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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
3
Chicago reports claim Entonic users see quick relief from belching bloating and heartburn after meals and lasting benefits from a full course. The ad urges consistent use to purge acids and gases, improves wellbeing, and recommends consulting a pharmacist to spread the word.
An advertisement asserts that “California Syrup of Figs” is the best gentle laxative for children. It emphasizes choosing a bottle bearing the California name and notes the fruity taste and full directions on each package.
An advertisement touts Tetterine as a fast remedy for facial eruptions, pimples, blotches, and eczema. It claims frequent use yields soft, clear skin and notes availability from druggists or by mail for 60 cents from Shuptrine Co., Savannah, Georgia.
An old advertisement touts Vacher Balm for nasal catarrh sunburn itching and soreness claiming rapid relief. It promotes a tube by sending 380c to Dr W Vacher Inc New Orleans with anAgency wanted.
A lemon based facial bleaching tip claims to mix two lemons with Orchard White to create a quarter pint lotion for daily use. It asserts stage beauties use lemon juice to whiten skin and remove freckles or tan, inviting readers to try the mixture.
The bulletin from the United States Department of Agriculture explains the stable fly's bite causes acute pain and heavy losses to horses and cattle. It breeds in decaying vegetable matter and manure, especially with straw. wet straw stacks trigger outbreaks. Spraying is not very effective. proper stable refuse care and straw disposal reduce numbers.
Iowa farmers with the Iowa experiment station and county agents demonstrated summer spraying in 11 orchards across 10 counties. Sprayed trees yielded 7 bushels versus 2% bushels for unsprayed. Sprayed apples sold for 2 to 38 per bushel, unsprayed for 1. Four sprays cost 0 cents per tree for materials labor and depreciation.
Select pure breeds that lay more or larger eggs such as White Leghorns Wyandottes Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Beds Orpingtons. Provide dry clean vermin proof shelter and good care, collect eggs often especially in heat, store dry and cool, wash dirty eggs at home, market regularly for cash based on size and quality. Use attractive packaging and consider combining shipments for economy.
A USDA crop report shows Texas crops generally favorable with 60 percent normal for potatoes. Winter wheat on farms remains light, potatoes, sweet potatoes, rice and broomcorn vary in acreage and condition while peanuts reach 83 percent of 1919 planting and other crops show mixed conditions across the state.
Five weeks before the opening ceremony thirty nations have entered the Antwerp games. China and British India appear as new probable competitors. Chile and Brazil are the only South American entrants. Mexico will field contestants in several events. Other listed nations include Australia Belgium Canada Denmark Egypt Spain the United States England France Great Britain Greece Holland Italy Japan Luxembourg Norway New Zealand Portugal Poland South Africa Roumania Sweden Switzerland Czecho-Slovakia and Jugoslavia.
John D Rockefeller celebrated his 81st birthday quietly at his Pocantico Hills estate on Thursday. He is a prominent figure in American industry noted for wealth and philanthropy. The report places the event at his estate in New York.
Goliad Texas reports a rural teacher shortage as County Superintendent Bossie B Haydon cites over twenty open rural positions with very few applicants.
Georges Carpentier the French boxer was among 5000 passengers aboard four liners sailing from New York on a weekend departure to European ports.
An 19th or early 20th century style ad extols Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel. It claims quick relief from biliousness headaches and constipation and promises no salivation or sickness unlike calomel. The copy even suggests giving it to children and humorously notes Edgar Allan Poe.
An advertisement touts Bayer Tablets of Aspirin as genuine and safe for over twenty years. It notes doctors prescribe it for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and flu. Boxes of 12 cost a few cents and larger packages are sold by druggists.
An old advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as the top treatment for kidney liver and bladder ailments. It claims mild rapid relief from a vegetable formula and offers a sample bottle for ten cents. It urges readers to act immediately and mentions leaders watch events.
A jumble of old advertisements tout Danderine for hair growth and dandruff removal, claiming new life and thickness. Other spots promote Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for babies and skin care, alongside a medical worm remedy claiming effective results after one dose.
A brief, ad style note claims that occasional nightly use of Roman Hye Balsam prevents and relieves tired eyes and watery eye symptoms. It attributes the claim to Ady and presents no corroborating details or clinical evidence.
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