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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1920
Page
2
The ad extols Boschee’s Syrup as a fifty three year old remedy for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung troubles claiming it aids restful sleep and easy morning expectoration. It notes American-made status and wide home usage worldwide while urging readers to act rather than wait for fortune.
An advertisement extols Cuticura products for irritated infant skin with hot baths using Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. It also promotes Cuticura Talcum as a daily reinforcing dusting powder and implies comfort and care routines. The text then shifts to a humorous dialogue about an entomologist and a domestic scene with Mrs. Peck and Henry.
Mrs. G Ave of Muskegon Michigan endures chronic backache and seeks relief as a local health feature details remedies and patient experiences.
Advice urges women to guard health and seek Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. The ad promises confidential letter responses from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
Advert says Sloan's Liniment eases rheumatic aches, muscle soreness, joint stiffness and neuritis for men and women, offering quick, economical relief with pillared prices 35c 70c and 1.40. The copy urges readers to tell their druggist and buy today.
Rocky Mont Virginia resident Misa Mae Chitwood endorses Black-Draught for chills and stomach trouble. Advised as a reliable liver medicine, it is promoted as a gentle laxative that helps expel wastes and may prevent a cold if taken early.
A cautious speaker stresses the value of calm talk over long delays in exchange for practical guidance. He warns against overtaxing the nerves and notes the futility of bandages failing the brain after an operation.
A home mix with one half pint of water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine darkens gray hair gradually. Apply twice weekly. inexpensive to prepare. Works without staining scalp or becoming sticky and leaves hair soft and glossy according to Ady.
A brief item notes Pansy Pyetin's strong objection to her father's use of English. It praises his grammar as consistently correct and implies he avoids theaters cabarets and similar venues. The remark contrasts linguistic care with social labels and hints at generic criticism of reputations.
Advertisements tout Vacher Balm as faster relief for croup catarrh and sore throat than a $25 prescription. Local copy urges samples and agents prices noting 30 cent jars and tubes. A fragment mentions Dr Pchet and a humorous line about a man in a hot box.
An advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming local applications fail to reach the disease and that internal use cleanses the blood and mucous surfaces. It describes the medicine as a tonic and blood purifier and offers testimonials and information from the selling firm F. F. Kenney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A fragment from the Youngstown Telegram quotes a backstage exchange about a song at the start of a performance. The dialogue references muffled singing and a line in the introduction indicating vamping until ready.
J D Nel i of Gormany resigns from the 108th district legislature. A state built bot factory at Rusk, run by convict labor, has been sold. An automobile road costing about $6,000 per mile will link Junction to the Kerr County line. Bonds totaling 240,000 for Gillespie and Kittrell road districts are approved. A state highway north of Hemphill via Milam to Geneva is let. Empire Pipe Line Co. granted permission to lay trunk lines in the Burkburnett field. Cabbage and lettuce shipments from San Benito surge, with $60 per ton for cabbage. Wharton County Housewives’ League formed. liquor shipments by American Railway Express authorized. State depository law injunction denied. Co operative life insurance firms forming in Dallas and Athena. Military highway San Antonio to Brownsville proposed. General John J Pershing to receive 17-gun salute at Fort Sam Houston. Pink boll worm losses to be reimbursed after legislative funds. Judge salary up by law upheld.
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