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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1907
Page
7
Readable snippets show visits among residents from Cambridge, Kewanee, Galesburg and Monmouth. Families welcome guests, farms prosper with livestock shipping to Chicago, and local life mixes church events, schooling, and civic notices amid a Roosevelt quote on farming and democracy.
An advertisement promotes Brandreth's Pills as a great blood purifier and laxative. It claims they cleanse the system through the bowels kidneys and skin and stimulate the blood to purge morbid humors. One or two pills nightly is said to be an invaluable remedy. Each pill contains extract of sasaparilla and other vegetables. sold for over a century in drug stores in plain or sugar coated form.
A Chicago judge admonishes a man who would favor union members over the law, stressing that the law protects all and is a friend richer than any union. An advertisement urges distrust of cough medicines with poison labels and endorses Dr Shoop's Cough Cure as safe, sold by J. E. Wright.
The article quotes a speaker noting rural life altered far less than cities and stressing how many presidents grew up on farms and labored hard, shaping their outlook and leadership for the Republic.
We thank friends and neighbors for kindness after the illness and death of our mother. Grateful for the flowers and medical care. Card from the Peterson family. The advertisement notes a company offering gentle laxatives and promotes a product named Risers as a remedy.
Ephriam Rapp went to Geneseo Monday. W R Kempster visited Genesseo Saturday. George Besse collected taxes Monday. Frels and wife in Port Byron last week. Halcon Spaulding ill but improving. John Butzer farm sold to R S Rinker of Erle. Judge Newton left for Minnesota after weeks on the bottom. Kempeter poor hearth with cold from saw mill. Levi Ropp bought a new gramophone. John Malone’s children improving under Dr Magill. Julia Kempster passed high average at Central examination. Carroll Schuliager ill winter not much improved. James Delphi hauling logs for a new double corn crib. Water falling. some drive through mud to Hillsdale. J A Brady sale well attended. not all advertised items sold. Mrs Vealtries visiting parents. Mrs D S Adams entertaining Miss Trene Simpson.
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