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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1911
Page
2
The article extols starting a check account for ease and safety. It explains paying by check avoids carrying cash, enables transfers, and provides a bank stamped receipt when the recipient endorses the check. It notes checks work for any amount and banks welcome all check business.
The note jokes about boiling a pencil to sterilize it and urges washing the desk with carbolic soap, reflecting playful wartime era humor and household routine.
A Wallace's Farmer piece argues country churches curb isolation by fostering Sabbath gathering and social life. It notes accessible dress, neighborly music, and the value of personal influence, plus memories of a rural church with horse hitching, two aisles, and a graveyard walk to conclude.
The piece extols country churches as social hubs offering unity and morals. It praises churchgoing for farmers helping crop observation, fostering neighborly ties, and providing Sabbath school benefits for children. It urges nonmembers to attend Sundays to improve themselves and their communities.
Rev. A. A. MacKenzie outlines solutions to strengthen country churches including固定 salaries of 1000 dollars, endowments from rich donors, sustentation funds, and centralized church boards to end divisions. Andrew Carnegie pledges 10000 dollars for Rochelle library with 1000 dollar annual support contingent on site and community backing.
After a grueling travel schedule Roosevelt pauses in Chicago to buy books in a store and share a rapid, varied talk with Wisconsin farmers. He carries four volumes of nature and history, proving his habit of engaging on any subject with minimal rest.
Flag Day falls on Wednesday July 14 and calls for display on public buildings. Governors and mayors are urged to decorate and private citizens to observe the day. The text notes historical acts expanding the flag from thirteen to twenty stars and stripes through 1818 and 4 July celebrations.
The Swedish Methodists will build a new district parsonage next fall with Anderson & Quist of Kewanee contracted to do the work and W A Boostrom of this city handling construction. The committee includes District Supt AV Swenson of Galesburg Henry Ecklund of Kewanee Rev Gustaf A Nystrum and Anderson. Target completion by early September.
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