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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1902
Page
2
The notice details daily Express and Mail services across multiple cities including Omaha Denver Kansas City and Chicago with specific times and exceptions. It lists Rock Island agents like L M Allen and Brown for tickets reservations and time tables and shows east and westbound departures with varying hours.
An advertisement touts Botanic Blood Balm as a cure for blood poison and skin eruptions. It claims to heal sores, reduce itching, and treat cancers and humors, with testimonials of thousands cured after other treatments fail. The firm offers samples, home treatment directions, and free medical advice by mail.
A sequence of farm sale notices lists Adolph Gramenz and others near Geneseo, Cambridge, Atkinson, and Colona. Auctions feature horses, cattle, shoats, corn, hay, implements, wagons, and household goods with free lunches and 12 month credits or cash discounts. Multiple dates run December 19 through December 27 with various clerks and locations.
Listings show numerous farm sales on January dates at Ruggles, Sand, Shuh Bros, Vandemere, and other locales north of Geneseo. Items include hundreds of cattle and hogs, horses, 3,000 bushels corn, farm machinery, wagons, buggies, implements, and household goods. Credit options and noon lunches offered. clerks listed.
An emporium touts DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve as the genuine cure for piles eczema burns and skin diseases claiming it is superior to counterfeits. The Chicago firm EFC DeWitt & Co markets a salve designed for blind or bleeding piles itching and protruding conditions and warns buyers to seek the real DeWitts.
In a letter from California Postona to Geneseo, Dean Bertstu recounts visits to Chino beet sugar factory and local farms. He notes irrigation needs, green alfalfa, plentiful wheat, and sugar production of about 3,600 pounds daily. He mentions petroleum power, road dust control, and ownership by the American Beet Sugar Company. He and Mrs. Reese stay with Charlies Pomeroy, discuss potential in Oregon and Salem, and compare California and Oregon apples and climate.
Toowoomba readers praise Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as an excellent cure after two months of severe coughing. W C Wockner, a respected local, volunteers his recommendation in good faith. The remedy is sold by J. E. Wright and F. A. Peterson.
Local Cambridge items include health reports on Eric Norell and Mrs. W Jones, social visits by Mrs. Alexander McCurdy, and travel notes for residents heading to Reynolds and Kansas City. Public sale notices for J R. Smith’s farm goods list horses cattle hogs and tools. Reports cover health, deaths, inquests, housing updates, and anticipation of the Cambridge Geneseo trolley line completion.
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