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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1920
Page
1
An essay compares ideal figures to friends as they guide growth and later reveal fault lines. It argues that losing an ideal may yield a truer friendship and that real companions accompany us to navigate ups and downs in life. A nod to Ohio State Lantern and a brief ad for Prickly Ash Bitterroot stomach remedy follows.
Eye health and cosmetic claims for Lavoptik eye wash. Claims of brightening effect within a week for strained or darkly circled eyes. Includes offer of a free aluminum eye cup and advertisement by A. H. Bruhl, druggist.
The speaker argues that consumer impact is minimal to the public as “financial talk” blinds voters to the core issue. Politicians serve Big Business and trusts, using price and scarcity myths to hide systematic theft. Wealth extraction continues as workers receive just enough to stay employed.
A Calispell reader reports rapid relief from gas and stomach trouble after taking Adler-i-ka, claiming to be cured after twelve hours. Advertisers describe the product as expelling gas and foul matter, alleviating constipation and preventing appendicitis, with ingredients listed as buckthorn and nine other simple drugs.
The speaker, reflecting as winter tightens on his head yet spring fills his heart, describes a luminous soul rising as bodily powers wane. He imagines immortality as light from unknown worlds, stating his day’s work ends at death but life continues with new beginnings. He calls the tomb a thoroughfare toward dawn.
John Atkins diamond salesman and former 84th division captain was assaulted and robbed of about 6000 dollars worth of diamonds. He was with a supposed prospective buyer in a car when the "oil man" customer, who appeared affluent, attacked him and fled with the diamond book.
A fragmentary inquiry questions the fate of a conservative man who deemed weekly bathing sufficient and notes a brides reluctance to accept gifts while remarking that many people illuminate their chicken houses with X rays.
A Dallas Times Herald opinion contrasts Johnson on Greek with the modern view of educated women leading in politics and homemaking. The piece argues women’s education enhances all roles from kitchen to platform and condemns the idea of gendered limits. It also notes social observations about fashion and public life.
Tillie Clinger explains she quit the boarding house because the landlady intended to treat her as a family member, prompting her decision to move.
Local druggists report a sharp drop in calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. They say calomel is dangerous and Dodson's Liver Tone is safer and more effective.
An ad touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a guaranteed vegetable remedy for liver sluggishness and constipation. A large bottle costs a few cents, offers overnight relief without griping, and promises no days lost to illness or weakness.
Jones eyes a display of clocks at five dollars each and asks how the price is possible. The jeweler admits costs are equal to gas price butnotes profits come from repairing the clocks.
Willie Atchison of Llano testified in 1908 that a tame back and kidney pain vanished after using Doan's Kidney Pills. In 1917 he renewed his endorsement noting a lasting cure. Price 60 cents. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sells the remedy.
Tillie Clinger says she will leave her current boarding house because the landlady insisted on renting the dumb waiter to an ex army man.
The article warns of rural to urban labor shifts risking food shortages. It urges a vast expansion of rural credit so farmers can obtain machinery, funded by public savings, and criticizes consumer spending on luxury goods as hindering farm labor access to capital.
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