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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1907
Page
15
An endorsement for Dr. King’s New Discoveries cites Alexander Benton of Sural King’s New Life as a lifelong friend whose asthma and incipient consumption were cured. The testimonial promises a marvelous effect on coughs and lingering symptoms, with a trial bottle offered free.
A compilation of village items: illnesses none currently. Lucy Dunbar visiting grandmother. Mrs Frank Payne of Ostorn visiting Rock Island relatives. DeWitt products advertised by F A Peterson. Gas discovery on Chris Barsch farm. Davenport businessmen excursion through village. Local children ill but recovering. medical salve promoted. Church women groups meet. social lunches and model critiques noted. Annie anecdotes include a runaway near Geading and buggy overturn with minor injuries. locals assist.
A mix of ads for Allcock's Plaster and local notices. Reports include Hollister’s Rock Mountain Tea advertised in Orion, a fatality in Sherrard connected to Barsley, and derailed updates on residents Leon Conover and Mrs. Augusta Anderson plus a Farmers' Social Club picnic planned for June first Saturday at L. S. Bothwell home in Orion.
If you suffer from bleeding itching or pain, an advertisement claims a home cure using a new absorption treatment. It promises immediate relief and permanent care and offers a free trial with local references upon request. No money required, and the offer asks you to write to Mrs M Summmera, Box Notre Dame Indiana.
The page mixes a claim for Dr Shoop's Magic Ointment curing piles with local notices and obituaries. It mentions Rock River and Cos Valley roots, a high school baseball game 3 to 2 in Orion vs Geneseo, a Farmery Social Club box social, and multiple deaths and memorials including Derrickson and Spangler, plus an Girls Relief Corps organization and local chatter on Preventics cold cures.
Rock Island Fish Commissioner Bartlett announces a million wall eyed pike released into Rock River. The act supports sport and food value as state fisheries stock care also sent two million pike to the Race, Fox River and Fos Lake area.
A group in Geneseo warns of prosecution for Sunday hunting intrusions and trespassing on farms under control, declaring intent to stop hunting on Sundays and forbid use of lands they manage. The notice lists numerous signatories and local residents backing the action.
A business man notes fewer clerks and stenographers carry lunch boxes to work, attributing the shift to rising prosperity and the growth of lunch places. He suggests Warin’s fresh cooked meals displaced the old dry lunches once carried in boxes.
A fragmented historical clipping references medical slang and satire with lines about a modern disease, credulity, and a doctor’s amputation. It includes mock quotes and mentions of remedies like Wavey Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea and Nemnelly's Laxative Cough Syrup.
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