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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1912
Page
4
The Geneseo Republic publishes its Statement of Average Circulation for 1911 from January 6 to December 29. It shows 189,800 total copies printed year, 3,650 as the average number of complete copies per issue, sworn before Notary Public Philip S. Schnabele on February 4, 1912.
Republican voters of Geneseo township meet at the Armory in Geneseo at Saturn p.m. to nominate candidates to be voted on at the ensuing township election. W Holt, George Rohweder, Theo Becker, S J Arnett, committee.
Phrases from an OCR fragment describe a discussion on voting placement and meeting concerns. The text mentions towns, a city, a chair, and references to votes or ballot actions, with garbled names and unclear context. The readable elements suggest a municipal or local political record without clear outcomes.
Osco township officials in Osco Osco 62 12 103 106 107 districts seek voter approval to consolidate into a single graded elementary and high school system. The plan aims to widen access, improve agriculture and community life, with costs rising until facilities are built.
The piece defends Congressman George W. Prince as a fit renomination candidate noting his long service in Congress, chairmanship on the claims committee, role on the monetary commission, and stance against Canadian reciprocity. It argues his prudence, accessibility, and alignment with Republican principles benefit the district. The endorsement from local and national figures is cited.
A Washington report shows growing support for consolidating schools with transportation aid and state control expanding. South Dakota pays family transportation, Minnesota allows meal support, and Iowa Missouri California Kansas New Hampshire and Pennsylvania expand funding. Centralization increases state oversight, reducing local authority and new state norms decline.
Readers of the Republic discuss a teachers meeting at Tiskilwa with former superintendent At W Hussey now near Princeton. Questions covered vocational versus cultural studies and corporal punishment with Hussey arguing for age based limits.
The Springfield editorial condemns Walter Clyde Jones and Hugh S Magill for refusing to commit to supporting the Republican primary results in Petersburg. It argues that entering a primary implies acceptance of its outcome and that bad faith undermines public trust and party integrity.
Property listing describes a seven room house with bath, extra fine basement, cement floor, city water, and a good furnace. Includes a fair barn 16 by 26 and a lot measured at BOXI35 feet. Located one block north of the school house in ward 3.
The elderly LaPrairie resident Mrs E J Cromwell, now over 73, has spent a decade and more aiding others by placing many individuals in suitable positions.
Deputies searched an elderly resident’s home in Galesburg last week and recovered 660 in currency stored in various parts of the house. The man lived alone in five small rooms.
Public notice lists Martin County lands for sale with farm details and easy terms. The readable fragments mention acreage, locations near local roads, and namelike references to parcels and cultivation.
Property offers 320 acres and a half acre? description notes a well improved farm with a good house barn and outbuildings located one and a half miles from town. Asking price listed as 867 per acre with easy terms. Likely a real bargain that will not last.
No 13-303 acre farm under high cultivation with improved house barn and other outbuildings good wet land price $72 per acre. We have many other farms and invite you to call to see them.
In 1909 Mr Welch became city attorney after Judge Pomeroy and in April 1911 was re elected by the city council. The Kewanee Daily Star Courier on September 9 1910 praised his careful and efficient handling of city legal affairs and prompt attention to matters referred by the city council.
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