Rural problems highlighted by Texas Chamber official
Sherman Texas February nine space. James Z George vice president and general manager of the Texas Chamber of Commerce spoke to an overflow crowd at the first monthly members council. He said industrial growth hinges on agriculture and urged credit for farmers to own farms and stable markets for crops. He urged aid to rural schools and advised surveying local conditions to attract factories by expanding small existing industries.
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Sherman
Texas
James Z. George
Texas Chamber of Commerce
George
Mr. George
Hall’s Catarrh Medicine Ad Promises Reward
An advertisement offers a one hundred dollar reward for incurable catarrh and claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh by acting through the blood. It touts thirty five years of reliability, urges immediate use, and promises testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio with druggists carrying the product.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Ail
Nashville Woman Credits Tanlac for Health Return
Mrs. W. Binkley of West Nashville credits Tanlac with a 22 pound gain and relief from long illness. She suffered eighteen years with a weak stomach and intolerance to milk, avoiding operation after taking Tanlac. She praises the medicine and lists local Comanche, Duster, Moran, Beattie, Lamkin areas where it is sold.
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Tarlac
W. Binkley
Illinois Ave
West Nashville
Comanche
Hamilton Drug Co
Duster
Tomlin Drug Co
Moran
E. A. Chastain
Beattie R. F. D
A. Clements
Lamkin Ty Carmichael & Cavle
Martin's Wonderful Blue Bug Killer Notice
An old advertisement claims Blue Bugs and bloodsucking insects can be banished by Martin's Wonderful Blue Bug Killer with a guarantee. It warns kidney disease symptoms require instant attention and promotes Prickly Ash Bitters for elderly men. Price listed as $1.25 per bottle through Hamilton Drug Co. and Wm. Reese Drug Co. agents.
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Martin
Hamilton Drug Co
Wm. Reese Drug Co
Industrial Census to Start March First Nationwide
Washington reports the industrial census will begin March 1 with 200 enumerators needed across districts. A US special agents team will head operations from state headquarters to collect statistics on plants mines quarries oil gas wells forestry and wages. Former soldiers sailors and Marines will receive priority for the work.
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Washington
Sam L. Rogers
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Promoted For Winter Cold Relief
A promotional blurb notes that a cold costs time and money, advises rest, and praises Chamberlains Cough Remedy as speeding recovery. It suggests a bottle in every home as a prudent winter and spring investment for health and productivity.
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Chamberlain
Black-Draught Regulates Bowels and Restores Strength
An herbal product marketed as a bowel regulator called Black-Draught. claims to aid digestion and liver function, restore strength and buoyancy. Advertises Paris Smith as the seller.
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Paris Smith
For the Children Cough Remedy Favored by Mothers
The passage urges careful choice of children's cough medicine, noting it should be pleasant to take contain no harmful drugs and be effective. It highlights Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as meeting these conditions and being a favorite among mothers.
No Occupation, A Mother's Daily Labor in Verse
A poem by Elsie Duncan portrays a mother’s relentless daily routine from dawn to night. It highlights cooking cleaning laundry mending childcare and helping with lessons, while census lists her as having no occupation. The piece underscores traditional domestic roles and the unseen labor of motherhood.
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Searce
Elsie Duncan
Aspirin trademarked Bayer name on genuine tablets
An old notice describes the Bayer genuine aspirin package listing uses such as colds pain neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes the Bayer name as a trusted prescription for nineteen years and mentions tin boxes sold for a few cents.
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Bayer
Rhea
Scidealer
Halieynani
Pape's Cold Compound Promises Fast Relief from Colds
A vintage ad touts Pape's Cold Compound as rapid relief for severe colds. It claims three two hour doses break up the illness, opening nasal passages, stopping nose running, easing headache and feverishness, and costs only a few cents at drug stores.
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Pape
Grippe
Texas Family Recovers After Flood Health Decline
A Galveston family describes severe post flood illness from 1900 exposure. They credit Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery with restoring health and endurance. Mrs Moss and Mrs Finn praise the remedy and Pleasant Pellets for stomach and liver regulation.
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Galveston
Texas
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
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