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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1903
Page
2
OCR text shows scattered times and routes at Cambridge with eastbound and westbound notes. unreadable segments include 8:00am 9:07am 2:4 pm 10:45am and 4:05 pm with references to F-2F and 200m. unclear destinations or days.
Local editor Frank W Perry of the Enterprise Shortsville reports rapid relief from a severe grip attack using Chamberlains Cough Remedy. He describes coughing fits eased in minutes after a teaspoon dose and sleep without cough, noting the second attack was milder. Sold by J. E. Wright and A. Peterson.
Cambridge area reports include visits by Mrs R H Hinman and Mrs Nelson, business trips by Attorney Turner and J Ladd, relatives gathering across Davenport Kewanee Rock Island and An dover, and local bank and school activities. Mentions of Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin and Hall’s Catarrh Cure appear amid local notices and advertisements.
G H BScripps of Rnshville Zeisler of La Crosse William Z Straube of Mexico and Dr H M Tanter of Enox ile-owa with John Sokol of Chicago, directors, met at the Company's Cambridge office. The Cerro Majarra Plantation lies about 200 miles southeast of Mexico City and 90 miles southwest of Vera Cruz, with 500 acres planted to coffee and 335000 coffee trees plus sugar cane rubber and fruit groves. 60 workers year round, 250 more needed for harvest. harvest runs November to January. H M Wier of Cambridge is president and Job H Gault is overseer.
A White Plains Kentucky resident Mary S Crick reports long term dyspepsia relief after using Kodol Digests What You Eat. The ad claims Kodol cures indigestion and stomach disorders by digesting foods and restoring health and weight.
A detailed circular urges teachers to build school libraries with forestry pamphlets and the Normal School Bulletins, start bird calendars and Audubon clubs, plant trees and flowers, and conduct garden projects. It promotes classroom activity linking birds, trees, and garden outcomes to improve schools and local culture.
An article urges integrating tree planting with school work to beautify Illinois highways and towns. It argues that ongoing school projects will cultivate love of nature, improve students mood and performance, and serve the state. It ends with an old advertising note for Laxative Bromo Quinine.
A former Geneseo resident writes from Dixis Alabama describing spring 1858 life south of Mississippi. He promotes the Sunny South climate, fertile land, abundant fruit and stock, cheap real estate, and opportunities for a young man including cotton crops, fruit, and livestock. He notes education gaps, Southern hospitality, pine woods, and growing colonies at Citronelle Dwight and Fruitdale with new roads and fossil fuels.
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