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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1911
Page
4
The notice promotes Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy with a money back guarantee, sold by druggists for fifty cents a bottle. It also reports on dry weather affecting corn and cotton, local visits, illnesses, harvest work, and a Life Pills promotion, underscoring roads and welfare comments.
Rain is badly needed as crops suffer with corn and cotton drought. Mrs. Harvey Turner and children from Durant Oklahoma visit relatives. Cal Jones and wife with baby visited Andrew Fogle and wife. Ice cream supper enjoyed by local youths at Bob Dulancy’s. Cap Brown visits relatives at Bigbee. Bert Snead and wife from Doniphan attend Sunday school. Lizzie Lawrence of Bonham visits relatives. Grant Journey and Jim Thornton travel to Ladonia on a business trip. Community health is good.
James BL Mershon of Newark describes severe lung hemorrhages and eight months of weakness before using Dr. King's New Discovery three weeks prior. He claims it fully helped his weak lungs and coughs and notes the product is sold at 50 cents and 1.00 with a trial bottle free guaranteed by J. W. Peeler.
A roundup of Texas commerce and infrastructure projects including Beaumont Truck Growers' Association contracting for one thousand crates of tomatoes weekly for northern and eastern markets. San Angelo Chamber plans for a TomGreen county good roads bond issue. Fort Worth building punch for New Idaline-Reimers plant. Bowie home company for oil boring. Port Arthur rice shipment to Porto Rico. Temple paving upgrades and a proposed eight block North Main street project. Cotton Belt ground breaking at Cowanche for a $12,500 passenger depot ahead of July 4 operation. Temple mass meeting backing good roads and July 1 bond election for $360,000. Abilene to erect new Simmons College building costing about $75,000. Coleman to Lubbock track laid on the Coleman Cut-off, with operation expected this week opening a California route. Government to deepen Brazos river with locks and dams next month. Advertisements push Hull's Catarrh Cure with $100 reward for incurable deafness cases.
From a knife wound to burns and chapped skin the ad touts Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the quickest healer for wounds burns sores and ulcers offered at J. W. Peeler's with claim to prevent blood poisoning and gangrene.
The report notes European barbers harvest a yearly hull crop totaling 1.2 million pounds. The figure underscores a sizable regional trade in hull products, with industry observers highlighting steady output and market demand across multiple nations.
A contractor building a railroad in a warm climate reduced meat rations and increased Quaker Scotch Oats and oats water for workers. He boiled oats and mixed the resulting liquid with drinking water. Stomach disorders faded and workers gained strength and morale, underscoring the value of good ratmeal packed in sealed tins.
An ad touts Electric Bitters as a remedy for weak health in women, claiming they cure constipation and kidney problems, purify the blood, strengthen nerves, and improve complexion and breath. It urges readers to buy at J. W. Peolor's for 60 cents.
A reporter notes estimates that about two million women in the United States smoke. The figure reflects rising female tobacco use and prompts discussion on health and social implications.
Dewittville New York reader claims near constant pain from head and backaches and left side pain vanished after using Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She now has a healthy baby daughter. The Pinkham Medicine Company reports thousands of grateful letters and urges women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement touts Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for backache and kidney complaints. Testimonial from J A Moss of Bonham Texas praises the product, noting relief after using a box and endorsing the remedy. Available from Saunders Drug Store with Doan's Kidney Pills branded by Iruster Milburn Co Buffalo NY as sole US agents.
The brochure extols Mother's Friend an oily emulsion for external use to ease pregnancy related discomforts. It claims to prepare the system for the crisis and aid recovery after childbirth with regular use and offers a free book for expectant mothers by Bradfield Regulator Co. Atlantic Ga.
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