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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
11
In midsummer at dusk Major Bob visits the yard of Mrs Tazewell’s plantation. Aunt Fair contrasts past youthful charm with present firmness as old lovers reunite and discuss marriage, debts, and Generosities amid a tense, reflective exchange.
Major Bob Tazewell confronts his past love Fair Fairfax after seven years apart. He seeks friendship and confession while she rejects his advances stating she departs for France and may not return. Tension rises as Buckingham and Carrington loyalties surface within a strained household on the plantation.
Dean Briggs known for his kind view of students. A Cambridge student asked early leave to see his mother and sister sailing from New York. Briggs initially refused for rule compliance, then discovered the student was engaged and allowed departure the same day. The dean’s gentle humor masked a practical decision.
The note recounts Lord Lytton telling Charles Mackay that he writes better in a private space such as a study or bedroom and even the boat house. He explains his youthful borrowing of space from the library to write, and how confinement to forbidden areas shaped his prolific early output.
A speaker condemns reliance on crutches like friendship, society, home, and church as temporary supports. He urges independent effort, warns against using others for life’s burden, and urges living by duty, mirroring the Master’s call to minister rather than be ministered to.
Rev Leander Turney argues preachers fault the rich and poor alike for chasing wealth yet Christ rebuked both extremes. He cites Jesus placing the spiritual above the temporal, praising character over possessions and noting true wealth lies in manhood qualities, not owned riches.
The text argues that change is inevitable in life and character, shaped by surrounding influences. It contrasts superficial religious life with deeper alignment to the law of God, urging growth toward nobility and Christlikeness through grace and earnest living.
A Pennsylvania convention endorses drastic measures to end coal shortages. Resolutions urge the Governor to convene a special session to authorize state seizure of coal mines and railroads at fair compensation, with the state to operate mines pending value appraisal. It also asks a federal probe into strike causes and management. The text argues eminent domain should serve public welfare to avert suffering.
A Cleveland divorcee, Birsington Hanna, daughter-in-law of Senator Hanna, attracts attention among American women in London for her beauty and social prominence. Reports say she has won the heart of a high English nobleman close to King Edward and that their marriage may occur in the United States.
Historic notice reports the Northern apace Theological Seminary in Lonsville Kentucky admitting women as students. The article mentions church leaders and a nephew dispute over a will and $10,000 designated by the Heation society of Boston to fund counteracting some unspecified effort. It notes Dr Lyman Abbot reflecting on religion as the art of living and cites Prince Bernadotte as president of a global Christian youth gathering where 2,000 delegates attended in recent days.
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