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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
2
An advertisement extols acetylene lamp lighting over kerosene or gas. It claims acetylene gives sunlightlike white light with far less heat soot odor and carbonic gas. The copy compares costs and invites readers to request details and sizing guidance.
Local writer critiques a new Postmaster General rule forcing publishers to keep subscribers within a distance of the current date and raises prices. He fears defunct papers and explains the winter season, moisture, and farming conditions, noting pledges to drill oats and a favorable land, while wheat and oats face disease and past failures.
A letter describes cotton as a superior soil crop despite heavy labor and notes migrants from the Chickasaw Nation moving north to plant 75 to 100 acres of cotton each, aided by renters. It also comments on state laws, Jim Crow enforcement, prohibition, gas and city growth, and a mix of Southern and Northern communities in a developing Oklahoma town.
A New York daily cites a published remedy claiming to ease rheumatism with a vegetable extract mix. The formula uses Extract Dandelion half an ounce, Compound Kargon one ounce, Compound Syrup Sarsaparijja three ounces, taken after meals and at bedtime.
James Batten of Annawan, a private in the 112th Illinois Infantry, receives a proposed increase from 17 to 30 dollars per month after a congressman’s bill. The House approved January 17, the Senate and President remain to act, with Batten in frail condition after a stroke.
Mrs J. B. P. White of Rush Gore Pa says a new discovery saved her life from a lung disease. The ad touts Dr Ning New Discovery as a miracle medicine that loosen s conga and cures asthma bronchitis and hoarseness. Sold under guarantee at Wright’s rug store with prices 50 cents and 10 dollars and a free bottle offer.
The passage mixes religious exhortations with scattered local notices and personal items. It references a February date, birthday announcements for a Henry McFall child, movements of residents between farms, a basket supper at Brown's schoolhouse, and a wedding or engagement with a note about a couple and their future home on the Spark farm.
Funeral services for Benjamin DeCrane were held at the Jafe 5 Fasidebee South Main, conducted by Rev. W H Witteroff, with local singers and bearers named. He was born in Cornwall township February 25, 1860, married Susan M Scoville in 1904, and survived by parents, a brother, a sister, and a widow. A separate note reports Richard Yates announcing a Republican gubernatorial candidacy after prefering voters over conventions.
The record lists several court actions including discharges and dismissals for reasons such as lack of compliance, default, or settled actions. Notable entries feature The People vs Allen Xeapay with a summons. various assumpsit and divorce cases. dismissals for complainants. and defaulted defendants in multiple matters before the Henry County Circuit Court.
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