No Animals in Japan and a Banquet in Floresville
The piece notes Japan’s scarcity of domestic animals, with cows, pigs, goats, and sheep largely absent, while horses and bears are mentioned. It contrasts Japanese landscapes with foreign use of animals and recalls a Floresville dinner hosted by J. H. Brown at the White House Restaurant, praising the hospitality, music, and lavish feast enjoyed by guests.
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Japan
Finch
Floresville
J. H. Brown
White House
Children Day Program At Methodist Church May 31
The program for Childrens Day at the Methodist church on Sunday May 31 begins at 11 0 clock with songs by the Sunday School responsive readings and prayers. Dwight Zook Roland Treen Minnie Lee Johnson and Vida Scott perform recitations duets and solos. A collection will fund Sun day School aid for needy conferences.
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Methodist Church
Dwight Zook
Hushabye
Chain of Gold
Misses McDaniel
Vida Scott
Minnie Lee Johnson
W. H. Mitchell
Gloria Patri
Dr Shoop Pink Pain Tablets Promised Pain Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop’s Pink Pain Tablets as a universal pain killer. It claims relief within 20 minutes by reducing blood pressure toward pain centers, selling 20 tablets for 25 cents through all dealers.
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Shoop
Dr. Shoop
Woman’s role in shaping a husband and world
A reflective line attributes the making of a good husband to a wife rather than divine intervention, suggesting Providence placed Eve in the world to finish Adam. The remark frames marriage as a corrective, moral influence attributed to female partnership.
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Lord
Eve
Adam
Hall's Catarrh Cure and Related Advertisements
An 1890s style advertisement bundle promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward offer and testimonials from Toledo wholesalers Walding Kinnan Marvin. Also references Dr Shoop Night Cure and a murder case continuance in San Antonio district court. The packages urge internal use, provide pricing, and claim free testimonials and confidential medical advice.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
F. J. Cheney
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin
O. Halls
May Fields
District Court
San Antonio
Matrimony as Privilege Not Prison Says Druggist Ad
An era of love and humor promotes marriage as a privilege with slogans about Specks by Bain The Druggist. A promotional line touts Bees Laxative Cough Syrup as a guaranteed remedy for coughs and bronchial issues, marketed as child friendly and pleasant to take at Palace Drug Store.
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Palace Drug Store
Evergreen Shooting Club May Feast Crowns Queen and King
The Evergreen Shooting Club held its annual May feast at Camp Ranch with Miss Norma Albert elected May queen and Raymond Albert as king. The Waldheim Band played and evening shooting contests took place while Norma Albert and Raymond Albert were recognized amid refreshments and cheerful crowds. BILL SNORT notes visiting friends from Hobson and milking 21 cows with help from his daughters.
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Camp Ranch
Evergreen Shooting Club
Norma Albert
Raymond Albert
Waldheim
Henry Bella
Mamie Hill
Hobson
Mama
Lavaca County
Bill
Floresville High School Commencement at Opera House
Floresville High School held its commencements Monday night in the opera house. The program featured a salutatory by Joseph J. Hester, essays by Lois Tipton and Lena Mae Scott, orations on the New South and Robert E. Lee, songs by Mrs. Johnson's class, and the valedictory Our After Self by Sallie Cocke. Diplomas were presented by Prof. Menefee, with Rev. A L Scarborough delivering the closing address.
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Floresville Opera House
Floresville” High School
R. H. Johnson
Sallie Cocke
A. L. Scarborough
Menefee
Local Merchant Praises DeWitt's Kitney and Bladder Pills
Mr. John Ribas of Vinisy Iowa endorses DeWitt's Kitney and Bladder Pills after a year of selling them. He cites dozen customers with perfect satisfaction and notes he has tied them himself with fine results. Sold by J. H. Bain.
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John Ribas
Vinisy
Gars
DeWitt
J. H. Bain
Democratic Executive Committee Meeting in Floresville
The Democratic Executive Committee of Wilson County will meet at the Court House in Floresville on Saturday May 30 at 10 o clock a m to consider party matters fill vacancies and transact business. All members are urged to attend.
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Wilson Co
Pineuies Trial Offer and Back Pain Relief
An advertisement touts 30 days trial and $1.00 price for Pineuies with claims of relief for back ache and rheumatic pains. It markets benefits for kidneys bladder and blood, suitable for all ages, with satisfaction guaranteed or money refunded by Palace Drug Store.
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Palace Drug Store
Married men like flowers have a language of monosylables
A compact satirical line notes that married men express themselves in simple words, punctuated by growls, implying a tongue tied, blunt communication style within marriage.
McGee’s Baby Elixir Promises Quick Relief for Teething
A quack claim ad touts McGee’s Baby Elixir as a remedy for crying babies, bowels, and sour stomachs. It urges parents to buy at Palace Drug Store and warns a wife who lets her husband travel alone to Paris shows extraordinary faith.
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Paris
Sweet are the uses of a married man's mendacity
A historical clipping notes a proverb about the appeal of a married man's deception, framing moral judgments in a sharp, period voice. The brief item reflects colonial era attitudes toward marriage, deceit, and social reputation.
Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment advertised for piles
A sales pitch promises quick relief for swollen and itching piles with Dr Shoop’s Magic Ointment. It offers a trial box by mail from Racine Wisconsin and notes the product is for external or internal use with a 50 cent jar, sold by dealers.
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Dr. Shoop
Trouble Between Students and Teachers At A and M College
Long standing friction at Texas A and M College remains unexplained. Students departed as a group months ago and later returned under family pressure, yet grievances persist. Public understanding of the cause is unclear.
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A. & M. College
Texas
Courts Rule Thaw Still Insane. Not to be Released
The court ruled that Harry Thaw remains insane and will not be released from confinement. The decision keeps him detained in a secure facility.
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Harry Thaw
Kidney Pills Advertised In Floresville Notice
An old advertisement promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a permanent cure for back pain and kidney disorders tied to diabetes and Bright's disease. Testimonial from Mia Felton of San Antonio praises relief after use, with dealer and price details. The notice ends with a light humor line about packing ink bottles in a wife’s silk kimono.
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Floresville
Bright
Dean
Mia
C. L. Felton
Avenue E
San Antonio
Texas
Talsa
Near Fatal Oxalic Acid Mix-Up At Hansen Home
A neighbor mistook a bottle of oxalic acid for a magnesia dose and sent it to A J Hansen’s home. Mr Hansen gave his wife the poison in a glass of water but quick action by a physician, emetic, antidotes, and stomach washing saved her. Doctors called the incident fortunate with oxalic acid being rapidly fatal. The piece urges careful reading of medicine directions before administration.
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A. J. Hansen
Hansen
Californian's luck with Bucklen's Arnica Salve ends itch
Charles F. Budahn of Tracy California says a single box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve cured years of itching piles after other treatments failed. Sold under guarantee at Palace Drug Store. He notes a vacation from home meals and a wife improves a man’s mood, like trying a new pair of shoes.
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Bucklen
Charles F. Budahn
Tracy
California
Palace Drug Store
Spring Winds Salve Ad at Palace Drug Store
An old time ad for Pinesalve Carbolized acting as a poultice for cuts sores burns chapped lips hands and face. It soothes and heals advertised by Palace Drug Store.
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Palace Drug Store
Miss Francis Martinez Returns Home in Time of Illness
Miss Francis Martinez returns from San Antonio to stay with her mother Mrs Poe Martinez who has been very ill but is now much improved.
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Francis Martinez
San Antonio
Poe Martinez
A Smile Is Hard When Blue and Out of Sorts
An old ad promotes Ballard's Herbine for stomach ailments like constipation and dyspepsia. It claims mild but effective relief and lists price at 50 cents per bottle, sold by Palace Drug Store.
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Ballard
Palace Drug Store
Illness Fear Turns Comic As Man Burns Coat
Dones feels sick with fear of fever and a burning pain in his side. He asks his wife to summon a doctor. In a comic twist his pipe’s unextinguished ashes burned through his clothes, revealing the source of his distress.
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Dones
Dr King’s New Discovery Praised By Omega Store Owner
IT REACHED THE SPOT Mr E Humphrey owner of a large general store at Omega Ohio and president of Adams County Telephone Co and Home Telephone Co of Pike County Ohio says of Dr King’s New Discovery It saved my life once It seemed to reach the spot the very seat of my cough when everything else failed It not only reaches the cough spot but heals sore spots and weak spots in throat lungs and chest Sold under guarantee at Palace Drug Store 50c and 1.00 bottles Trial bottle free
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E. Humphrey
Omega, O
Adams County Telephone Co
The
Home Telephone Co
Pike County
Dr. King
Palace Drug Store
Biliousness and Constipation Relief Claim
Mrs Rosa Potts of Birmingham Alabama credits Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets with relieving biliousness and constipation, restoring appetite and vitality. She says the tablets strengthen digestion and purify stomach liver and blood, helping the system work naturally. sold by J Bain.
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Chamberlain
Homemade wireless telegraph astonishes Missouri town
In Richmond Missouri Professor D C Elliott of Richmond High School found a strange clicking from a basement wireless telegraph he built for class use. A telegraph operator confirmed messages were sent from Santa Cruz California and Oklahoma City Oklahoma and Elliott even replied to queries saying the Richmond station had no tall pole nor wires and was home made.
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St. Louis
the Republic Today
Richmond
D. C
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