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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
7
An oral collage evokes autumn in a rural landscape with old memories of harvest, New England fruit, and family reunion. It contrasts biblical and colonial imagery with Thanksgiving reflections on home, parents, and shared meals across generations.
Charlie Town, a freshman quarterback at The Valley Preparatory, overcomes a home conflict to play in the crucial Millville game. After a tough first half, he returns to rally Valley with a tying touchdown and a field goal as the crowd cheers Charlie Town’s heroic finish.
At the hearing in Scranton the United Mine Workers urged full recognition by coal operators while demanding higher wages and an eight hour day. Mitchell argued miners face greater hazards and poorer pay despite harsher conditions and urged binding labor relations for lasting peace in the anthracite industry.
Robbers blasted open the safe at Benjamin F Volfe & Co hardware in Howardsport Indiana stealing fifty dollars in cash and a hundred dollars in cutlery. Bloodhounds traced the robbers to Hitchcock before the trail went cold.
A massive blaze damaged the Hast river bridge linking New York City and Brooklyn at dusk Monday. The inferno burned for hours, threatening collapse, as oil and timber fed the flames and falling wreckage rattled through the steel skeleton. Firefighters faced extreme danger amid showering sparks and collapsing girders.
The item reports on Hamilton College expelling students over English translations of classics, Clark University elections with Carroll D Wright as president of the collegiate department, and remarks by G Stanley Hall on slang usage. It mentions Farvard University establishing a work study bureau, Simmons College opening in Boston with 125 students and fields of study, and a Chicago car company offering half fare for school children ages seven to twelve.
The report details a debt total of 1.814 million dollars with cash on hand offset by certificates and notes. It lists gold reserves trust funds and bank deposits totaling 1.102 million dollars and net cash on hand of 356 thousand dollars after liabilities. It notes government receipts for October and compares yearly and monthly surpluses and circulations in national banks and bonds.
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