Messenger Masthead Notes Advertising Shifts in Transit Era
The Grapeland Messenger reflects on changing advertising value from fence signs to city print, noting road signs need fresh, costly displays as travelers glimpse them. Miss Verda Townley departs to Columbus to become chief operator, bringing experience from several exchanges. Jailer’s family hosts Easter visit from local figures including Mayor R. T. Weemmorelin.
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Grapeland Messenger
Messenger
Miss Verda Townley
Columbus
Telephone Exchange
Miss Verda
Saaaeneaneer
No Worms to a Healthy Child Patent Medicine Ad
An OCR fragment promotes a patent medicine claiming to cure worms and improve a child's color and digestion. The ad emphasizes a pleasant taste and lists a price of six cents per bottle, aiming at concerned parents seeking a health tonic.
Wit Laughter Echoes Through Jokes and Tales
A candid collection of jokes and humorous vignettes from a bygone era features farmers, doctors, lawyers, and everyday folks. The patter covers flirtations, miscommunications, misadventures, wedding quips, and playful one liners, preserving period tone and local flavor.
Courtship and unequal yardwork in a racial anecdote
A white man remarks to a Black laborer named Rastus about a brush with more bristles, joking that it would let him do twice as much work. Rastus retorts that he has not twice as much to do. The scene reflects casual racial dynamics of the era. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Walker and children from Houston visited Will Walker and family with a Briscoe car.
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Winnipegosis
Begorra
Rastus
Mistah Smith
Mr. Smith
Mistah South
Raston
Frank Walker
Houston
Will Walker
Hayes Healing Honey Cough Remedy Boasts Nine In One
To stop a cough quick, Hayes Healing Honey bundles nine remedies in one carton. The combined treatment cost is described as a bargain, with the advice to ask your druggist for Hayes Healing Honey.
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Telephone
Colorado County
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Assec
Cass
Josie Westonland
Burr
le Wharten
R. T. Weemmorelin
Felcher
Johnny
Ethyl
Doctor
Tommy
Elsie
Mother
Mamma
Tim
Jim
Pat
Nitro Bill
England
Mrs. Green
Hlsband
George
Bil
Bob Jones
Ell
Bob 'E
Bobby
Ike
Grim Reaper
Uncle Dick
Mary
Louise
Betty
Mars
Keeper of Peace
Missouri
EAGLE
Aries
Sandie
Esos
Lin
Michelins
Frank
Atepheng CO
Asaya
Eagle Lake Lumber Company
Poe
RAI
Guaranty Fund of Texas
Guaranty Fund
The
Gagle Lake State Bank
Gagle Lake
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