White Point Notices and Red Cross Nursing News
White Point notes discuss changing the sermon schedule with Bro Keen and a larger crowd expected, plus a pastor’s return and Sunday school planning. Also mentions Elsie Tupin’s illness and Red Cross Nursing Bureau announcing about 4 000 nurses registered in Washington and Ballard’s cough remedy advert.
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White Point
Keenes
Keener
Elsie Tupin
Rmony
Red Cross Bureau of Information
Washington
Dobe
Atiae
Red Cross
City Ordinance Prohibits Explosives Within Comanche Texas
City of Comanche adopts an ordinance banning storing and transporting dynamite and nitroglycerine within five blocks of the public square and forbidding firing high explosives in the city. Violators face misdemeanor charges with fines from ten to one hundred dollars and the ordinance takes effect after publication.
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Comanche
Texas
City Coune
Dupois
Saidity
C. M. Moore
Han
Obituary and community notes from Zion Hill area
Obituary chronicles the 1920 death of William Lucius Tiner born 1855 in Carlton South Carolina and buried February 5 1920 at Zion Hill. He left eight children three surviving including Mrs Rachel Boynton Jesse and Ami Tiner and wife Frances Ashkins. The piece notes his church life and daughter-in-law death same day, then adds local announcements on illness school sports singing classes and community events in Beatty Sipe Springs and Beattie.
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William Lucius Tiner
Mr. Tiner
Carlton
South Carolina
Texas
Missionary Baptist Church
Frances Miriam Ashkins
Gracie Samuels
de Leon
Rachel Boynton
Logan Gap
Jesse
Ami Tiner
Zion Hill Cemetery
Easley
Kacie Samuels
Jesus
Newt Davis
Trinity
Beattie
Wise Man's Preparedness Healing Remedy Ad
An early antiseptic remedy advertises Far ris Healing Remedy as economical and effective against cuts wounds and scratches. A 50c bottle allegedly yields $2.00 worth of healing oil or ointment with money back satisfaction, sold by The Cash Store Proctor and retailers J W Carter Hasse and Stone and Truett.
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Farris
Comanche
J. W. Carter
Hasse
Stone & Truett
Proctor
Bowel Regulator HERBINE Promises Clear Digestion
Irregular bowels lead to chronic constipation and impurities. HERBINE is advertised as a bowel regulator that purifies the System, vitalizes the blond and puts the digestive organs in vigorous condition. Selby Paris Smith.
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Selby Paris Smith
That Grim White Spectre Pneumonia Remedy Ad
An old newspaper style ad urges readers to take Mansfield's Cough Balsam for pneumonia after a neglected cough or cold. It promotes two price points 50 cents and one dollar, implying household sale. The phrasing reflects period medical advertise language.
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Mansfield
Eatonic
Local Visitors Gather for Weekend Edgarstown Social
Feb 10 notes list Mrs Burrow and children from western Texas visiting the Smedleys. J T Bacon of Waco visits daughter Mrs L L Ritchie. Miss Della Gray spends weekend with Soda Spring kin. Miss Kate Ripley surprised at a singing. Gerald Matthews and Aubrey Beene return from Roby. Estelle Cannon visits kin near Sidney. Beene hosts a singing. W A Robertson family visits Mercer's Gap. Prentice and Leitha Hodge of Mt Pleasant attend singing.
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Roby
Estelle Cannon
Idney
W. S. Beene
W. A. Robertson
Mercer‘s Gap
Prentice
Leitha Hodge
Mt. Pleasant
Spartan Woman Suffered Untold Tortures
A brief item notes women sought remedies labeled Femenina for female disorders priced at 50 cents and one dollar, signaling a perhaps sensational medical ad from the era.
La Creole Hair Dressing Restores Lustre for $1
Advertises La Creole Hair Dressing promising to restore beauty to gray, harsh, or stiff hair. Claims offer a luxurious head of hair and renewed shine for a price of one dollar. Describes the product as coveted by many but possessed by few.
Cemetery Work at Hazeldell February 18
The Chief Exponent notes a graveyard working at Hazeldell on February 18, a Wednesday. Residents are invited to bring dinners and stay all day as there is extensive labor to complete led by T. L. Conaway.
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Hazeldell
T. L. Conaway
Mansfield’s Magic Arnica Liniment Ad Card
Immediate attention recommended for sprains swelling bruises rheumatism and neuralgia. Mansfield’s Magic Arnica Liniment is advertised with three sizes priced 25 cents 50 cents and 1.00 dollar for home use and first aid relief.
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Mansfield
Bal lard’s Snow Liniment in damp weather demand grows
In damp chilly weather many people prepare to apply Bal lard’s Snow Liniment for rheumatic aches and pains. It is sold by Paris Smith.
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Paris Smith
Ballard
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Chicago
Kahn Bros. Incorporated
Burks Mercantile Co
S.T
South Side Square
Nora Robertson
Smith Green
Methodist Church
Bro. Carter
the Baptist
Ed Welch
Hodge Brown
Elisha Butler
E. W. Grove
Renee Baxen
Wueever Manufacturme Compa Es
Martin-Fugatt Motor Sales
J.C. C. Martin
TFY
E. V. Fugatt
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