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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
17
A poetic piece extols the modern farmer the scientific expert who plans crop rotations and prescribes beans barley potatoes oats and peas. He replaces old moon based methods with instructions from his booklet promising guaranteed success and less reliance on brute labor. The narrator contrasts past farmers who scoffed at science with the present expert who guides natives toward prosperity.
The U S Civil Service Commission announces a June 7 exam in Rock Island to qualify eligibles for a copyist typist position in skilled office labor. Salaries range from 360 to 780 dollars, with vacancies expected in second grade and minor clerical posts in field branches. Applicants may opt to be examined for typewriting if they request it.
Farm properties listed by owners in western Iowa priced from 110 to 135 dollars. Fully improved estates with favorable terms. Contact Sedgley of Storm Lake Iowa for details.
Advertises a decorating service highlighting "know how" in wallpaper hanging and guaranteed satisfaction. Emphasizes that the workmanship is backed by quality goods and reliability, aiming to secure customer trust through featured line offerings.
The annual Ebenez er Camp-Meeting association officers were elected Rev Finkbeiner president Aaron Rapp vice president Lewis Urick treasurer Wills Evans superintendent of rounds. Next meeting set August 24 to September 3 Rev E S Woodying former Grace church pastor now in Philadelphia will attend and Bishop Fouke will be present on the last Sabbath. Grounds to be improved to ensure a top meeting.
A new Illinois statute grants railroad and interurban conductors on duty police authority to arrest for liquor on trains or at stations. Violators face fines from 25 to 100 dollars and possible jail terms. conductors may enforce the act as state officers, with penalties for noncompliance set at 10 to 25 dollars fine.
At the Dixon state convention 1912 leaders including Bishop Muldoon and State Deputy Jas. Maher urged concerted action to make divorce difficult and, ultimately, impossible. They denounced sterilization proposals and backed Catholic education funding, with plans to assess members for an orphan placement bureau.
Dr. W Morgan of Moline, a Civil War surgeon and active Democrat who twice ran for mayor, died Thursday afternoon May 16 at his fifteenth street home after a month long decline from heart trouble. Born December 4 1837 in Thornton Indiana he practiced in Lytle City Cordova Port Byron and Galva during his long career. He served as assistant surgeon with the 40th Iowa Volunteers and later led medical work in the Civil War before settling in Cordova.
The Elmwood Gazette retracts an earlier claim that Henry Riggs was the last survivor of the Black Hawk war. It credits Elmwood’s senior figure Uncle Avery Dalton and notes Captain Abner Eads’s company fought at Stillman’s defeat amid drunken disorder and rapid retreat toward Galena.
Denver hosts the national head camp of the Royal Neighbors of America where Rock Island residents welcome the 1914 convention. The city boosts its suited facilities and notes Rexal Neighbors and Modern Woodmen headquarters are there. The 7 day gathering expects 1000 to 1500 visitors, mostly women.
The American Bible Society marked its 96th year by announcing a $500000 subscription fund to leverage Mrs Russell Sage gift of another $500000. A further $500000 gift increases the society’s trust funds toward $3,000,000.
Charles Boyer of Chicago aged about 30 dies at St Anthony's hospital Rock Island after a brief illness. He was a victim of the cocaine habit.
Investors are invited to consider Hagle Bend in Todd County for farming land priced from 12.50 to 55 dollars per acre. The soil is rich black loam with yellow clay subsoil, water, climate, lumber, fuel, schools, churches, and rail access. Local creameries paid out over 500000 dollars in 1910. Send for a partial farm list from Clover Leaf Land Co. Fagle Bend Minnesota.
General Sheridan recalled a humorous moment when an Irishman rode a mule that kicked wildly. The mule became entangled in the stirrup, and the Irish rider quipped that he would get off if the mule did. This anecdote captures lighthearted human life in military days.
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