Farkers Creek Items Describe Local Sickness and Social Life
The column notes typhoid fever afflicting Mrs. Tom Vaughn and others, deaths in the area, and a busy social scene with gatherings at Mr. Boyd and Alice Harper’s birthday. It mentions teachers visiting kin in Rockdale Cameron and Travie, a Baptist Sunday School restart, and local shopping prospects as spring styles appear. An influenza outbreak spans Walker’s Creek and surrounding neighborhoods.
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Tom Vaughn
Georgia Gunn
Homer
D. B Gunn
Will Harper
Alice
Bro
Hall
Guy
W. Y. Self
Rosebud
Ives
Miscellany of sayings and quick wits from old columns
A collection of quips and learned asides. The notes span jokes about aging, religion, and politics. It mentions a minister, a rabbi, and a boy with a covered vessel. Dre. W. D. Hunter reports peat in Mississippi lowlands. Attorney General Hadley cites a Standard Oil case. Mexico updates its coinage. The overall theme mocks profit chasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Standard Oil Co
Missouri
Dr King New Life Pills Promote Digestive Health
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King New Life Pills to ease constipation and prevent related abdominal issues. It cites Pace Marshall and Co's druggists as retailers and promotes painless regulation of stomach liver and bowels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Pace-Marshall & Co
Piano Tuning by Chas Mode sett in Cameron Texas
Do not take chances with piano tuning hire an experienced workman who tunes pianos and keeps in tune for twelve months for five dollars Regular tuning is three dollars High grade pianos tuning is four dollars Satisfaction guaranteed Telephone 169 Cameron Texas CHAS MODESETT
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. Modesett
Cameron
Texas
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Effective for Weather Ailments
Farmer George D. Rudy of Camwo n Texas praises Doan's Kidney Pills for back pain and kidney discomfort worsened by changing weather. He reports relief after short use and notes others who tried it also had satisfactory results. Sold by Reese & Soap's drug store and all dealers. Foater-Milburn Co., Buffalo NY sole US agent. Remember the name Doan's. 36-4¢
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doan
Cameron
George D. Rudy
Camwon
Texas
Reese & Soap’s Drug Store
Dean
Venta
Foater-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan’e
Cupid and Miss Montgomery Heal a Wounded Heart Tale
Dick Fremont in a rundown mood suffers aches and a weak pulse as he contemplates doctors and self treatment. Miss Montgomery arrives as a doctor, learns of his illness, and offers a cautious, hopeful cure through trust and a simple prescription.
Rector Learns of Bettys Death in Gossip Dismay
A village scene unfolds as the rector, returning day, learns of a parishioner Giles and Betty amid rumors. Gossip swirls about Betty, described as a lazy jade, with townsfolk debating morals, marriage, and a mare’s death. The rector criticizes the chatter, urging restraint and truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Giles
Pearances
Darfair
Walt
Lourton Globe
The Properties of Cocoa Leaf and Jack the Terrier Tale
A historical note discusses cacao leaf use and the alkaloid cocaine as a hunger suppressant and nerve depressant with cautions on medical supervision. It also recounts Sir Henry Hawkins Reminiscences about his terrier Jack asking if he would attend divine service and the dog’s reaction to dry sermons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hawkins
Lord Brampton
Jack
Perfect Lemonade Recipe From Historic Fragment
A fragment describes lemon juice and zest combined with sugar to make lemonade. The process mentions using three lemons for a quart, including the rind, and dissolving sugar, with hot water poured over the mixture and covered briefly during preparation. The text appears incomplete and imprecise.
From the Gallery A Triangle in a Boarding House Romance
Esther a pale, shy girl from a East Side boarding house shares a night at Romeo and Juliet with Mr. Stubbins a well meaning suitor who proposes on the steps only to be rejected as Esther sees the play as a doorway to a different life. The audience recalls earlier talk of marriage while boarders offer cautious advice about love and work. Esther wonders if theater can change her fate.
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May Montgomery
Let
Tunele Ben
Shore Acres
Esther
Mr. Stubbins
East Side
Stomeo
Juliet
Stubbins
Romeo
Stove
Tromeo
Jim
Edness
Dutch Vessel Rescues Castaway Pardoned For Pluck
A Dutch ship returning from the West Indies anchors off a desolate island where a castaway faces mock discipline and death. The Dutch captain digs up a coffin, saves the survivor, and grants pardon in recognition of his bold effort to escape.
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St. Stelena
Indies
Cape
Berber
Havin
East
Remarkable Whale Island Formed Near TOR Mouth
The roaring tidal work near TOR mouth created a new island from excavated mud, named Whale Island after its whale back profile at high tide. It grew to thirty seven acres, housing over 1,800 personnel with a pier and caretaker quarters under Royal Navy training use.
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Tor
Sito
London Graphic
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Miss Dockery
Buchanan
Maysfield
Charley Mitchell
Annie Lou
Willie
Boyd
Lucy Mae Hastings
Rockdale
Mr. Giles Todd
Lula Chamberlain
Baptists
Luther Bailey
Traviie
Hugar Slaughter
Ben Arnold
Jennie Lester
Hattie Majors of
Mrs. McCall
Walker's Creek
Jane Prairie
W.P. Bounds
Collie
Joe Hickman
Mr. Hickman
Anothe Hter
Range
Tovel
Puck
Joshua
Dre. W. D. Hunter
Mississippi
Mexico
Cupid
E. C. Parcella
Dick Fremont
Tie
Ible
C. St. Sutcliffe
Pepy
McCottin
Wate
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