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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1911
Page
6
Sufferers from indigestion urged to try Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a lasting remedy. The ad claims it strengthens stomach and bowel muscles to restore natural function, offers free sample by mail, and lists Monticello Illinois as the doctor's address.
Friday through Wednesday entries list warranty deeds releases mortgages and quitclaims for Kewaunee Geneseo Andover Wethersfield and Moline areas with parties such as G Snyder J Strauss J M Alford C Crane F Govanada B Hadley and J Peterson and institutions like Sherer Gillett Co and T Co Merchants. The sequence covers July 7 to July 11 detailing parcels lot and block numbers and choiceland transfers alongside chattel mortgages and releases.
Promotional copy touts MI-DNA MI-O-NA tablets promising relief for sour or gassy stomachs in five minutes and improvements in appetite within a week. It claims stomach renovation over two weeks to a month and guarantees money back at F. A. Peterson's and other druggists.
A series of bank and property notices covers transfers of stock at State Bank of Orion, releases and chattel mortgages among residents Galva Geneseo Andover, including Q A Hempstead to P P Williams J B Vanpelt to M C Brownlee A Henderson to F W Emery Love to W N Glenn Rosell to Swanson Bros J McNamara to J Ryan and Wiegand deeds quitclaims and releases for multiple lots and sections only.
E S Loser of Manilla New York says the Arnica Salve he carries heals every cut wound bruise or sore. Advertises it as the greatest healer of burns boils scalds chapped hands and lips fever sores skin eruptions eczema corns and piles. 25 cents at J E Wright’s.
The Yu Nan Whei rite honors land and sea devils with twelve hours of gonging by seven priests. Seekers may pay 600 cash to each priest for the performances and 2 000 cash for light boats sent down the river to guide the devils. Observers see lights floating on the Yangtze as thousands attend this yearly spectacle.
A boarding house storyteller recalls two bookkeeper brothers who never ride the same train. They refuse to travel together to protect the wholesale firm from accidental loss of both bookkeepers. The tale notes their long partnership and tension with chance. Dickens would admire their dedication.
In a humorous scene Filipinos trap monkeys by offering coconuts. The clever primates reach inside for meat and cannot withdraw as their hands refuse to slip free. The trapped monkey chatters in frustration while natives seize the moment and capture the animal.
Mrs M A Boltenstern hosted friends including Mrs Eaton and Mrs Empey from the west and visitors Mrs Fred Hanson and Wilim of Denver. Families and relatives from Andover Moline Davenport Osco and Woodhull are noted in a week of visits and calls with many courtesy calls and dinners.
In the Adirondack forests there are no venomous snakes or beasts. Deer abound along with eagles pheasants bears and beavers.
Fish refuse granulated to resemble cod roe is tested as sardine bait in France. The roe is spread on water to attract sardines into nets. An accompanying testimonial claims a permanent cure from eczema provided by Dear's Ointment, cited by Hon. S. W. Matthews, Commissioner Labor Statistics, Auguceta, Me.
An old note claims a pinch of borax in fresh milk preserves it and keeps cream from souring. A Pittsburg paper links pessimism to kin rumors about Eve and Adam, and Burdock Blood Bitters are promoted as purifying the blood and treating disease.
A desperate man admits forging to satisfy a woman's extravagant tastes and warns the crime rests on her. The scene from Success Magazine centers on a dilemma between desire and responsibility as the forged act unfolds.
A claimant offers a free home remedy for muscular and joint pains including sciatica backache kidney trouble and neuritis. The advertisement promises uric acid removal from blood and improved vitality with a mailed testimonial-style appeal to sufferers.
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