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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1919
Page
3
A health feature extols Dr. Pierce of Buffalo for openly listing his remedies and highlights his Pleasant Pellets made from Mayapple aloe and jalap root. The piece claims the pellets gently move the bowels, cleanse the intestines, and restore vitality, urging readers to consult their druggist.
A square foot is covered by four and one half bricks laid flat or nine laid on edger, illustrating a simple measure of brick coverage for building or tiling projects.
An advertisement claims Pape's Diapepsin instantly relieves indigestion pain gas acidity and dyspepsia with one tablet. It promises quick relief without waiting and notes low cost at drug stores. The second line comments on makeup as a measure of success for women.
August Flower marketed as a general stomach and liver regulator. It claims to ease sick headaches constipation sour stomach nervous indigestion and gas related palpitations by gentle laxative action and bile stimulation. Sold worldwide. Gives it a trial. The man who does the least talking often has the most to say.
An urgent health notice warns that weak kidneys release deadly body poisons and can lead to rapid death if ignored. Describes symptoms such as back ache, dizziness, painful urination, and nighttime urination. Promotes Richards Kidney Pills as a proven remedy with a healing effect, urging purchase for 75 cents per box from drug stores.
The Anderson county swine breeders form an association with twenty members led by president B. F. Rogers. Other Texas items note a deep test oil well in Sterling county, a 38 000 acre foreign lease near Longview, road bond authorizations in Montague and Matagorda counties, and Texas rail interests planning a January Dallas meeting. Demobilization shifts labor, road construction funds total about 25 million dollars, and a circuit court ruling limits motorcycle officer appointments for road patrols while clarifying county reimbursements.
The Texas Legislature, in Austin, begins a busy fortnight with numerous committee hearings and proposals. Key items include a senate ruling on its supremacy over district courts, a push to declare a Texas port of debarkation for the Thirty sixth Division, and measures on land right of way for pipelines, women's suffrage, and state budget items.
A vintage advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable liquid alternative to calomel. It warns calomel is a mercury drug that damages bones and can cause salivation, recommending Dodson's as harmless, easy on the stomach, and effective for biliousness constipation and sluggishness with a money-back claim.
Austin reports the Texas legislature adjourned Friday with no action on prohibition or woman suffrage amendments. The prohibition measure was favorably reported from committees. Representative Bledsoe said it would be called up Monday, needing 95 votes in the House and 21 Senate votes to submit.
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