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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
7
A Pa family credits Electric Bitters with curing a five year eczema in a boy after doctors failed. The item also reports on Prof Bart of the State University urging agriculture in public schools, training teachers and linking lessons to daily farm life and home economics.
G W Cloyd, a merchant from Pinnk Missouri, recounts a four year old accident where a jimson bar punctured his thumb. He refused amputation and used Bucklen's Arnica Salve, which he says cured the wound. Available for 25 cents at J He Wright, druggist.
A local notice states residents will prosecute all offenders after disturbances near Geneseo. The group forbids hunting on their farms or nearby lands on any day and warns trespassing will not be tolerated. Signatories include multiple named residents and local organizations.
A historical editorial urges solemn Memorial Day observances across schools. It advocates closing schools, holding ceremonies, singing, reciting poems, and reading soldier stories. It proposes recording district veterans, planting a Grand Army Memorial Tree, and teaching children to honor local heroes who served in earlier wars.
Alexander Benton of Fort Edward NY touts Dr King's New Discovery as his best earthly friend claiming it cured his asthma six years ago and later cured incipient consumption in his son's wife. He notes a trial bottle is free and mentions 0 cents and 21 uv in the ad.
A series of brief Cambridge items notes visits and travel by locals including W Cobb in Peoria Miss Pearl Reed to Galva and Harry Tablas from Orion in Cambridge George Johnson to Osco Peter Benson and B Clark in Galesburg Mrs A C Johnson from Moline to visit brother Ludlum Attorney Henry Waterman of Geneva in county affairs Morris Biltenstein and Vic Baltenstern in Chicago Paul Mascall and family return from Waterloo Iowa Elizabeth Fuller teaches music in Cambridge and Rev A Valliant heads to South Dakota for relatives. Public sale announced for Cambridge Center Street church building on May 26 1907 at 2 pm with bids cash and trustee veto.
An advertisement targets women with nervous disorders citing Mrs Nellie Makham of 151 Morgan St Buffalo NY and endorsing Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy. The text labels women as sources of domestic misery and links female nerves to organic derangements.
Mrs Geo A James of Fredonia New York says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her nervous prostration and female troubles after other remedies failed It helped through the Change of Life and she endorses it to friends and acquaintances The advertisement emphasizes free advice from Mrs Pinkham at Lynn Massachusetts and cites testimonials and cures for female diseases
A garbled medieval style passage cites Giuseppe Gutipaida as liberator and lists his father as a sailor. It mentions roles such as candle maker, small farmer, and nest fAwers of early Greek writers, plus a slave and a blind beggar as possible stories, though details are unclear.
A Belgian firm is installing an electric street railway in Damascus, claimed as the oldest living city. It uses river falls 22 miles away for motive power and has laid three and a half miles of track, with traffic projected toward Mecca through the historic caravan hub.
A Los Angeles reader lauds Arbuckles Coffee for over thirty years of reliable aroma and flavor. The letter claims Arbuckles was the first roasted packaged coffee and that its sales surpass all others combined, offering better coffee at the lowest profit margin and urging customers to avoid loose coffee. Writs to Arbuckle Bros. for supply concerns.
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