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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1903
Page
15
An old advertisement touts August Flower as a remedy to purify the blood, improve liver function, and treat constipation biliousness nervousness and indigestion. It claims the product can ease gas, cramps, and sleeplessness with a trial bottle offered at 25 cents and regular size at 73 cents.
The Statistical Abstract notes beer’s growing popularity in the United States as distilled spirits per inhabitant decline. The New York Tribune highlights beer becoming the common drink, aided by expanding breweries and surviving German traditions, while Springfield Journal cites support for beer as a moderating influence against ardent spirits.
The Illinois and Michigan Canal Commission faces a constitutional challenge as Representative Burke seeks an injunction. The answer argues the 1870 constitutional convention did not make a valid binding constitution or authorize canal appropriations, while noting river navigation spending prior to 1897 and disputes over water power against the canal. Judge Creighton initially refused to accept the Attorney General’s answer filed in Judge Thompson's court.
Advertisement for a digestive tract remedy sold by F A Peterson mentioning indigestion biliousness constipation and sick headache with bottles priced at five cents and one dollar.
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