventy acres for sheep grazing with three fields and movable fences, using rape and grain feeding plots for profitability. It notes older farming life, with a contrast to modern labor-saving methods and how youth wages changed over time.
The piece states that corn cultivation depth varies with conditions. In wet seasons deep stirring helps dry soil and uproot weeds, while a common four inch depth aims to destroy weeds and retain moisture. It cites a comparison showing higher yield with shallow cultivation.
Farmers should mirror pure breed breeders in careful herd management to improve stock. Milk signals illness early, eggs vary in hatch time, and environmental conditions affect fertility. Give animals access to salt freely, and favor quality over quantity in feeding and pruning to maximize future crop and meat yield.
The article summarizes long standing claims of Jews using Christian blood in Passover bread and compares similar rumors about Chinese missionaries. It notes rabbis denying the practice, repeated riots and massacres, and mentions 19th century Chinese anti Christian riots sparked by a missing child tale.
The article cites flood losses across Kansas Missouri Nebraska Illinois and surrounding states totaling about 50 million with Ohio valley and Pennsylvania losses added. It argues reforestation of watersheds and plains could prevent much damage and cites experiments in several states showing profitable tree growing and long term flood safety benefits.
Fragmented notes report the death of Simon Wilson a colored hustler in Wew a diseased animal exposure Yale degree granted posthumously to Thomas I ow Haven on his death bed heroic police rescue in Fulton involving women and children Policeman W H McAuley erased and placed in a strait jacket at a party location uncertain.
St Clair County State's Attorney says the law will guide a full investigation into the Belleville lynching of Wyatt and the later burning. He vows to call an extra grand jury session in September if incriminating evidence points to Freeburg, Turkey Hill farmers, or Belleville citizens.
Thousands gather for the third annual Spanish American War Association encampment in Bloomington with a 5000-strong drill. Fourteen thousand attend a sham battle as McKinley camp S A W V of Chicago wins best uniformed body and Rock Island chosen for next encampment over Galesburg. New officers include David Cavin Litchfield commander and J J Cairns Chicago senior vice commander with S H Vowell Bloomington adjutant.
A reported bottomless lake about 100 yards across lies near Clinton Iowa along the Illinois side of the Mississippi. Local farmers claim it has no bottom and connects underground to the Mississippi. Water levels rise and fall with the river and fish from the Mississippi have been found in the lake.
Grace McComas of Manito daughter of Judge J. C. McComas aged 25 committed suicide in her room at Maplewood sanitarium in Jacksonville. She used her hair wound around her neck and hung from a door hinge after the nurse left briefly to fetch breakfast. Her unrest and exhaustion followed a teaching stint last winter and a decline in health led to confinement at the sanitarium.
Illinois pharmacists elected officers led by President Thomas Knoebel of East St. Louis and Secretary R N Dodds of Springfield. First vice presidents include Herman Tory of Chicago and C A Garver of Bloomington with Horace Porter of Rockford. George Bartels of Camp Point is treasurer. Traveling Men Association named H V Medberry as president and O O Lake as secretary treasurer, all based in Chicago and East St. Louis. East St. Louis slated for next convention.
The thirty second annual commencement at Champaign Illinois closed the college year with 541 degrees conferred by President Draper. The Chicago branches added 218 medicine, 38 pharmacy and 40 dentistry degrees. Local college totals include 57 literature and arts, 54 engineering, 30 science, 9 sericulture, 30 law, 35 library science, and 19 graduate degrees. Honorary degrees numbered nine. Senator Dunlap received a $300 silver dinner set from faculty for securing a large appropriation.
Governor Yates will seek renomination for governor in 1904. He announced at an informal Springfield gathering with Mrs Yates and allies. He travels with a party including Mrs Strong and Dr Taylor to New York and Europe for about six weeks aboard the Umbria.
A new company is formed to build an electric trolley line from Chicago to Rock Island and from Steward to Cairo covering about 650 miles. The main line will run De Kalb to Rock Island with branches to reach Cairo in the south and Chicago in the east. Directors include the Titus brothers of Steward and Shaw brothers of Dixon, with head offices in Dixon and a poster house planned in Rock Falls.
Métropolis boy tests a frost coated ammonia pipe at the new Ice plant and nearly loses his tongue. The pipe was warmed with boiling water to free him, leaving tongue and lips badly frozen and fears of gangrene.
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