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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
8
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a fast cure for colds coughs and croup. It claims broad family use with no side effects and urges readers to buy at drugstores for 50 years of trusted relief.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Kings New Life Pills claiming to relieve torpid liver and clogged bowels, offering mild, prompt relief and urging a return to normal digestion with a call to buy at druggists for 25 cents.
The note describes Rich-Tone as a wonderful remedy for those who are wan and lacking vigor. It asserts benefits for health and strength and promotes the product in a period voice.
An old advertisement from A. B. Richards Medicine Co. of Sherman Texas promotes Rich-Tone claiming it boosts energy and strength and aids sleep and appetite. The spot markets a Teany-only price of 61.08 dollars at drug stores.
A culinary snippet extols prunes, praising price rise and flavor due to modern long soak and slow cook methods. The text provides recipes for Prune Cake Prune Patties and Prune Roll, detailing ingredients, steps, and finish with meringue and cream.
A newspaper notice extols kindness and offers simple recipes for hardship. It details Apple stuffed with nuts and raisins, Vegetable chowder with pork and corn, and a buttermilk bread recipe using yeast, milk, and flour, with step by step baking directions and rising times.
The Internal Revenue Service announces the 1919 income tax season opens with Form 1040-A for nets up to 5000 and Form 1040 for higher incomes. Returns and payments are due by March 15 with penalties for late filing. Taxpayers should obtain blanks at once and use the work sheet for accurate computations.
Col E M House of Houston refutes newspaper reports he will engage in national convention politics. He says his visit to Texas is for rest and to mingle with friends and reconnect with Texas affairs.
Internal Revenue Bureau proposes a force of 2500 watchmen to guard 89 million gallons of government bonded liquor. Prohibition Commissioner Kremer told House appropriations committees that Congress should provide 2 million dollars immediately to establish the security detail.
Fort Worth electricians who struck on January 1 for ten dollars per day accepted an eight dollar compromise this week. The contractors guarantee a sixty cent raise on July 4 and to furnish all tools.
A concise statement notes that an engagement ring follows the union of lovers as a symbol of their vows.
Advertisements claim Dee Diamond Dyes provide fadeless color on wool skin wool and mixed fabrics including dresses blouses stockings skirts children’s coats feathers and draperies. The Diamond Dye Color Card helps match any material and instructions explain how to apply. An unrelated line touts Cuticura remedies for scalp itching skin and hands.
An old health ad claims pure blood and clean air prevent flu while promoting Bond's Liver Pills as a cure for constipation biliousness and headaches. The copy asserts poison is eliminated and health improves when using the product priced at a bottle per Be Gat.
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