Ten Things Farmers Should Do in May
Plan marketing via co operatives to improve profits and avoid losses. Screen houses to deter pests and prevent breeding. Start a green sod front yard to replace bare dirt. Keep cultivators and harrows busy to prep June crops. Prepare for corn and pig clubs and canning club for youth. Inspect harvest equipment and seed supplies. Plant eggplants peppers pumpkins squash tomatoes corn and extend pea bean seedings. Encourage diverse plantings to reduce feed costs next year. Consider a second watermelon planting for added yield.
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Coleman
Ahboob Bil Bryan and the Future Presidents
A folk verse recounts Ahboob Bil Bryan awaking at midnight and meeting an angel who writes the names of future presidents. The angel refuses his request but later places Ahboob first among famous names in the imagined list, alongside others in the Conning Tower.
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Ahboob Bil Bryan
Ahboob
Gee! Bil Bryan
T. Ro
Comanche inviting boarders for Summer Normal
The people of Comanche who wish to take boarders during the Summer Normal will please communicate with Supt. R. F. Holloway or J. B. Layne giving the number of boarders they desire and the price of board.
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Comanche
Supt
R. F. Holloway
J.b.layne
Salloyn Complexion Remedy Ad Reflects Herbal Liver Tonic
Salloyn complexion is attributed to a torpid liver. Herbine purifies and strengthens the liver and bowels and restores the rosy bloom of health to the cheek. Price 50 cents. Sold by S. P. Smith.
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S. P. Smith
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Quick Liver Cleanse
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, plant based remedy to replace calomel for bowel cleansing. It claims quick relief from sluggishness and constipation and asserts no salivation or side effects, suitable for children.
Indian Gap Organizes a Good Roads Club
The Indian Gap School District held a meeting in the school auditorium on Saturday, April 17 and formed a Good Roads Club. Officers elected were J. P. Mitchell president, J. J. Strain vice president, and D. A. Benton secretary. The club plans regular monthly meetings and an overseer system to improve road conditions with available funds and labor. The school reports good attendance with one month remaining. the track team trains for a Dallas area meet on May 7, and Home Economics Week starts May 10 with strong interest.
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Indian Gap School District
Good Roads Club
J. P. Mitchell
J. J. Strain
D. A. Benton
Austin
Hamilton Herald
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Helpful in Comanche Case
Comanche resident C W Carnes details kidney trouble years ago with dull back pains and urinary issues. He reports Doan's Kidney Pills brought great benefit after tried remedies failed. Price 50 cents at dealers. FosterMilburn Co. Buffalo New York sells the product.
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Dean
C. W. Carnes
Doan
Mr. Carnes
Foster-Milburn, Co
Props
Buffalo
N.Y
Texas Judge Serves Jury Duty Despite Role
Judge R K E Cofer of the University of Texas Law Department practiced what he preached about jury duty. He received notice to appear in county court and served on the jury for a week, choosing to fulfill his civic duty rather than seek exemption.
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R. K E. Cofer
University of Texas Law Department
Ile
University of Texas
Cost difference in food healthfulness favors homemade biscuits
The article notes only a small price gap for baked goods, about one cent per cake or pan of biscuits, and argues the larger value lies in the healthfulness of food made at home.
Suffrage Resolution Voted Down in the House
Austin May 4 The house rejected a resolution asking the attorney general for an opinion on whether the legislature could pass suffrage legislation this session Prohibition was mentioned but no action was taken
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Austin
Verdant Verbine Liver Remedy Ad Presented
An old advertisement touts VERBINE as a powerful liver stimulant claiming dizziness vertigo and other bilious symptoms will disappear after a dose or two. It notes a sallow complexion and flatulence as signs of torpid liver and lists a price and seller S. P. Smith.
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S. P. Smith
Notice to trespassers on Bryson land warns of prosecution
Notice states landowners HL Jim and C V Bryson will prosecute any trespassers for hunting fishing trapping cutting timber hauling wood gathering pecans or damaging property on their land and targets bird dog hunters specifically.
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Jim
C. V. Bryson
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Ad Promotes Quinine Iron
Advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless chill tonic with quinine and iron touted to drive out malaria and build up the system. Claims the formula is printed on every label and notes a 50 cent price.
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GROVE
The War of Business and the Liver Aid
A historical广告-style piece promotes liver health as key to business success. It touts liver ills from sour stomach to malaria, argues Calomel is old, and presents Carswell's Liver Aid as a mild vegetable remedy sold by M. W. Carroll's for 50 cents with a money-back guarantee after trial.
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Dodson
Carswell
M. W. Carroll’s
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