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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1908
Page
7
R M James of Lonelien S C touts Ele as a cure for malaria misery claiming it comes in 50 cent bottles. He says it stops chills and bilious attacks quickly and clears ailments from stomach to kidneys. Sold under guarantee at J E Wright's drug store.
Ottawa Republicans Register condemns county and state committee declarations as unauthorized and insulting. They urge parties to refrain from endorsing candidates and focus on organizing for the state convention and delegate selection. Also notes potential winter “love feast” to discuss duties and opinions. Mothers urged to use Her sister's Rocky Mountain Tea for children’s health, 35 cents.
Lieut Col W I Channon of Rock Island was elected colonel of the Sixth Regiment Guards at Moline. Maj Witham Lawrie of Sterling was chosen lieutenant colonel, with Capt Henry G Geiger and Capt Charles Frisbee as candidates for majors. Regimental headquarters move to Rock Island, first since 1879, as Brig Gen Kittilsen maintains brigade HQ in Moline.
A Texas grocer named A. E. Davis of Salnhur Springs endorses a remedy that relieved habitual constipation and restored regularity. He reports lasting benefit and improved bowel strength since use.
Attorney General W H Stead issued an opinion clarifying that game wardens lack authority over fur bearing animals and cannot enforce fur bearing season laws. The ruling responds to recent arrests where wards confiscated fur and fines were issued, noting the animal act is independent of game laws and effective from July 1.
A long list of visitors and residents is reported from Coal Valley and nearby towns. Guests include P. M. Johnson from Edwards Ville, Anna Forsberg of Chicago, Ella Becklean, A. F. Nelson and son Raymond from Davenport, B. A. Johnson and child from Kewanee, and Jimmie Johnson visiting family in town. News also covers New Year celebrations, revivals planned, a hospital operation success, and two marriages Miss Lavinia Dallwege and Miss Geneva W Crampton.
Clinton Maine resident Mr. E. E. Chamberlain testifies the Bucklen’s Amica Salve “does the business.” He used it on piles and it cured them, on chapped hands and it healed them, and on an old sore with no scar left. Sold for 25 cents at Old. E. Wright’s drug store.
A Washington Post investigation into grip in a city with 20000 cases finds doctors split. Dr George Latimer says the disease is contagious after noting rapid family outbreaks while J Malcolm Cameron and others deny contagion. A third expert cites a specific germ as the cause of the current epidemic.
A jumble of holiday visits and homecomings across Illinois towns. Jesse Wilkins returns to Royal from Seek, Rex Hitchcock comes home from Iowa, Misses Editha Essex and Marie Greenwood visit Sherrard, and numerous families from Rock Island to Fort Madison spend Christmas locally.
The undersigned authorities declare they will prosecute all offenders for lawless hunting on Sundays. They announce a ban on hunting in their neighborhood and forbid trespassing on farms or farms under control. Listed are various names as signatories and local residents urging compliance.
An ad extols Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for women's illnesses gained from roots and herbs. It cites Mrs Bertha Muff of Louisiana Missouri who recovered health after seeking Mrs Pinkham's advice and using the product. The letter claims lasting relief after years of suffering and multiple doctors.
John Smith, a printer from Kansas City, living in St. Louis, is described as afflicted with arteriodenous aneurism a localized dilation of a blood vessel. The condition has allegedly netted its holder a substantial sum over the past eight years and is tied to medical clinics including Johns Hopkins Jefferson Medical College and Cook County Hospital.
Osborn records note Mrs. Jobo Brown improving but bed-fast. Ermit Peterson and wife spent Christmas at Louie Tofte’s. Jobo Brown helped bale straw at Ira Well’s last week. Christmas tree gathering drew a large crowd. Lee Cozad and wife visited grandmother near Geneseo. Mrs. Sarah Nickerson visited daughter Mrs. F A Walker near Hillsdale. Mrs Ludwig Tofte died Saturday evening after preparing supper. She leaves two husband and two children Emily and Louis. Friends offered sympathy.
A Geneseo resident HG Anderson on Space Street recounts relief from back pain and urinary issues after using Doan's Kidney Pills. He describes tired mornings and irregular kidney secretions, credits the remedy for rapid pain dispersion and steady improvement. © Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
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