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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1907
Page
3
A mocked medical ad claims Hall's Catarrh Cure can heal deafness from inflamed Eustachian tubes with a money promise. In Chicago a fire drill killed one worker, snapped another’s leg, and injured two others as a 400 pound test hose whipped uncontrollably.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets as a guaranteed cure for a cold in one day. Druggists refund money if it fails, with E W Grove signature on each box and a price of 26 cents.
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment for piles with promises of quick relief. It also promotes bananas and pineapple related dishes as healthful breakfast items and endorses a non narcotic cough syrup by J E Wright, with claims of sharing maple like taste and compliance with the Pure Food law.
Mixed quotes and musings cover daily life topics from diet to divorce and belief in humanity. References touch on a diet suggestion with Kool aid and a Rockefeller remark about brotherhood, ending with optimistic views on human goodness and patriotism.
An advertisement explains indigestion results from lack of digestive juices and recommends Kodol as a vegetable acid solution that digests foods and balances digestion. The product is sold by J E Wright and claims compliance with the National Pure Food and Drug Law.
A Chicago Inter Ocean reader recalls frontier lore of hoop snakes that rolled up frog imits in May and allegedly attacked with venom. A hunter tells how a hoop snake stretched a gun barrel like a musket, growing to a foot in diameter, after a perilous strike.
Local landowners threaten legal action to end Sunday hunting in the area. They forbid all hunters on their farms or farms they control and vow to prosecute any offender. Signed by Jom Costenne and multiple neighbors including D Repis and Jonx Contins, among others.
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