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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1902
Page
2
The advertisement promotes high quality handmade harnesses with the finest goods and large stock in the county. It promises prompt repairs and a reputation built over twenty five years in Geneseo, inviting patronage from those seeking the best at reasonable prices.
A correspondent recounts a summer journey through Waltham Lakeport ten years after boyhood days. He notes reunions with relatives in Center Harbor and Lakeport, camping near Meredith Bay, and reflects on the sense of place and memory while visiting family, old friends, and local landmarks.
The writer details Bear Island with stone fences old cellars and fruit trees, noting how youth and wealth may transform it into parks and summer resorts. The letter describes trips on lakes to Mt Washington and Yellowstone, praising the canyon, Lower Falls, and Lake Hotel boat ride with impressions of the scenery, climate, and appetite changes during travel.
A fragmentary letter from Lea L Sieben to his parents describes leaving Geneseo High School, then working in Montana, and a five day Yellowstone trip with a driver praised by companions. He recalls collecting tips, a hotel stop, and a side excursion to the Grand Canyon as part of the journey.
A letter from officials describes a sixteen year old girl with severe dysentery nearly dying. After failing treatments, Chamberlains Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is credited with rapid improvement within eight hours and full recovery in a week.
The writer describes a journey from Cambridge to Chicago then to New York aboard a Cunard liner. He notes Grand Central Station, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, and a 620 foot ship with a sister vessel Umbria seen offshore. He details crossing to Queenstown, wireless telegraph on board, and passenger mail practices with low cost dispatches.
Passenger recounts a long voyage from England to Scandinavia detailing a coronation visit, a rough Grimsby to Goteborg leg, and rail to a parental home. He describes daylight at ten, time lost, and the emotional reunion with family after thirty years, noting grandchildren and the changed world.
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