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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
4
The Geneseo Republic for one year ending Dec 30 1910 reports total copies printed 87 475 and an average daily circulation of 8 605. Bieberknecht is listed as business manager and the statement was sworn January 14 1911 by Philip Schnabel.
Congressman George W. Prince returns home pleased with President Taft vetoes and calls the special session long and tedious. He argues the tariff split between Republicans and Democrats, supports a revenue tariff, and predicts tariff reform and wage impacts if Democratic policies prevail, noting a campaign through next year.
A critical chronic fretter is described as self destructive and harmful to others. The piece portrays a fretter as preoccupied with trivial details, imagining constant trouble, with gendered examples of daily complaints from women and men alike, ending with a railing at nagging mothers.
The text condemns constant worry in parents as a sign of weak character. It argues fretting harms children and moral strength, claiming fretters are ailing mentally and can be cured if addressed early before it becomes chronic.
Rock Island Union urges farmers to adopt modern methods shown by the St. Charles school for boys. A dairy herd of fifty five cows, guided by a Wisconsin agricultural student, earned net profits of 75 to 82 dollars per cow, with pasturage and feed costs covered by silage and careful sanitation.
Dr Sargent of the Treminway gymnasium Harvard argues trousers are hygienic and practical for working women. He says they free movement, reduce corset use, and are less immodest than fashionable gowns, with advantages for stenographers in sitting, standing, walking, and running.
The piece argues the Irish brogue preserves early English pronunciation more faithfully than other regions. It traces English language shift in Ireland from Shakespearean times and notes Irish speech resisted later English variation, keeping archaic forms intact as Harpers Magazine discusses.
Township High School will open Monday September 4 with A J Beatty as Superintendent and L H Deming as Principal. The list includes teachers for History Geo B Claycomb science Lettie Thedens Latin German Olive Sieben Mathematics Edna White English Lillian Guffin etc. A meeting for high school teachers is set for 10 a.m. September 2 and grade teachers at 4 p.m. the same day at the high school office.
In the Springfield Record excerpt a professor at Get Rich Quick College poses a moral question to his class. A student chorus responds that the man on the street counting money and admiring tall buildings should be treated as appropriate to the moment.
Advertisement for 1000 feet of Shinn lightning rod offered at 10 cents per foot with a guarantee and included horse vane and balls. Retail price cited as 18 cents per foot. Seller notes prior purchase and accepts notes if cash is unavailable.
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