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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
11
Atkinson residents share events from Geneseo and beyond including visits, sales, and social notices. Entries mention Maass in Geneseo, mumps cases, health updates, weddings, musings on straw hats, and local church lectures. Also noted are real estate offerings, auctions, and community notices up to May.
Local residents are listed visiting relatives and neighbors in Hume Geneseo and Sharon. Dances at Ed Franks and a Mothers Day service at Salem M E church are announced with details on attendees and planned activities.
A London Titbits inspired tale recalls Uckfield's yearly pea supper born from a practical joke. Fifteen residents dug up a field, the owner replanted it, peas were sown, and the town feasted. The tradition grew with over six hundred diners enjoying peas, bacon, and other fare last week.
The Lemdon Daily Sketch says recent years brought attention to the back view in women's dress. It cites Bernhardt demanding trimmed backs and notes some women gain credit for their backs while faces get less notice. People gaze at backs more than faces, and officials permit it.
Elizabeth Zimmerman visited Geneseo with her sister while seniors reflect on time and impending graduation. The faculty plans return next year and Nellie Nickerson misses school. Miss Pauline Andrews travels to Fairview for a public recital program and is praised for her recitations.
A historical overview explains the Julian year length and its drift against the solar year. It details Julius Caesar’s calendar, the Verona physician Ghiraldi, Pope Gregory XIII’s commission, the 1582-1588 drop of ten days, and the leap year rules affecting 1600 1700 1800 and 1900, noting the Gregorian calendar’s adoption.
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