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Newspaper
Llano News
Location
Llano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1920
Page
6
A Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder issues including gravel rheumatism and irregularities. Available by mail for 1.25 with sworn testimonials and small bottle cures. sold by druggists. Also a note on women braving zero weather to buy a muffler and woolen socks for her husband.
The American Library Association in New York plans an intensive drive to install library facilities in large plants. Goodyear, The Goat Tire & Rubber Co, and others already run sizable libraries for tens of thousands of employees, offering broad collections to improve outlooks on work and current economic and political issues.
John Wallace, about 45 and unmarried, jailed at Coleman charged with killing James O. Goodson. J. W. Conner is critically wounded in the same incident near Wallace home eight miles southwest of Santa Anna. An examining trial is set for Sunday June 4.
In Chicago during World War I, boxing champion Jack Dempsey and manager Jack Kearns face draft evasion charges. Indictments allege Dempsey sought his ex wife’s affidavit to avoid service and Kearns conspired to aid evasion. Trial underway before Judge Deal.
The fragment urges that choosing misery corrupts all one touches and turns every divine gift into sin. It emphasizes personal responsibility and the consequence of embracing wretchedness over acceptance.
Preston H. Cobb aged forty nine collapsed and died of heart disease while kneeling at the door during services of his reception into a Richmond church. He was stricken as the rite commenced and died shortly after in the place.
A concise reflection on goal orientation, noting the world’s fondness for positive aims while acknowledging the appeal and danger of negative paths. The piece contrasts aspirational drive with caution about immoral choices shaping outcomes.
An old advertisement promotes Bayer Aspirin as genuine and safe, advised by physicians for over two years. It emphasizes an unbroken package with directions for headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain and notes 12 tablet tin boxes at low cost with larger Bayer packages from druggists.
A torn Chicago Tribune fragment shows a mother and father debating medical or deprivation measures. The text references EMS, castor oil, grain, and punishment phrasing with unclear syntax and names.
A humorous reading from St. Clair Mini High School features girls named Rose and Mabel discussing “sister States” with playful misstatements. The text shifts to a medical advert for Prickly Ash Tistors claiming to cure digestion problems and purify the stomach, offered by Ransom & Melunis at $1.26 per bottle.
The fragment shows a wheeling sarcasm about taking a day off for fishing. It hints at recurring schemes to avoid work and hints at a tired worker, with phrases like “knock off work for a day” and “go fishing” repeated while asking why not kneel off fishing and return to work.
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