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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 23, 1906
Page
15
Major Hamm editor and manager of the Constitutionalist Eminence Kentucky recounts a savage attack four years ago and credits Bucklea's Arnica Salve with curing his piles in ten days with no trouble since. He notes the product is sold for 25 cents at J. E. Wright's drug store.
Miss Kittie Smith of Utah visits An Dover friends and several residents travel to Chicago and Orion on errands. Cattle shipments to Chicago and Peoria accompany a long list of local movers and a death in Davenport. The Willing Workers schedule a February meeting at Mrs Nye’s. land sales in Nebraska and Kansas prompt regional interest. Amelia Nord dies in Davenport aged 26 with funeral at St. Paul English Lutheran Church.
John N. Pleasant of Magnolia Indiana credits Dr King’s New Life Pills with ending periodic biliousness and constipation. The ad promises guaranteed satisfaction or money back and sells the pills for 25 cents at J E Wright’s drugstore.
George W. Beavers former head of the salaries and allowance bureau in the Postoffice Department pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the government and was sent to join the convicted graft ers at Moundsville West Virginia Machen and Beavers built a system manipulating bills and sharing profits with inside and outside partners Their scheme attracted political protection and delays in prosecution as President Roosevelt pressed for accountability across federal offices.
The New York Tribune lauds the administration for pressuring investigations into Portoffice and land entry conspiracies, noting Republican senators and Representatives indicted, and claiming no political bias in pursuing lawbreakers inside or outside public service. The piece hails the President for lifting every lid on corruption.
Advertisement for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claiming a one day cure with Druggists refund if it fails. Box bears E. W. Grove signature and costs 25 cents.
State Game Commissioner J A Wheeler reports a unique county by county census of quail prairie chickens and other birds. He says the number likely exceeds pre enforcement levels and plans annual censuses to measure restocking efforts and bird value to farmers. Skeptical hunters and vigilance by landowners threaten the birds.
E H Wolfe of Bear Grove Indiana credits Electric Bitters with ending two years of kidney trouble and general debility. The advertisement claims relief from stomach, liver and kidney issues, blood diseases, headaches and dizziness and notes a 50 cent price and J E Wright as guarantor.
South Carolina’s famed state liquor dispensary is set to end. Senator Tilman, once a strong defender, seems to accept its demise as bills to end state liquor sales advance in the legislature. The system failed to curb intemperance and crime, with counties hosting “blind pigs” and distilleries accused of improper influence. Local option and high license debates rise as autonomy returns to cities. The Supreme Court’s tax ruling may have aided repeal.
A Brooklyn woman details relief from nervous prostration after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She describes backache headaches loss of appetite sleeplessness and fatigue, noting three doctors offered no cure and urging others to try the remedy.
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