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Newspaper
Alpine Avalanche
Location
Alpine, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1909
Page
4
A San Antonio Express column urges Texas farmers, especially in Southwest Texas, to raise more hogs. It argues local demand is strong, pork prices high, and hog farming can diversify income away from cotton. It notes hogs fatten on field forage and slops, with market prices quoted from nearby buyers.
A Northern church pastor forbids the girls in the church choir to wear rats in their hair. The girls allege the rule exposes his eccentricities and claim he has bats in his belfry. A lighthearted aside notes new Golden Gate spices and a quip about egos and taxes.
Frank Disberry of Kelliher Minnesota credits Bucklen's Arnica Salve with preventing a crippled knee injury after a severe cut. The ad touts the salve as infallible for wounds burns boils and eruptions and claims it is world's best for piles. Available for 25 cents at R B Slight & Co and Measday & Co promotes its goods.
One hundred Angora Bucks aged eighteen months to five years for sale. Older California Registered Bucks and younger from Registered Bucks and high bred nannies. Prices from fifteen to fifty dollars. Also one thousand fine Breed Nannies. Address W I Babb Langtry Texas. Ask or phone Hord Company for best flour. wheat up so is flour quality.
A testimonial ad touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a universal health elixir. It claims to kill germs cure colds lagrippe and coughs and heal inflamed bronchial membranes. A customer from Black Jack North Carolina named Geo More reports lung trouble cured. Trial bottle offered free and a one dollar price with guaranteed by R B Slight & Co.
A handwritten style ad mentions calling Herd & Company to quickly resolve eating doubts. It then quips on freedom and inheritance, introduces a shipment of Fresh Hel etrop Flour with quality guaranteed by Sumner and Measdaw, and playfully references Peary and Cook’s North Pole label debate.
A testimonial from J. A. Harmon of Sizemore West Virginia endorses Dr. Kings New Life Pills for vitality and health. Priced 25 cents, sold by R. B. Slight and Co.
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