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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1903
Page
2
Railway notice listing sales for car reservations tickets and timetables. Contact Rock Island Ticket Agent L M Allen General Passenger Agent for east of the Missouri River Chicago Illinois.
Busy page shows rail timings for Peoria and Cambridge routes with stations like Toulon Wyoming and Princeville listed along with east and westbound departures. Also includes an eczema cure advertisement for Botanic Blood Balm promising blood purification and skin healing with free samples and home directions.
Cambridge residents from Galva Geneseo Osco Milan and nearby towns conduct business visit relatives and attend events. Several births and travel plans are noted along with a large cattle shipment and a beneficial rain easing threshing. Odd Fellows lodge members travel to Davenport for institute ceremony.
Mrs Dietrich Brinkhoff and her son Joseph and daughter Carrie return home after a three week visit with relatives. Lina Hunter travels to Seattle with twin sister Lida Cor pell. Parker Hinman accompanies to Ogden. Funeral for infant Hazel V Talbot held at the Talbot home. Swedish Lutheran pastor given a surprise anniversary gift. Death of David Aby noted with extended family history. Careful obituary for Sarepta Robinson Squire outlines long church life and final burial in Cambridge.
Advertisement claims Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin prevents summer sickness in children by removing the obscura cause and keeps the system in perfect working order. Endorsed by F. A. Peterson.
The Kewanee Press reports strong indications that Kewanee will attract a new brewery. H E B Heise, Dannis O'Donnell, and F C Burke are named as officers, with stock to be offered soon at a capitalization of $40,000. The project promises employment and adds an additional prosperous industry to the area.
Professor Philip J. Stonaberg of Bishop Hill schools describes travels from Peoria to Cleveland and Buffalo, visiting Niagara Falls, the St. Lawrence route, Montreal, Quebec, Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Washington and back home by August 6. He notes Garfield monument sights and grand mountains, with stops in Plymouth, Lexington, Concord, Salem and Cambridge.
The notice claims appendicitis among Americans is rising due to stress and constipation, arguing it stems from extraneous matter in the appendix. It promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a preventive measure and lists F A Peterson as a seller with a money back guarantee and a testimonials book from Pepsin Syrup Co in Monticello Illinois.
John W Welch of Rock Island received a handsome gold watch and chain from Henry Dart's Sons in appreciation of thirty five years with the wholesale grocery firm. A accompanying letter expressed the giver's pleasure in his long service and Welch's career path from Honesdale Pa to Rock Island.
W S Bailey of True Texas says his wife was paralyzed in her arm for five years and Ballards Snow Liniment cured her. He claims success also for old sores frost bites and skin eruptions. Available at Clouse & Stamms in 25 50 cent and one dollar bottles.
The mean temperature for the week ending August 4 was 72 degrees, with a high of 92 and a low of 36 on July 31. Rainfall totals included 0.9 inches at Cambridge and 0.0 inches at Aur Island. Oat crop yields average about 40 bushels per acre but weigh light at 24 pounds per bushel, about 8 pounds below standard. Corn shows fair growth and July rainfall totaled over 7.5 inches in 1903, slightly less this year. crops are late and will need favorable fall weather to ripen. S. B. Raxpan.
A prominent Ohio Pennsylvania doctor advertises private, family physician based treatment for chronic and sexual health issues. The specialist claims long experience in surgery and hospital practice with guaranteed care for ailments from headaches to goiter and impotent debility, inviting patients for examination and cure.
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