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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
7
An advertisement touts Themista remedy EATONIO for acid stomach and related symptoms. It claims over half a million users saw relief, with the drug available at druggists and a money back guarantee if not satisfactory. First tablet often provides relief.
The article describes a practice where a Chinese woman crossing a muddy road uses a boy as a stepping stone. She gives him a small coin in return for his kneeling on the mud so she can walk over him.
Mrs J A Studer of Asheville North Carolina describes a run down condition with nervousness weakness insomnia and low mood. She credits Cardus tonic after her sister recommended it and reports improved appetite sleep and energy noting she felt well and strong again. The ad urges readers to ask their druggist about it.
Chicago Tribune report recalls a man returning home to find his mother and sister present as four playing cards lay on the living room floor. The anecdote highlights a long remembered moment of luck and embarrassment from a quiet afternoon.
An old advertisement vows rapid relief for nasal catarrh sunburn itching or soreness with Vacher Balm described as harm free and cooling. It urges keeping it handy and offers a mail order option sending 80 cents for a tube to B. W. Vacher Inc New Orleans with lab agents sought.
Willis Bump asserts colonial stock and ancestral ties to duck witches. He states his forebears dodged witchcraft accusations while the collector and judge remain referenced as descendants in the tale.
A girl who is unhappy with a man chooses not to tell him directly. She avoids confrontation and expresses her displeasure through indirect actions and behavior rather than words.
Governor Hobby signed a $4,000,000 appropriation for Texas public schools describing it as the greatest measure for common education. He also signed a tick eradication and dairy herd provision and a county treasurer salary bill boosting pay to 2700 in four large counties, effective ninety days after adjournment.
Samuel Gompers was re-elected president of the American Federation of Labor for the thirty-ninth time at the fortieth convention in Montreal. The vote was nearly unanimous with James A. Duncan the sole dissenter. Denver was chosen to host the 1991 AFL convention, Birmingham discussed, and the league of nations endorsed without reservations despite Irish opposition from the federation’s progressive wing.
The 9,600 ton steel steamship City of Fort Worth was launched Saturday at Carolina Shipbuilding Company. Miss Matzie Bewley Smith of Fort Worth christened the vessel with real champagne, honoring Fort Worth for its Liberty Loan campaign record.
Mexico City reports a 1,800,000 peso treasury shortage due to unsecured loans during the Carranza era. The loans were made by the superior command to General Francisco Murgula and others including Luis Cabrera and Manuel Aguirre Berlanga, an official statement said Friday.
Austin Texas Miss Annie Webb Blanton state superintendent of public instruction estimates the probable per capita apportionment for schools for the 1920 21 season with no increase in property valuations will be 12 70 compared with 8 60 for the present season
Final official ministry of war statistics place French military deaths in the great war at 1,362,872. Details of the fates of 361,854 remain unknown, per the Matla.
The Alouette Oil Company struck oil Monday at a depth of 2551 feet. The well sits a few miles northwest of Mission Texas signaling a new productive site for the company in the region.
A collection of vintage kitchen notes with prunes tapioca pudding oatmeal cookies and fruit salads plus commentary on human life and civilization. It includes detailed recipes for prune whip tapioca pudding maple sponge and several fruit salads using gelatin pineapple pear and peach, ending with a Helen Campbell quotation on civilization.
Druggists report calomel sales drop as Dodson’s Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable tonic is sold with guarantees and promises no harsh side effects, unlike calomel which causes weakness and nausea.
In a Sherman Texas tale Elsie schemes to test her fiancé Fred by arranging a moonlit beach dinner with Maude as a ruse It backfires when Fred reveals his fidelity and the plan unravels in a domestic scene. later Taylor returns home to a startled wife mistaken for a burglar highlighting small town romantic mischief.
A fragment from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes a breezy exchange about the Blitherbys planning a summer with relatives in the country, despite public chatter about a stay at the nation’s premier resort hotel.
A New York reader shares a quirky fishing tip claiming a catfish will bite when fed worms. If the catfish eats, go fishing. if not, stay home. The idea is presented as a reliable way to know when to fish without scouting streams.
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