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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
16
Illinois urges state sanatorium as counties lag in care
The Institutional Quarterly argues Illinois should create a state sanatorium for tuberculosis as counties and cities have not utilized the 1908 and 1911 laws. It notesMassachusetts and New York expanded state facilities, while Illinois trails others in establishing permanent care for consumptives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ilinois
State Board of Administration
General Assembly
Illinois
Deneen
Fortyseventh General Assembly
Chicago
Forty-seventh
Senate
House
Mali
Pacific
United States
Massaichusetts
Hlinois
Hinois
Massachusetts
Illinois must have a state sanatorium for consumptives
The Monthly Bulletin of the Illinois State Board of Health argues for a state sanatorium to treat consumptives at nominal cost, noting other states have done so and Illinois must not lag behind. It urges municipalities to handle care only if needed and highlights the broader public health aim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Massachusetts
Ilinois
Monthly Bulletin
Illinois State Board of Health
Mississippi River improvement season praised by Mo line Mail
The river season near its end is praised for more work than any since improvements began. Under Major Keller, drill boats removed rock obstructions above St Louis while steam shovel dredges cleared sandbars. Despite low water, navigation stayed open and safety improved with fewer accidents. Plans include two more hydraulic dredges at Keokuk and expanded equipment to maintain a six foot channel St Louis to St Paul.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Moline Mail
St. Louis
Keller
Keokuk
Feat of a Carrier Pigeon in the Paris Siege
Harper’s Weekly details a pigeon carrying forty thousand messages in one trip during the siege of Paris. Messages were printed in ordinary type, photographed, and reduced to collodion films. Microscopic reading was possible. a few favorable cases show large word counts per distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Harper’s Weekly
Father Riots In Disorder And Has Happy Days
A parson takes vacation while the family travels and the father stays home. He enjoys rest in orderly chaos while others endure outdoor fatigue and household mess. The piece mocks paternal laziness as he relaxes amid a month of papers and dust.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flife
Father
Eye Strain Clocking Downtrodden Temper Causes
The piece blames women for bad temper and irritability on unseen eye strain. It advises wearing glasses to counteract strain and notes headaches as a sign. Students with irritability after study should have eye tests to check vision and improve comfort and happiness.
Picture in a School Reader Causes Kid to Wonder
A teacher asks eight year old Johnny what draws his eye in a school reader. He explains a still picture of a city youth about to milk a cow, and recalls the cow knocks him back fifteen feet after a milk pail spills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny
France Population Study Shows 20 Million in Active Pursuits
A census based study reports 20,720,879 French people including the army are in active work, 63.3 percent of the population, with 13,027,000 men and 7,693,000 women. Agriculture employs 43 percent. 16 departments show 40–64 percent in industry. 12 departments 30–40 percent. Automobile construction employs 22,000. electrical machinery 20,000.
Origin of the Royal Literary Fund
The Royal Literary Fund began after the death in prison of Floyer Sydenham a Wadham Greek scholar in 1788. His poverty sparked broad sympathy and led to a fund to aid struggling writers with David Williams a Welsh Nonconformist minister and Franklin associate as chief promoter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Literary Fund
Floyer Sydenham
Wadham College
Oxford
David Williams
Ben‘jamin Franklin
Pall Mall Gazette
Mendota Youth Arrested After Sleep in Rail Yard
John Peck a Mendota youth with cash and notes in his wallet was arrested in Rockford for vagrancy after sleeping in the Chicago and Northwestern yards. Police found a $300 certificate of deposit two checks and two notes in his possession. Peck had saved money but chose rough lodging over a hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Peck
Mendota
Rockford
Chicago & Northwestern
Peck
John
Rocelk
Ford Hotel
Mendota National Bank
Artificial Lace In France Spurs New Textile Competition
France develops artificial lace using cupro ammoniacal cellulose, a engraved cylinder, and a coagulation bath. The Lyons Calais and Caudry lace industries fear disruption as patterns are produced by changing cylinders. The lace is durable, fire resistant, water unaffected, and dyeable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Lyons
Callais
Caudry
Strange Idea of Fun In Ads In Chicago Personal Columns
A Chicago newspaper Personal section runs an ad reading I am now in a position to meet all my creditors Kindly communicate with me followed by a fiancé’s name and address The supposed marriage prospect with a fortune is likely a prank aimed at turning marriage into a terror and opening a new humorous field for jokers
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Caesar and the Good Roads Crusade
The piece praises Caesar for building roads to unite and pacify Gaul and to boost Roman rule. It argues his roads spurred settlement, prosperity, and movement across hills and valleys, portraying Rome’s expansion as a road building effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caesar
Rome
Uberty
Old Caesar
Vale
Eames
Old
How to Buy Lemons for Juice or Flavoring
Advice notes two lemon types for different uses. Small soft lemons yield better juice when rolled to softness, while large hard lemons are suited for zesting and flavoring. The guidance comes from Suburban Life.
Early Roller Skates Patented in France and Boston
Roller skates date back to 1819 in France with patent usage. In 1865 Plymp ton of Boston patented a design similar to modern skates, marking a key development in skating equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Plympton
Boston
Workng Manager Wanted for 80 Acre Pecos Valley Orchard
Advertises a working manager position for an 80 acre orchard in Pecos Valley New Mexico one mile from Attesta with five acres pears five acres alfalfa and potential crops. Offers wages and half crop plus potential wealth in a few years references required address James W Grubb 324 K Main St Galesburg to apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pecos Valley
New Mexico
Attesta
James W. Grubb
Main St
Galesburg
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