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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1922
Page
3
A vintage ad urges mothers to give California Fig Syrup to ease a sick child’s bowels. It claims a teaspoonful can prevent illness and lists symptoms like constipation and colic. The copy warns to ask for genuine syrup and notes full directions are on each bottle.
In Imita and across the Sahara windmills and motorcars narrow arid wastes linking oases and increasing tillable area. A trans Saharan line is proposed by France amid technical hurdles, promising a rail connection between southern Algeria and western French Africa.
A Texas election slate includes bonds for roads in Anderson and orange counties and a Port facilities expansion in Harris County. Orange voters face a 250000 navigation bond deepening water to thirty feet on December 30. American Education Week is proclaimed by Governor Neff for December 3–9 to boost educational effort.
A brief exchange from the Louisville Courier Journal captures a tense moment where one speaker warns another to stay quiet to avoid arrest. The clipped dialogue highlights a fraught street encounter and the mood of public tension.
An old advertisement touts Pape's Cold Compound to treat colds by taking doses every two hours. It promises opening congested passages, stopping a runny nose, and easing headache and feverish symptoms. The second and third doses supposedly break up the cold, with the product costing only a few cents and containing no quinine.
Mrs. J. W. Pickins of Los Angeles owning a Mercantile Place book store reports Tanlac relieved years of indigestion nervousness and heart palpitations. She says sleep appetite and energy improved and leg swelling subsided. Tanlac is sold by all good druggists.
The first cotton mill where machinery was used was built at Birmingham, England, in 1784, powered by two mules walking around an axis, marking an early step in industrial automation.
Comic exchange hints at marriage musings and a playful dig at duty and accountability. Quick quip style reflects light social humor without specific events or locations.
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