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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
10
Advertises a remedy D D D claiming to clear diseases shown in a photo before treatment. Notes cases cured and a price of $1 per bottle with money back guarantees if not satisfied. Uses testimonial style to persuade readers of remarkable medical results.
Charley Ficnic is reported quite sick. C Wake slipped hogs from Joslin on Monday. John Daily spent Sunday at his father’s home in Zuma. C H Osborne made a business trip to Moline Saturday. H A Whiteside and wife of Moline are visiting relatives here. Elvin Stephenson of Moline spent Sunday at Frank Tinsman’s home. Mrs Wm Payne and Mrs C H Osborne visited Mrs Leslie Hanna on Sunday. Mrs Tinsman and daughter visited Ira Wainwright’s Saturday. Dee Allen and wife of Cordova spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Dunbar. Thrashing has begun. oats yield about 35 bushels per acre, wheat 20. The Misses Lillie Crompton, Bessie and Zada Pearsall of Port Byron had dinner at Ira Wainwright’s and attended the Zuma picnic.
A historical health notice describes a pre chill malaise and fatigue as malaria forerunner symptoms. It promotes Herbine from Clouse & Stamm as a prompt liver stimulant that purges malarial germs, purifies blood, tones the system, and restores health, priced 50 cents.
The Riley reunion gathered at the Mineral school house grove with 125 registered. Brothers William of Mineral and James of Atkinson, both in their sixties, led two couples, with meals and music by six Riley brothers using six instruments. Officers changed after a social day ending in religious exercises and songs.
A short ad-style notice touts Dr. King's New Life Pills to keep health and digestion strong. It promises gentle relief from constipation and promotes a pale or rosy complexion as a sign of wellness. Sold for 25 cents at JE Right's druggist.
A New York Tribune piece rebukes Colonel Bryan for attacking Mr. Cleveland while arguing the 1892 Democratic National Convention in Chicago displayed loyalty to Cleveland. It notes the convention backed gold and silver coinage tied to value and criticized protectionism, suggesting the party bore responsibility for post-1893 woes rather than Cleveland alone.
A Shell Lake Wisconsin bookkeeper recalls his four year old son suffering violent colic and cramps after mor phine injections failed. He gave Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy and the child slept within thirty minutes and recovered. The ad notes sales outlets J E L Wright and F A Peterson.
The Moline Dispatch reports a new history portraying Black Hawk as self seeking and cruel while praising chiefs Logan Keokuk and Tecumseh as wiser leaders. Readers and settlers dispute the critique, defending Black Hawk’s legacy amid debates on his role and the romanticized past.
Melbourne reader H Haggins writes that a doctor gave up on him with consumption. A free trial of Dr Kings New Discovery for consumption led to a recovery. The druggist J E Wright guarantees it for throat and lung diseases with trial bottles free.
The Watertown Insane Hospital posted the state’s highest per capita maintenance cost for the quarter ending June 30 at 50.91 dollars, with only the Soldiers and Sailors Home ranking higher among state institutions. Other figures include Elgin 41.79, Jacksonville 37.65, Anna 34.44, Asylum for Incurable Insane 41.18, Asylum for Insane Criminals 51.17, School for the Deaf 52.61, School for the Blind 51.63, Feeble minded 33.98, Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Home 20.15, Soldiers’ Orphans’ Home 51.04, Soldiers’ Widows’ Home 49.91, Eye ward Kari Infirmary 56.07. The quarter closed with a surplus of 4 3,815 and debts of 10,980 in salaries and 7,160 for food. The institution had 740 patients at quarter end, with 20 on parole and nine patients died.
The Rock Island district Methodist camp meeting opens Friday with Epworth League day on September 1 and Women’s Home Missionary Society day on September 4. Rev J Wellington Frizzelle presides, musical direction by Revs EW Thompson and J B Rutter, with Miss Ella Taylor in charge of children’s meetings. Tickets priced 40 cents for a family season pass and 10 cents for single admission. Daily program includes prayers, services, preaching, and Epworth league meetings across August 20 to September 6 with various pastors and leaders listed.
Ford and Sturgeon of Rocky Hill Station Ky report Dr G B Snigley requested Herbine for top customers. They ordered three dozen in December and have repeated the order three times with a fresh order today. Dr G B Singley recommends Herbine, priced at cents a bottle at Clouse and Stamm's.
In the electrotyping division foreman Ricketts enforces full daily quotas despite union limits citing the President's stance in the Miller case. Union reps concede after viewing the President's directive, and the foreman will now require a full days work from each employee.
The advertisement warns buyers to look for DeWitt on every box of Witch Hazel Salve. It claims pure witch hazel makes DeWitt's the best salve for cuts burns bruises eczema and piles and notes counterfeit products flood the market. The genuine bears E. C. DeWitt & Co. Chicago and is sold by J E. Wricht.
The St. Louis Globe Democrat argues that even united Democrats are a minority in the United States and face a tough path against a Republican-led government. It asserts Democrats lack a winning policy or respected leader, predicting a large Republican victory in 1904.
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