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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
2
Ninety five percent of mines in this Butler district employ about 5,000 workers but 75 percent are idle due to a car shortage, the Northwestern Coal Operators Association stated today.
Advertisement promoting Prickly Ash Bitters as a remedy for poor digestion constipation and fatigue. Claims purification of the system and invigorating spirits with a price of $1.25 per bottle.
Advertisement extols Casearets as a mild liver and bowel tonic preventing constipation and headaches. Claims the product cleanses waste without griping or harming the system, outselling rivals with 25 million boxes yearly. It emphasizes painless, overnight action and low cost.
Purifies and enriches blood with iron and quinine to improve appetite and vitality. Marketed as a reliable tonic not a patent medicine, with a long history of use in homes for malaria and strength, sold at 60c per bottle.
Washington March 1 United States Senator John Bankhead of Alabama died here today at the age of 78. He passed away shortly before 1 o'clock at his Columbia Road residence after weeks of illness. He was the oldest senator and had served since 1907. His health had been weakening for months and he had been bedridden almost a month.
George F. Daniels of Hardwick VI, proprietor of the Hardwick Inn, praises Chamberlains Tablets as the best laxative after trying many. He notes his sedentary life prompted occasional use and confirms the product’s superiority.
The Supreme Court upheld the 1915 Oklahoma income tax act in appeals by Charles B. Shaffer of Chicago. Shaffer sought to enjoin Oklahoma officials from taxing his nonresident oil holdings, arguing the state had no authority to tax nonresidents.
A brief note describes a product claim to restore vitality and energy by purifying and enriching the bland body. It promises soon felt strengthening and invigorating effects, mentioning a price and Ge currency.
The First National Tank in St Louis notes January foreign trade data show exports rose from December and matched prior-year records. They argue Europe still needs American goods, credit sales soften price shocks, and any declines would be gradual despite lower exchange rates.
Mansfield cough balsam claims to heal inflamed membranes and quiet tickling nerves beneath infected areas. Marketed as invaluable for babies. Price 25e.
A vintage ad promotes Prickly Ash Bitters for men to cleanse the stomach liver and bowels and restore appetite energy and cheerfulness. Priced at 1.25 per bottle with Hamilton Drug Co and Win Reese Drug Co as agents.
A World War era notice claims 1.6 million French soldiers killed or seriously wounded and praises French sacrifices for liberty. It promotes Mayr's Wonder Remedy as a cure for stomach liver and intestinal disorders, including appendicitis, sold by Wim Reese Drug Co and druggists.
Fair weather returns with a drying ground as farmers resume breaking. Local visits include Bud Powers and family, Mrs Hanes of Bibb visiting relatives, and Karl Clark at the Fisher oil well. Soda Springs box supper nets 171 dollars and 41 cents with Tone Gressett and Dolle Mae Lloyd as winners.
An old advertisement touts Bayer aspirin as genuine Aspirin with the Bayer name on packaging. It claims doctors prescribe Bayer tablets for nineteen years and highlights uses for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. Tin boxes of 12 tablets are priced at a few cents.
The ad claims catarrh is curable by constitutional treatment and that Hall's Catarrh Medicine works through the blood to the mucous surfaces. It offers $100 if any case fails to cure, urging readers to send for testimonials from F. J. Cheenily & Co of Toledo, Ohio, and notes it is sold by druggists for 1. Tic.
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