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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1903
Page
10
An old newspaper ad touts a parasite cure for skin conditions as a breakthrough from a Chicago company. It promises rapid clearing, claims doctors are baffled, and lists a $100 price with drugstore availability nationwide.
Community items report farm land rentals, threshing activity, visits, illness, and harvest efforts. Notable mentions include E. L. Macumber's sunstroke, Frank Clark losses from lightning, and several family visits across East Cambridge, Kewanee, and Rewanee with trade and crop updates.
Advertisement claims cure for a cold in one day using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. States all druggists refund money if it fails. Features E W Grove signature on each box and price of 25 cents.
T A Pinner, a Drummond Tenn merchant, reports a hard spell of the flux cured by one small bottle of Cham Cham Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy without a doctor. He praises it as the best bowel medicine for children and adults. Sold by J E Wright and F A Peterson.
The week end mean temperature ran above normal with highs near 92 degrees on July 25 and 2s dates, while early mornings cooled to 60. No rain has fallen since July 11. Past five years average temperatures range from 73 to 87 degrees. Oat yields per acre over six years ranged 30 to 70 bushels, with 40 to 50 typical. 1900 40 to 80 and 1901 about 40. Two threshed reports show Stevens 41 bushels and McCahon 4. The crop’s final yield remains uncertain.
An advertisement describes Vermifuge by White s Cream Vermifuca as effective for children to remove intestinal worms. It asserts two doses eliminate worms from two children and promotes the product as aiding health and growth while warding off sickness. It also mentions Clouse & Stamms, preparers in Kewanee, marking goods at a discount.
A grocer's notice recalls a four year ulcer on B Orter Frankl from Grove Hill. Doctors failed to cure it. Buckiens Arvica Salve advertised at Job Wright's drug store for two cents to treat burns skin eruptions and other issues.
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