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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1893
Page
5
The ad urges women to trust Dr Pierce and his Favorite Prescription claiming a permanent cure for female disorders. It denounces old physicians and touts a guaranteed refund if the remedy fails, sold by druggists for $1.00.
Mrs Reed argues gardens uplift wives and daughters through flower care, linking beauty to virtue. She stresses cultivation over gossip, notes healthier minds and brighter cheeks, and cites Bible imagery praising flowers and nature’s divine beauty.
The passage urges looking beyond material worries to God’s care as seen in flowers and spring. It compares Solomon’s glory to the beauty of nature and calls readers to draw strength from creation, trusting divine provision and grace. It emphasizes faith, consolation, and the eternal beauty from the Creator.
An old advertisement claims a sound liver keeps the body well and lists symptoms of biliousness. It touts Herbine as a universal cure for liver stomach and bowel disorders, priced at 75 cents with free sample bottles at J. EB. Wright's and F. D. Merwin & Co.'s.
Oxco Martin Kenowles returned from Chicago last Saturday. The Columbian Literary Society Decides on a debate about doctrine versus living rightly. Nearly 60 pupils competed in the Osco District Pine School contest with 30 judge points awarded. Ayer's Hair Vigor is praised by Mary A Jackson. A sewer pipe factory with $60,000 capital will start in Macomb with 34 subscribers of $1,000+ each.
Centerville Citizens editorial touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as stopping bad colds for their children. Many local mothers insist on having it at home and recommend it daily. 50 cent bottles are sold by J. E. Wright.
Seventy residents of Astoria aged seventy or older are noted. In Chill township dogs fatally harmed sheep valued around 200 dollars. Indictments include 23 people from Colchester area on gambling charges. A burr oak near Oquawka measures seventeen feet in circumference. Prairie City resident Mrs. J G Creider reports her cow yielded 440 pounds of butter in eight months. Kentucky's Mrs. James Polly, aged 107, is mother to fourteen children, thirteen alive, youngest fifty nine. Prairie City M E preacher cites Woodbine club as gambling den and clams no immorality there. A depraved infants pair, Bob Connor and sister, ages 13 and 11, arrested for burglary and held on bonds. Prairie City Herald notes wolves near mass casualty house within Prairie City and sightings expanding to LaHarpe and near Monmouth.
In a promotional note J. E. Wright asserts that the breaking up of winter signals nature opening and the body shedding refuse, with DeWitt’s Sarsaparilla offered as assistance in this cleansing process.
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