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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1908
Page
7
A claim offers a hog worm remedy to county owners at two to seven cents per head. The proposer pledges numerous testimonials from reliable men who have fed the product and seen good results, asserting it will restore unhealthy hogs.
J W Jenkins of Chapel Hill NC declares Bucklea’s Arnica Salve the best in the world and says it cured a felon on his thumb. He asserts it always heals wounds, with 2 cents per tin and 3 dollar grades available at drug stores.
Judge J Otis Humphrey of Springfield urged the Illinois Farmers Institute to expand agricultural education. He argued nature works by law and farmers must learn why, stressing a strong state and national program to teach soil recovery and long term stewardship. He warned against neglect and said youths must carry the development forward.
Elmer and Edward Ericson return from Idaho while Irving Gabrielson of Galesburg visits. P J Wickbrom and A B Olson head to Denver and Washington. Local remedies advertise Hollister’s Berks tonics and Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets. Mrs Hans Dallgren, born 1818 in Sweden, buried from ME church. long widow and mother with Swedish colony ties.
An advertisement touts Dr Thomas Electric Oil as instantly relieving pain and quickly curing wounds, urging readers to be prepared for injuries with this topical remedy.
Mrs Sophia Pires of Evanston visits J A Widney. erjoris and Diane Cox stay with relatives in Little York last Wednesday. Mrs Rebecca Palmer of Astoria visits daughter Mrs E P Tregellas. Mr and Mrs OW's son and children of Waverly Kansas visit Mrs S B M Gillespie. DeWitts Little Early Risers advertised.
The Orion Times reports on medicines and health ads including DeWitts Kidney and Bladder Pills and Kodol stomach aids. Local notes cover a three and a half year old miracle escape, a school board contract for a four room building, and community events with residents traveling from Chicago and Sweden to Orion Wisconsin.
The Post Office issues renewal deadlines for newspaper subscriptions by type. Subscribers in arrears are urged to remit at once to avoid loss of second class mailing status and to help the publisher comply with the Postmaster General’s ruling.
Miss May Johnson of Geneseo visits Sheffield relatives while Robert Cross and Perry Sand of Geneseo stop by. Rev. E A Harris lectures in Muscatine Iowa. J H Walker of Sunbury credits Burdock Blood Bitters for relief from dyspepsia. James Fagan, four miles south of Mineral, killed by westbound train No 7. body sent to station, wife and children left. He emigrated from Ireland over 40 years ago.
A bi line advertisement touts Hollister's Rocky Mountain Pea as a soothing tonic that refreshes and strengthens the stomach bowels and kidneys. It claims it prevents summer troubles and is sold by J. E. Wright for 35 cents in tea or tablet form.
A Chicago Tribune piece concedes Senator Hopkins will be reelected, noting the paper has opposed him and often belittled his rise. The article suggests the admission was reluctant, driven by a sense of duty to readers rather than friendship or support.
A 19th century advertisement touts Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a cure for female ailments. It claims long use and thousands cured, listing displacements, fibroids, periodic pains, nervous symptoms, and digestive issues. Mrs Pinkham invites letters for advice from Lynn Massachusetts.
Comic reminiscences from Broadway and opera circles mix with global doctor counts. A railroad magnate vents discipline while a servant named Jack embodies obedience. Beethoven contrasts Paer's opera as a sharp judge of style. A German statistician lists doctors by country, noting England and Turkey among larger totals.
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