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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
6
An advertisement extols Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a safe non secret remedy for women’s weaknesses and ailments, claiming benefits for expectant mothers and using plain English ingredient lists. It promotes Dr. Pierce’s Pleasant Pellets for constipation and notes endorsements from medical writers.
Fragmented account recounts a journey by former Illinois volunteer Knapp now living in Greenfield Iowa. The narrative follows a deceptive wartime excursion to a plantation mansion, a tense encounter with a physician proprietor, and questions about Yankee or Southern allegiance amid Confederate rumors.
A Notre Dame woman advertises a home cure for rheumatism and related pains saying it removes uric acid from the blood and eases joint stiffness. She invites sufferers to write for proof and to mail 4d to Mrs. A. Summern, Box BR Notre Dame, Indiana.
A Union party encounters a rebel doctor at a crossroads who recognizes them as Union soldiers. He reacts with crestfallen silence as they discuss war news including Vicksburg's surrender and Lee's defeat at Gettysburg. The party suspects the doctor will warn Confederate allies before they move on.
A long column blends an old home medicine recipe promising kidney and rheumatism relief with upcoming Harper House changes in RR town. It notes new owners Stuart and Harper, major renovations including heating and plumbing, and a 275000 to 300000 cost.
Advert appears touting Holister's Rocky Mountain Tea for digestion and kidney discomfort. It claims relief and lists a price of 35 cents, available as tea or tablets from J. E. Wright.
Fragmentary OCR of a timetable shows eastbound express and freight services with notes on terminals Omaha Des Moines and Kansas City California. The garbled text references specific train numbers and times, indicating a historical schedule page with inconsistent annotations and exception days.
A fragment shows daily and Sunday train numbers and routes including Omaha and Kansas City Express, Des Moines Cocal, Davenport service, Minneapolis and St. Paul Express and Mail, and Omaha Flyer with freight accommodations and times.
Farmers National Bank will hold its annual election of directors at the bank office in Geneseo on Tuesday January 12 1902 at 2 o clock p.m. M Stewart cashier Geneseo Illinois December 8 1903.
Master in Chancery John Root will auction the Henry County real estate from a 1908 Illinois decree. The sale covers the north half of Lot eight in Huson’s Addition and parts of section 33, township 18N, range 3E, with two thirds minimum valuation and possession March 1.
Proposals for culvert construction with head walls by the Mud Creek Special Drainage District in Henry County Illinois are invited until Friday December 15 1908 at 3:00 PM Bid opening will occur at Edward DeDecker residence in Annawan Township Henry County Illinois Proposals may be viewed at commissioner residences the engineer or attorney offices and forms must be used and mailed or delivered to the Commissioners.
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