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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1916
Page
7
A reader article extols a daily hot water wash with limestone phosphate to cleanse the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. It claims constipation bilious attacks and nervous days vanish as waste and toxins are swept out each morning before breakfast.
An advertisement touts Q-Ban Hair Color Restorer as a remedy to turn gray or faded hair to an even dark shade by multiple applications. It promises head health, softness, and a no dye process with a money back guarantee, selling 500 bottle shipments via druggists or prepaid mail from Memphis Tennessee.
An advertisement extols Cascarets as a 10 cent remedy for bilious headaches and foul taste, claiming the product cleanses the stomach removes undigested food and poisons, reduces bile and constipation, and works while you sleep for a morning recovery. It ends with a sobering line about aging and usefulness.
President Wilson urges Senator Stone that the United States must not concede any limitation on American citizens’ rights in the unfolding European war. He says he will preserve peace but not at the cost of national honor, warning that yielding even one right could erode international law and U.S. sovereignty.
A resident of Egan, Louisiana captured a huge fish near Crowley on Tuesday. The seven and a half foot creature weighs between 300 and 360 pounds and resembles a dolphin, among the largest fish recorded in local streams.
A period ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a safe fast fix for indigestion gas and upset stomach. It claims relief in five minutes and enables eating favorite foods without fear, with benefits including no belching or eructations.
An advertisement touts Laxative Quinidine Tablets for colds coughs la grip and headaches claiming no head or stomach effect. It urges readers to buy a winter supply at 25 cents. The ad ends with a proverb about earning money and keeping it.
An advertisement touts a Kidney Root product as the best remedy while warning against numerous false prescriptions. It promotes purity and efficacy, offering two bottle sizes and distribution through drug stores and the newspaper. An additional ad promotes Tetterime for skin and itch relief, claiming permanent cure and easy mail order.
A young woman gazes into a mirror and discovers only pleasant, flattering reflections. The scene focuses on self-perception and gentle vanity without external conflict or action.
A fragmented ad style note touts Danderine and Knowlton products for dandruff and hair restoration claiming hair regrowth and shinier, fuller scalp results. It mentions risk from dandruff and promotes remedies and pills for liver and stomach balance amid a political wash of phrases.
Flood survivors across Tensas Concordia and adjoining parishes face ongoing misery with marooned families, scarce food, and makeshift shelters. Water recedes slowly from Waterproof while crevasse and backwater threaten communities along the Black Red and Ouachita rivers. Government and civic groups push for relief and flood control measures as aid trucks and hay shipments reach hard hit areas.
In Cartersville Georgia Jessa McCorkle a Black man about 30 was seized from jail by a mob of around fifty and hanged from a tree before city hall. The attack followed bystanders clashed with authorities as reports confirm the fatal assault.
The Tuesday election in School District No. 29, Victoria County, carried the tax issue by a vote of 13 to 2. The result confirms support for funds for district schools.
Former Ambassador Joaquin D. Cagsaus, who served as Mexican ambassador to the United States, died Friday in New York. He was about 60 years old.
Two carloads of pecans weighing about 0,000 pounds were shipped from Victoria on Saturday. Farmers near Fayetteville Texas report activity with planting half of the crop.
Mrs. Dewitt Smithsauna of West Danby New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing chronic nervous troubles irritability and sleeplessness. She and her daughters report improved health and recommend the remedy as a household staple after decades of use.
A jumble of ad lines and fragments from the Detroit Free Press style page. Advertisers tout Renovine tonic for heart and nerve, Mansfeld Cough Balm for coughs, lodging quips about water, and a dramatic bridal scene line from a comic or fiction snippet.
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