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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 03, 1893
Page
5
Mrs. B J Brown of Boros reads a paper celebrating farmer's daughters as pillars of duty and resilience. The piece traces biblical and historic examples, urges education and franchise use, and champions motherhood as high civic service.
Misery from jealous contentions aside, Dr Fenner's Kidney and Backache Cure is touted as a universal remedy for kidney and blood diseases and related ailments. Advertisers claim it works across skin eruptions, erysipelas, scrofula, dyspepsia, headaches and more, sold with guaranty by local dealers including J B Wright and F Pp. Vek Vin & Co Geneseo, Ill.
A cautionary note warns coughs and colds can lead to bronchitis and consumption. Ballard's Horehound Syrup is advertised as non constipating and safe for children, claiming to cure a range of throat and lung ailments. The Morris Herald recounts Deacon Jimmie Gorrie and his evolving gopher plow, producing 100 to 125 units yearly without patenting.
The piece cites a statesman disparaging women’s political role while endorsing Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription for uterine and nervous ailments. It notes health claims for De Witt’s Little Early Risers and a contrast with competing tonics. A stray anecdote mentions a house fire averted by a cat and a Havana man’s coal theft incident.
In LaSalle Illinois on April 23 1892 Dan F Curing a city bill poster attests he suffers from cold and chronic ailments but credits Reid's German Cough and Kidney Cure with relief. He reports doctors prescription cannot compare and recommends the remedy to all with cold or cough. Sylvan Remedy Co.
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