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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1908
Page
7
The items mention James Lee credited with healing from consumption via Dr King s New Discovery and note of local people visiting, sales ads for remedies, social events, and various hometown updates from Cambridge and Davenport areas.
The National Association of Audubon Societies plans a nationwide speaker campaign to urge federal and state action for bird protection. Seven ornithologists will cover regions, establishing local HQs to educate farmers, businessmen, and the public about economic losses from declining bird populations and urging investment in wildlife bureaus.
A large G D Legg company plant will rise on the James of Tampico with 30 by 120 feet buildings and a roof span. Bert Glassburn expects to begin work next week. When finished the facility costs $2500 or more and will ship poultry from Chicago to be milk fed for two weeks. Eight men will oversee feeding during peak season.
A collage of statistics covers global labor, mining, and trade. It notes 5 million in mining labor, 60 carloads of Canadian harvesting gear for Siberia, Britain’s cotton trade value at about 2.0 billion dollars yearly with 250 million profits, and Sahara depths from 30 feet to 200 feet. It mentions Transvaal mining machinery value near 6.5 million dollars, a British plan to grow hemp in St. Helena, and a tonic claim for Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea advertised at 3 cents.
A garbled miscellany cites varied claims from rats and beets to oceans and cities. It mentions New York militia numbers, Iceland lifespans, and world surface habitability with several garbled figures and errors.
An advertorial piece extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a grand remedy for women's illnesses citing Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who reports restored health after following Pinkham's advice. The text contrasts traditional remedies with the claimed efficacy of the compound and its guidance.
Andre Tardien, foreign editor of the Temps, after a U S visit warns there is no uniform American type especially among women. He notes Washington fashion, New York cosmopolitanism, and contrasts Puritan restraint with European hospitality as a key difference in American life and behavior.
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