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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1918
Page
3
An old warning ad campaigns against calomel a mercury based laxative and touts Dodson's Liver Tone a vegetable alternative. It claims calomel causes sickness salivation and lost days while Dodson's liver tonic starts the liver without stirring internal trouble and is safe for adults and children.
A fragmentary report hints at concerns over health and appetite, mentioning faintness and fatigue. The text references spying or surveillance clues and a cryptic withholding of details. Further context remains unclear in the readable portion.
The letter reflects a rural community Newsletter style with remarks on good rains boosting crops grain ripening cotton looking well and potatoes being dug. It mentions church painting at Baptist church improvements around town visits from residents and a Sunday school convention in Edfin with speakers and singing.
A reader urges keeping Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home to treat cholera morbus. Mrs. Enyeat of Huntington Indiana credits it with immediate relief for two ill children in 1911. Also notices good pigs for sale by M J Geils in Bonham.
A persuasive health notice urges readers to heed warning signs such as dizzy spells backache and kidney related pains. It promotes Dr Pierce’s Anuric Tablets double strength as a remedy with lifestyle tips like outdoor exercise ample water and lighter meat meals, claiming many neighbors endorse it.
A 53 year old Trier man testifies that Dr. Pierce's Anuric Tablets eased his kidney troubles after three years of illness. Henry Roll also reports benefit after trying Anuric for kidney and bladder issues and recommends it to others. Trial packages cost 10 cents from Dr. W M Pierce Invalicate and Surgical Institute, Buffalo NY.
Bright capable young ladies at least seventeen years old needed as operators for the Bonham Telephone Co. Apply now. If painting or paper hanging, call W. J. Murley who guarantees his work. Phone 458.
A vintage ad promises rapid relief from headaches and neuralgia with Dr James Headache Powders. It urges readers to send someone to the drug store for a dime package, claiming pain will vanish in moments.
Berry picking begins on June 5 near Oakland with guidance that all pickers must bring vessels to carry berries. T R Starnes located 11 to 2 miles east of Oakland.
Miss Carrie Alderson visits nephew Geo Saunders at a military camp in Columbia Washington busy with travel notes. Miss Sue Halsell travels to Paris to visit friends while Mrs Kate Harris also visits Paris. Mr and Mrs R R Nicholas visit from Ft Worth at Will Nevill's home. Mrs Frank Davis from Wichita Falls visits her daughter Mrs Joe Barnett. Cora Phillips and Winnie Sue Johnson arrive from Ft Worth. Phillips taught there, Johnson attended school. Capt Chester Biggers returns from Camp Bowie to visit parents before heading east. Mrs Joe Smith and Miss Genevieve Kibby of Sherman visit Mrs Chas Marshall. Mrs Luther Cox of San Angelo arrives to visit relatives. Geo Littrell heads to Honey Grove, Rosser Thomas also travels there. Mrs M J Collum arrives from Ft Worth to visit daughter Mrs C D Millis, then returns to Texarkana.
In a Peru Indiana letter Mrs. P. H. Martin says her two daughters recovered quickly from whooping cough after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The note highlights ease of expectoration and relief from the cough.
Last Saturday Savoy held a Red Cross benefit auction with Ed Brent as auctioneer. A half gallon of apricots sold for 26 dollars and a gobbler fetched 36.50. Monday's city auctions saw Moore's Chapel achieve strong results as a pig donated by John Peterson sold for about 208 dollars to Dick Murphy, with total sales across Moore's Chapel Ector Duplex and Gober near 400 dollars. Windom auction items yielded about 400 dollars, including a 200 dollar flour sack and other sales.
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