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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1893
Page
8
Triumph of Science touts Sozodont as a botanical tooth preparation with efficacy in preserving and whitening teeth. It claims to curb bad breath and catarrh, describing the antiseptic as fragrance-calibrated and long lasting, sold by druggists and perfumers.
The document records N Barker township supervisor 16 east of the dtp P Al Henry county Illinois detailing receipts and expenditures for the fiscal year just closed ending March 1833 including town collector dog tax and various payments to cemetery printing auditors and town officials. It includes a recap of beginning funds and total receipts and disbursements for the year. Also includes an unrelated herbal advertisement for Herbine liver medicine priced at 25 cents with free samples.
Jag PL Stewart as township treasurer of Tuwosoip No 1 presents the annual financial statement for the year ending April 1, 18— showing total receipts and expenditures, balance on hand, and loans paid. The document is sworn before a notary on April 15 by John P. Stewart.
Benjamin Goble recalls life around Moline from 1828 to 1831 including slavery with a Missouri migrant, hominy making for sustenance, and a drive to fort Armstrong to protect settlers. The narrative covers moving to the area, barter, wheat hardships, and a warrant against Mr Stevens for keeping enslaved people.
A remarkable claim touts Dr King’s New Discovery for Consumption Coughs and Colds as a reliable remedy. It promises cure for throat chest and lung diseases with trial bottles free at J E Wricht’s drug store. large bottles priced at 50 cents and 1.00.
Canton Register notes Butts fled justice for seventeen years after abducting Eliza Cherrington, age 12, on a Sunday in 1876. He resurfaced in 1877, was arrested, escaped, and finally captured in the local county on a Monday. Claim arose that he sold the girl to Indians and the Cherrington family spent much to learn her fate.
Beston bicycle maker offered 21 prizes for ideas for an advertisement. John Sturgis of Pettingill & Co won fourth prize in the 25,000 entry contest. One hundred Mount Carmel ladies toured city saloons inviting proprietors to a gospel temperance meeting amid a wave of excitement.
A long, disjointed item rails at the Geary Chinese exclusion act noting a Chinese veteran of the Civil War labeled 64 502 while promoting Daylight Pills and DeWitt s Little Early Risers. It also extols Burlington Route trains and Omaha Kansas City travel.
The ad touts the Burlington Route from Chicago or St Louis via Denver Colorado Springs Lesdville Salt Lake and Ogden with vestibulated trains Pullman sleepers free chair cars and dining cars. Also notes tonic claims for DaWitts Little Early Risers and comments on political endorsements by Senator Palmer and upcoming land commissioner candidate Jadee Browning with Lamoreaux chosen by Vilas.
Health advertisement extols a tonic as a harmless regulator of body functions improving sleep and vigor. It pledges to restore health and offers money back if no benefit, framing the product as a universal remedy for all complaints.
For sale a house on lot near fair ground with a barn and one and three quarters acres. Inquire of Albert Blatie.
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