Trial date set in Brownwood murder case
Grand jury indicts George Hornsby alias Scott for the J. N. Weatherby killing in Brownwood. Sheriff Pugh transfers Hornsby from Fort Worth, eight hour auto trip completed by 4 p.m. Trial scheduled for Monday January 17 with 144 jurors to be summoned. Brownwood lawyers Meiser Rives Kirkpatrick defend. prosecution by Walter Early. Weatherby relatives hire Wilkinson McGaugh to assist.
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Brownwood
Brown County
George Floensby
Free
Scott
J. N. Weatherby
Pugh
Hornsby
Fort Worth
Hertise
Tarrant County
Hise
Jude Woodward
Birmingham
Ala
Messes
Mark Mesier
Ld. Rives
Arnold Kirkpatrick
Woman Avoids Operation After Pinkham Treatment
Mrs. J F of Star North Carolina reports relief after seven months using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. Two doctors had warned her surgery was needed but she regained health and can work again. The letter advocates the remedy and notes many others benefited.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Hicks couple leaves for Dallas after visit with Chilton
Mr and Mrs George Hicks spent a few days with her father Mr Joe Chilton and departed for Dallas on Saturday morning.
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George Hicks
Joe Chilton
Dallas
Hoover fund drive for Europe relief begins in Arkansas
Pigs Butt Arkansas January 6 a campaign to raise funds for starving Europeans has begun within the locality. The effort aims to aid relief overseas while addressing poverty at home.
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Ark
Tanlac Restores Kansas Man’s Health and Strength
James S. Hays of Kansas City Kansas states Tanlac rebuilt his health after a severe flu left him weak constipated and with headaches dizziness and back pain. He reports four bottles restored appetite energy weight gain and sound sleep and urges others to contact him for a testimonial. Tanlac is sold by Hamilton Drug Co and leading druggists.
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Tanlac
James S. Hays
Shawnee Roads
Ciy Street
Kansas City
Kansas
Comanche
Hamilton Drug Co
Delta Couple wed at Lake Creek home
Louis Taylor and Pearl Owens were married Thursday morning at the brides parents home near Lake Creek with Rev. Joe McClain officiating. They will live on the Taylor farm near Charleston and in the Delta community where they are well regarded.
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Louis Taylor
Pearl Owens
Moriage
Lake Creek
Joe McClain
Taylor
Charleston
Delta
Louis
Senetum
Delta Courier
W. H. Owens
Comanche
Diversified farming pays this man well
Stephenville Texas January fifth Alfred Ray a young farmer six miles northwest of town has built a fine Erath county farm through diversified and dairy farming He maintains a bank account uses large mules drives a popular priced car His crops include cotton corn oats cane potatoes tomatoes and melons He keeps ten Jersey cows a flock of brown Leghorn chickens and a drove of giant bronze turkeys His slogan is Lets live at home.
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Stephenville
Texas
Alfred Ray
Erath County
Ray
Jersey
Hall's Family Remedies Advertises Constipation Aid
All'e Catarrh W. GLE Notary Public. Medicine is on internally and acts through the Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the System. Bend for ptimensie, free. J. CHEN Sold by all the Hall's Family EY & CO., Toledo, O. wists, Te ls for constipation.
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J. Chen
EY & CO
Toledo
O. Wists
Cleburne Ties With The Houston Heights
Austin Tex Jan 8 North and south Texas battled mud and rain in a high school football state championship tie. Cleburne and Houston Heights fought scoreless four quarters with many fumbles and no field goals, prompting talks of a rematch on neutral ground within the month.
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Austin
Tex
North
South Texas
Cleburne
Houston Heights
Houston
North Texas
Corpus Christi
Brownwood Crowd waits for Fatty Arbuckle at depot
A large Brownwood crowd gathered at the Santa Fe depot to glimpse Fatty Arbuckle as he supposedly passed through en route from California to New York. The train arrived about two hours late, at nine o'clock, but Arbuckle was not aboard nor was a notable drummer present to entertain the crowd.
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Brownwood
Santa Fe
Fatty” Arbuele
Moving Picture
California
New York
West
Filmdon
How Doctors Treat Colds and the Flu
A vintage ad-style column promotes Calotabs as the preferred cure for colds and the flu. It claims rapid relief, no nausea, and a purified system after one tablet at bedtime. Druggists sell Calotabs in sealed packages for thirty five cents.
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Lienta
McElroy Takes Over Blue Front on Depot Street
Notice from S V McElroy announcing the rental of the Blue Front McElroy restaurant on Depot Street to Mr J M Lee. He asks old friends and patrons to patronize the new tenant and expects he will serve the public in a satisfactory manner.
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Depot Street
Blue Front
McElroy Restaurant
J. M. Lee
S. V. McElroy
Ballard’s Snow Liniment Offered in Three Sizes
Relief for aching joints rheumatic pains and neuralgia through a rubbing application. Ballard's Snow Liniment is described as a powerful penetrating remedy sold by Paris Smith in three sizes priced 30c 60c and 1.20 per bottle.
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Ballard
Paris Smith
No More Insurance On Fall Grain This Season
An insurance notice from J Ro Eanes & Co urges farmers to plan for spring grain and cotton insurance starting March 1 1921. They offer farm property coverages and two farm policy plans with extended payment terms and low risk notes, claiming twenty years in Comanche with full paid losses.
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Comanche
J. Ro. Eanes & CO
Dimple Knees on Street Big Sensation in McKinney
In McKinney Texas on January 12 a stylish young woman appeared with bare knees in wintry weather, drawing astonished stares as she walked the street. The piece contrasts current fashion with older, more modest attire, noting wool hose and furs versus knee dresses and bare knees.
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McKinney
Texas
Jupiter Pluvius
Winter
Poor Milwaukee man rejects fifty thousand bequest
John Wagner a 51 year old moulder in West Milwaukee turned down a $50 000 bequest claiming he is not the man named in a will that cites his rescue of Mrs. Otto Burlingame from the Mississippi near Rock Island Illinois about thirty years ago Relatives say Wagner once used the name Stein after moving from Germany and note a sunstroke memory gap that may explain the mix up The will names John Stein the rescuer from Buffalo New York as a girl.
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Milwaukee, Wis
John Wagner
Milwaukee
Wagner
John Stein
Otto Burlingame
Rock Island
Germany
Stein
Prickly Ash Bitters Promoted By Drug Firms
Advertising copy touts Prickly Ash Bitters as the best remedy to restore digestive tone. It claims to purify stomach, liver and bowels with a $1.25 per bottle price and lists Hamilton Drug Co. and Wm. Reese Co. as special agents.
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Hamilton Drug Co
Wm. Reese Co
Hall Family Welcomes New Baby Boy
Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Hall rejoice at the birth of a son arriving Tuesday morning.
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A. G. Hall
Citation by publication in Comanche County Texas court
Public notice orders A Ward to publish weekly citations for four weeks to appear April 18 1921 in the Comanche District Court for suit 6008 by Lord Holloway against A A Ward regarding land described in Franklin Addition Comanche Texas. The petition alleges seizure and possession of parcels in Comanche County.
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SJATH
Texas
Comanche County
A. Ward
Sind Judicial District
Dyatest
Sind
Lord Holloway
A. A. Ward
Comanche
State of Texas
J. Hart
M. S&. Gaines
Franklin
N. EE
Ward Addition
City of
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