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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1907
Page
2
The Geneseo Republic prints 180,265 complete copies for the year from December 7, 1906, through November 28, 1907. The total copies reported reflect the paper’s annual circulation count.
Abraham Brown of Winterton recounts doctors misdiagnosing his ailment as heart disease kidney trouble blood poison and stomach trouble before trying Electric Bitters. His wife urged the remedy which restored his health and he credits it with more relief than five doctors. The advertisement guarantees curing blood poisoning weakness and stomach liver and kidney complaints by J. E. Wright druggist priced 50 cents.
Friday sale by Frank J. Shreck near Cambridge features 5 miles east and 1 mile south of Cambridge plus 1 1/2 miles south and 3 1/2 miles west of Atkinson. Livestock include Shire cross brood mares and driving mares, team horses, draft colts, cattle, hogs, and 2500 bushels of corn with hay. Free lunch and a 12 month note with 1/2 percent discount for cash over 310. Over multiple auctions, buyers can bid on farm implements, machinery, and vehicles.
A long list of farm sales details numerous horses cattle pigs and equipment with noon lunches and 12 month credit options. Auctions note different farms near Geneseo Atkinson Cambridge Usco Morristown and nearby townships with items including corn hay wagons binders plows cultivators and harnesses.
Miss Donna Pervier of Sheffield presents a address on advancing women’s poultry work. She stresses hard work, labor saving devices, and attentive detail as keys to success, noting Illinois leads egg and fowl production and highlighting feeds, experiments, and farm schools as supports.
A 1906 farming column urges practical poultry management focusing on housing, breeding, feeding, and incubation. It stresses sturdy coops, a six board fence, a colony house, and careful bloodlines, with emphasis on eggs production via Plymouth Rocks, proper feeds like bran and oil meal, and the superiority of incubators for large chick outputs.
The column gives egg incubation guidance, urging top ventilation and ample space, plus a digression on oil philanthropy and cheap fuel. It cites Oliver Holmes on education and notes state funds versus local treasurer practices, with statistics on charitable institutions and per capita costs.
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