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Newspaper
Geneseo Republic
Location
Geneseo, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 18, 1912
Page
3
Geneseo residents R. Boice and George Smith visited Orion while Mrs Albert Land and relatives gathered nearby. The column reports marriages, travel, a Moef family trip to Chicago, and a booming apple orchard near Milan with 10 000 bushels expected. Community notices include engagements, sales, and promotions for Chamberlain remedies.
An advertisement promises relief from upset stomach indigestion gastritis and related ailments with MI ONA Stomach Tablets. It claims money back and offers a free trial treatment via Boothes MI ONA in Buffalo New York.
A Lincoln man credits Electric Bitters with curing three years of sickness after six bottles restored strength and appetite. The ad claims the tonic tones the stomach, cures indigestion, and improves blood and nerves, priced at 50 cents at J E Wrights.
Mrs D H Cravens spent Friday in Galesburg with friends. Mrs R Clawson returned from Geneseo. Richard Timberlake left for Missouri on business. Rae Newton fills Clarence Lindell's depot position. Jay Riley and daughter Maud visited Galesburg. Pearl Cravens visited Peoria relatives. Mrs J F Calkins and Mrs R Timberlake were in town. Mrs George Westfall and children visited. Citizens attended the Graystark play in Woodhull. Taylor Linn and family went to the state fair. others returned from Colgate ND. J P Baker visited son Burlin Baker in Moline. Miss Florence Westerlund visited from Folgeridge NB. Mr & Mrs H Franklin hosted guests in Galesburg. C A Peterson and daughter Lillie visited Warner. John Bland Jr and others took rural carrier exam at Lynn Center. Lyle Goxeft planned a Chicago visit. likely Kenosha trip. Mrs Alice Sheese traveled to Springfield and Edgewood. Miss Etta Weech visited Oneida. Miss Bessie Harbour of Greenfield IA visited Maud Wirt. Harbour teaches at Greenfield Conservatory. The McCurdys and Mrs Newton traveled to Springfield for the state fair. The ad notes that sick headaches come from a disordered stomach and promotes Chamberlain's Tablets.
Miss Hazel Nelson spent Sunday with Miss Ruth Swanson of Orion. Gust Swanson left for Springfield for the fair. August Golberg of Moline visited Oscar Johnson. Carl Tunwall of Moline visited his aunt Mrs P J Lindahl. Henry Nelson returned from Dewitt Iowa. The Youngs and Adella Peterson hosted at C J Olson. Theodore Wenesstrom and children shopped in tri city. Mrs Emil Hammerburg and son Edwin visited Adella Peterson. Sophie Johnson Florence Westerlund and Mrs Albert Jones were guests at Ernest Johnson. Rev Andereck of Orion will conduct services at Lynn schoolhouse Thursday at 7 30. John McGomb and children of Galesburg visited C W Carlson. Alfred Jonson and daughters Vera and Vennie and Ruby Peterson visited Lynn Saturday. M A Boltenstein and daughters Florence Dorothy Olga and Eleanor Anderson were tri city visitors Wednesday.
Advertisers tout Ruby Oil as a high grade kerosene safer than gasoline and odorless. It reportedly provides a bright white light with no soot and a full flame until the lamp is dry, reducing fire risk from misidentified fuels.
Mrs. R. J. Flint of Braintree Vermont urged her ailing husband to use Dr King s New Discovery for a dreadful cough and quickly cured him He was near death but recovered The ad touts the medicine as safe for throat and lung troubles including grip bronchitis croup and whooping cough with 50 cents and 1 00 priced bottles guaranteed by J E Wright Mamma
Gust Hultgren of Cambridge and Jake Peterson of Woodhull led a weekend round of callers including Edward Ossian Ophiem Anna Anderson Moling Roy Samuelson near Orton and more. Home visits included Frank and Signa Nelson moving in, Arthur Bloomberg at Rock Island, cattle from Kansas City, and Will Engle hosting guests.
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