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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1902
Page
7
The article reviews a newly introduced French breed praised as an excellent table fowl with strong flesh and flavor. It discusses beef and mutton scarcity, grazing land pressures, and potential price relief via earlier cattle fattening and better feeds. Also describes a fruit-picking device aiding harvest.
The article discusses apple section planting along roadsides with proper pruning and care to yield profits, the growing factory role in butter and cheese production since 1860, and how agriculture supplies most raw materials for manufacturing. It urges pure air and direct sunlight for livestock, notes fertilizer value of grain stubble, and advises soil renewal beyond stubble and manure.
Steele County Minnesota gains free advertising as dairies expand. The First National Bank of Owatonia issues a four leaf clover draft highlighting local creameries. Twenty two creameries produced over 3,000,000 pounds in 1901. Roadside fruit trees, especially cherry, suggested for ornamental value and potential income.
Governor Odell pressed for a conciliatory settlement as Baron Baer refused to recognize the miners' union. Baer declared operators would not concede and would resist political interference, while Odell asserted his authority to ease the crisis.
Four armed highwaymen held up the Burlington night express four miles west of Lincoln Nebraska before daylight Saturday. They blew open the Adams express car with dynamite, looted the safe, and fled in a buggy with the valuables. The train and other cars were untouched. The robbery was described as bold and well planned with no verified novices among the bandits.
The American Federation of Labor through its executive council issues an appeal to the public for financial and moral support for the striking anthracite miners. It denounces mine owners and asserts they bear responsibility for the hardships caused by the coal famine.
The piece notes Princeton elects a new head, New York boards appoint a successor to a public schools post, and 300 cadetship candidates at the Naval Academy show high dropout rates after initial testing. Harvard circular hints at degree policy changes while Gisaya of Tokio achieves top honors at Wesleyan Law. A New York girls technical high school plans fall opening with trained saleswomen and store managers promising hiring preferences to graduates.
Washington reports the Grand Army of the Republic’s encampment drew crowds rivaling presidential inaugurations as veterans paraded and were reviewed by President Roosevelt. Naval and land contingents, wounded veterans, and the Women’s Relief Corps highlighted the second day’s events amid mixed weather.
Gov William A Stone of Pennsylvania, a towering six foot four figure and Civil War veteran, emerges as a central figure in the coal strike. The long time fighter, former congressman and U S district attorney, is profiled amid receptions, veteran gatherings, and a convention hall campfire featuring Mrs Fairbanks and Mrs Foraker and a keynote by Gen Eli Torrance.
In New Orleans a bloody riot broke out as street car service resumed after a ten day strike. Policeman Schussinger was mortally wounded, conductor Kennedy and motorman Ferguson injured, and about a score of police and bystanders hit by bricks and missiles. Fifty shots fired as police and crowd clashed and arrests were made.
Edward S Bragg is moved from Havana to Hong Kong to become United States consul general, replacing William A Rublee who shifts to Havana. The transfer follows reports of Bragg’s unpopularity and a leaked letter to his wife joking about Cubans, which sparked public resentment.
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