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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1906
Page
7
Ads for laxatives and medicines appear with personal notices. Names include E Peterson J E Wright P M Brodine and Kennedy's Honey and Tar. Local movements mention Dr P J Brodine in Cable and Oscar E Sanquist acquiring the Cambridge Chronicle. A suicide near Ellendale shocks Orion readers.
A skeptical note on treating disease as crime and the misuse of medical claims. It argues against blaming the poor and overworked, cites pelvic disorders linked to heavy household labor, and discusses Dr. Pierce’s remedies and advice for women’s health.
An advertisement touts Green's August Flower as a harmless remedy for dyspepsia and related symptoms. It urges readers to buy a test bottle for 25 cents or a full bottle for 75 cents from J. E. Wright's and to read Green's Prize Almanac for more details.
Mrs. W. H. Whiteside visited Mrs. Ed. Wainwright on Tuesday. Miss Blanche Whiteside spent part of last week in the tricities. Nellie Mercer has recovered from pneumonia. The Joslin Sunday School plans a program on Easter Sunday. Mrs. Guthrie and daughter visited W. E. Donahey last week. Mrs. Beam and children of Moline visited here last week. Miss Lena Bartsch sewed for Mrs. Jensen. Mrs. Gardner and son from Cordova visited Omer Karr last Thursday. The spring term of school began last Monday with a large attendance. Mrs. Merriman of Hillsdale visited the Mercer home last week. Dr. Shoop's Catarrh Cure ad touts thymos and other ingredients with petroleum jelly. Sold by J. E. Wright. English hog neck pheasants imported by State Game Commissioner J. A. Wheeler for Illinois. One hundred fifty birds arrived. plan to raise and distribute about a thousand annually.
Our druggist Mr J K Wright announces an arrangement to stock Dr Bhoops Lab remedies including Laxets a candy tablet prescribed for constipation and related concerns. Laxets come in lithographed metal boxes at 3 cents per box and Dr Shoops Preventics at 5 cents.
Women urged to write Mrs. Lydia E. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential advice on female weakness. The notice promotes her vegetable compound as a remedy and promises courteous, women-only correspondence to help with private illnesses.
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