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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
7
Fragmentary text notes nature as a stronger remedy than drugs, referencing roots and herbs and mentions Lydia B from Massachusetts and Pinkham. The passage hints at traditional medicine and older generations relying on natural remedies.
Local residents and visitors frequent Cambridge with numerous house calls and travel between Osco Gallva Orion and Woodhull. The column lists names such as Mrs Edwin Dice Miss Sylvia Johnson and Miss Clara Cook, plus several business trips to Rock Island and Keowne. A Woodmen gathering is planned and a funeral for a visitor near Valisca is noted.
A promise circulates offering a free ten day home remedy for a range of female ailments including leucorrhoea ulcers uterine displacement and menstrual issues. The letter urges women to mail their addresses to receive the treatment and asserts it can be used without a doctor, touting personal experience over medical opinion.
Mrs Eva Uncapher of Grovertown Stark County says she was weakened by a severe cough kept to bed yet recovered after using four bottles of Doctor King’s New Discovery at a cost of one dollar each. The drug is sold by J E Wright druggist with a trial bottle offered free.
Cambridge and surrounding areas report visits, court business, and social events. Residents like Ralph McKininney, James Love, FLV Samuelsau, Esther Currin, and others travel among Cambridge, Moline, Rock Island, Silvis, and Colona. Paid notices mention insurance officials and a wedding at the bride’s home last week along with local performances and a short obituary for former Orion principal B. Law.
Numerous small notices describe Preventics and Laxets candy tablets sold by J. E. Wright to combat cold symptoms and constipation. Other items report a Geography Social at the Byne-Geriterschool, a Masonic Lodge gathering with Rock Island visitors, and social announcements including a Rock Island couple's marriage in Rock Island.
An underlined call to Geneseo citizens announces Alfred Johnson and Lawrence Johnson as candidates for township tax collector. Each agrees to abide by Republican caucus decisions and asks for citizen support. Johnson notes he is an old soldier who served three years in Graham's Battery and was captured at Lexington, Missouri.
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