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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1911
Page
15
Local brief items report visits and travels of residents from Kewanee to Cambridge and Geneseo. Cattle and log shipments to Chicago. Socials include ice cream and strawberry events at Guild hall and M E church with performances by Cambridge Taylors. Lectures by Arthur Sheldon draw Geneseo business community. farm equipment sales mentioned.
Aurora Daily News argues Adkins, a plain man of the people, opposes self serving politicians and contractors in the Great Lakes to Gulf ship canal project. It says voters funded 20.9 million to advance the general plan, to be built for the people.
A parable where a rich old man explains he made money by following the crowd in reverse. If others bought, he sold at high prices. if others sold, he bought at low prices. The tale emphasizes contrasting courage with common behavior.
Miss Alma Gaesner is sick. Mrs J Rodgers of Moline visited for several days with her son and wife. Miss Dessie Attwood hosted a large crowd at a social and entertainment at the school. A church service is held every two weeks through summer. A dance at Morristown town hall is planned for Saturday night May 27 with proceeds for the baseball team.
Mrs Alf Swanson visited Orion as the village district hosted a young people's Literary society event with a program and refreshments Friday evening. New Swanson store proprietor Alf White arrived Sunday to build trade while bridge improvements continue on township highways.
A fragment shows Mrs Weepes asking what an absolute vacuum is and Wings replying that it exists only in the mind. The dialogue centers on the concept and its perception rather than physical demonstration.
A garbled OCR fragment mashes Shakespeare lines with playful mispellings about a balcony scene. It hints at a theater setup asking if a second performer could earn money in a bex. The text remains unclear but suggests a stage production note or joke about theft and roles.
A mangled warning anecdote mentions a man who served years and faced punishment for his actions. It references restraint, loyalty to a trade, and questions what happened to his friends and business after the incident.
Illinois lawmakers approve open season for prairie chickens from November 10 to 17 with a seven bird daily bag limit. Quail protection extends four years, woodcock season ends, and new trespass safeguards apply to submerged lands. The bill adds district game wards, nonresident fishing licenses, and a $200 bond for wholesale fish dealers.
The piece urges that daughters learn not only food and clothing values but time patience perseverance and forbearance. It argues that in marriage they influence a husband’s future and that housework requires businesslike management and yearly results.
Reports from the Cau casus warn millions of singing birds migrating south have perished due to intense cold and heavy snow. The highest European mountains and Black Sea shores now show corpses of bulfinches goldfinches robin redbreasts fly catchers and other species that winter along the region.
The village hotel is being repainted. Robert Dail and wife visited Walter Reiger on Wednesday. Henry Lohrbeck and family were Sunday guests at Fred Carstinson's. Bert Butter and family spent Sunday at Francis McHenry's. Mrs. W. H. Fuller is on the sick list but improving. John Guild and wife visited relatives in Erie then passed through town Monday. F. F. Reiger and wife with Wm. Dail and Nesco at Clyda Reiger's Sunday. Mrs. Johnson helped care for Mrs. Brooks who is improving. Neighbors aided Mr. Leatherman after an operation in spring. An electrical storm struck lightning damaged the windmill on F. F. Reiger's farm south of town near the barn.
The Hanna Center School will host a May 26 picnic and program led by teacher Miss Harriet Shaw. The event features songs recitations including Vacation Goblins and Seeing Things at Night, dialogues such as Little Boy's Troubles and That Dreadful Boy, plus multiple student performers and a school song.
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