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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1906
Page
10
Unclear text fragment hints at a local event or notice with names and times but specifics are unreadable. Unable to determine person, place, or date from the legible portion.
An ad promoting Paro Ointment with a refund offer if it fails in 6 to 14 days. It also includes a lengthy piece by Mrs Laura Pettistaw on Bible temperance, warning against intemperance and detailing its moral and social harms. An auction notice lists farm equipment and livestock for sale with terms offered by A. Keefer and George Devinney.
Obituary notes Mr John Boylan of Geneseo died Feb 15 1906 at the Kerwin home Colona township aged 71. Funeral services held in Colona with Father M F Boley. burial in Calvars Cemetery Rock Island. Also reports court sentence in revisited case and parish updates on Rev Purce at Grace church Osco. Mention of church improvements at Guild Hall funded by community youth.
A reader testimonial from Isaac D Revwing praises Texas Wonder for nearly curing his wife’s kidney and bladder trouble after sixteen years. The note claims two months of treatment in one bottle and endorses the medicine as cost effective.
A Texas Wonder bottle from E W Gall claims it cures kidney and bladder problems for men and women, relieves gravel and diabetes related issues, and improves back and rheumatic pains. The two months treatment is mailed on receipt of price. manufacturer in St. Louis. sold by all druggists.
Lyman Richards died Saturday evening February 17, 1906 after years of poor health and seven weeks bedridden. Born February 14, 1835 in Napoli Cortland county New York he lived there with family before moving to Illinois and Minnesota where he joined the M E church after experiencing religion.
A report covers the death of Lyman at his Prophetstown home after a long life marked by Civil War service and family ties to Leon and Whitesige. His funeral at the Leo church featured Rev Funston and an obituary noting his kindness and fatherly nature. He leaves three children and a grieving wife, with brothers in Leon and Prophetstown.
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