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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1919
Page
8
A promotional piece touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, vegetable liver cleanser that outperforms calomel. It claims quick relief from nausea dizziness and poor digestion and warns calomel can damage bones. Also notes the product is marketed by druggists with a money back guarantee.
Ad promises quick relief from summer colds mumps hay fever and superficial inflammation claiming harmlessness and urging readers to mail two 2 tubes with stamps for samples and agent terms. The fragmented sales pitch mentions Vacher Inc and a humorous scene with a loafer and a man wanting wealth to hire a secretary.
Advertisement style copy promotes a liquid headache remedy likened to Capudine with quick relief for all headache types. It markets smaller 10 cent sizes and larger options while urging belief in doing what others say cannot be done as life’s glory. It also includes a selling point about matching customer desire.
Ad fragment touts Bayer Cross on genuine aspirin, claiming safety and pain relief. Mentions packaging options from a Handy tin of 12 tablets and larger sizes, with references to Bayer Manufacture and installment plans.
A brisk Senate debate ends with a non-record vote as lawmakers approve a minimum wage bill for government workers, defer fuel price discussions, and discuss war figures. Reports detail mine sweeps, navy yard staffing cuts, and clashes in Washington amid a broad landscape of wartime policy and diplomacy.
A Navy report lists 297 Texans among those who died from 1916 to 1919, detailing causes from combat losses to disease and accidents. Notable names from Houston, San Antonio, and Beaumont appear, with the Cyclops sinking and the Massey liner explosion among the incidents. The account mentions influenza, fever, appendicitis, pneumonia, and other deaths, alongside battle casualties and specific sailors linked to Texas cities.
Washington reports the House Committee on Expenditures will investigate Postmaster General Burleson’s official acts and compact of office. The inquiry, prompted by many salients against the postal service, will be postponed until after the August recess. Burleson will be called to defend his administration of the postal system for the year.
Republican members of the House War Investigating Committee joined five Democrats in urging a public sale of 120,000,000 surplus war department foodstuffs. The plan aims to give the people of the United States a chance to buy. The committee approved the recommendation as they concluded evidence taking and referred it for further subcommittee review.
Both houses of the Arkansas legislature vote to ratify the federal suffrage amendment, making Arkansas the second Southern state to confirm the measure. The action follows decades of debate and places the state in the nationwide expansion of women's voting rights.
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