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Floresville Chronicle Journal

Location

Floresville, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1908

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Wallace Branch Items Aug. 11 Farm activity and social notes

Aug 11 farmers stay busy gathering crops with high demand for cotton pickers and corn handlers. Several locals loaded two cars in days past. Woodmen unveiled in Stockdale drew H D Spear and families among attendees. Notices of visits, a concert, travel, and family illnesses follow with county names and local names. Keep watch for next week.

A. C Arthur Harrison L. C. Carr J. B. Sheppard Stockdale H. D. Spear Lee Pope J. H. Sutherland A. €. Harrison Claude Jordan Wade Spear John Lott Mr. Adcock Sunnyside Chil

Ballard's Snow Liniment Promises Quick Relief

The ad urges readers to respond to the first ache or pain with Ballard's Snow Liniment. It claims immediate relief for rheumatism and other troubles, urging busy people not to neglect early signs. Palace Drug Store is listed as the seller.

Ballard Itill Palace Drug Store

Weather, births, and local notes from Witting Texas

Lavaca County notes report hot and dry cotton conditions with expected bale yields. Local events include a baby boy birth to Mr and Mrs Chas Apt, a relapse of a saloon keeper illness, a house light scare ending with forgotten exit light, and the rural post office closure August 15 due to Moulton route extension. A child's death near Julius Breitkrentz is noted with funeral rites conducted by Rev Wm Dzie Was.

Witting Texas Wm. Oster Chas. Apts Sam A. Stratmann Wm. Pundt Moulton Julius Breit

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve Ad Claim

An advertisement asserts DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Hazel Salve is the original superior product among imitators, claiming cleansing cooling and soothing effects and urging purchase from all druggists.

DeWitt

Local Visit Notes and Roving Residents

Sutherland Springs reports visitors and relocations with Prof. Gullett and Sheriff Wright from Floresville in town yesterday. Katie and Effie Warren of Colorado visit relatives here, while Mrs R M Herndon paid a La vernia visit Monday. Joe Sheehy in Floresville Tuesday, and E T Burris and family of San Antonio vanessa. J F Spence and Jack Sutherland employed at a gin at Lacoste. W C Craighead and G Chaney returned from Alice with horses. Dick Clampett trips to El Paso. Frank Clifton pumps for the Railway during his absence. James Hall and family of Seg camping at the atre in P. Sheehy returns yesterday from Karnes City visit.

Gullett Sheriff Wright Floresville Katie Effie Warren Colorado R. M. Herndon Lavernia Joe Sheehy E .T. Burris San Antonio Vanessaa J. F. Spence Jack Sutherland Lacoste W. C. Craighead Chaney

Union Letter Highlights Local Transfers and Incidents

Aug 11 dispatch notes S. E. Johnson selling farm east of Union to Mack Spear and J. H. Montgomery selling 200 acres east of Pandora to C. Sikes. Rufus Warner dies after a horse kick. A tank bathing party at Mr. Irvin's pond leads to minor injuries. Lowell Patterson bitten by moccasin. nephew Pat Hastings treats wound with no serious results.

Union Pandora S. E. Johnson Mack Spear J. H. Montgomery C. Sikes Rufus Warner Mr. Irvin Lowell Patterson Pat Hastings S. .E. Johnson Will Floresville Denville Everett Reed Rancho

Granulated Sore Eyes Cured by Salve Trial

Martin Boyd of Henriette Kentucky says twenty years of granulated sore eyes ended after using Chamberlain s Salve. A February 1908 purchase, one box consumed, left his eye trouble gone. Sale by M M Hughes.

Martin Boyd Henriette, Ky M. M. Hughes

Electric Bitters praised by San Jose resident

Mrs. M. M. Davison of 376 Gif ford Ave San Jose California extols Electric Bitters as a superior family remedy for headache biliousness and liver and bowel torpor noting greater digestive health than any other remedy in a bottle. Sold under guarantee at Palace Drug Store for 50 cents. A newlywed from Georgetown faced desertion charges after marrying two weeks prior.

M. M. Davison Gifford Ave San Jose Cal Palace Drug Store

Alamo City Commercial and Business College Ad

The advertisement for Alamo City Commercial and Business College promotes practical business training with up-to-date courses and skilled teachers. It notes 25 years of uninterrupted success under Shafer and Downey, proprietors, with a fall opening on September 1st at Houston and Soledad Streets in San Antonio, Texas.

Alamo City Commercial and Business College Houston and Soledad Streets San Antonio Texas Shafer & Downey

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E. B. Chandler K. Crockett St San Antonio Tex Wallace Branch Dren Fatheree Will. Edmonson Kenedy Mary Lou Sheppard California Florence Sutherland Lavaca County Krentz Wm. Dzie Uncle Sam Sutherland Springs G. H. Cone Georgetown United States Army the Home of Business Education John Griffith Company
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