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Newspaper
Pecos Enterprise
Location
Pecos, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
2
Old-fashioned advertisement promotes Blue Star Remedy to treat eczema itching and a variety of skin and foot ailments. It claims relief for itchtet r patches ringworms cracked hands chapped skin and other sores and notes availability for sale.
Editorial notes the Chicago highway exposition closed after a week, with vast educational material on roads. It praises the gathering for teaching what roads are, how built and financed, and foresees lasting impact as officials teachers and the public gain knowledge and sentiment for more good roads nationwide.
The United States may fund exploration of West Texas potash as private capital is deemed insufficient. Senator Morris Sheppard introduced a 2.5 million dollar bill to thoroughly prospect a belt across about 20 counties from central Kansas to near the Rio Grande. UT Bureau of Economic Geology and USGS indicate favorable beds in southern West Texas with key counties named for prospecting.
A humorous exchange shows a father remarking on seven bad marks while the Modern Son counters that the rate is not alarming. The brief dialogue captures a light tension between parental concern and youthful defiance.
Rev L R Millican and wife visited last Sunday driving a new Dodge sedan. Rev Millican conducted Baptist services, as reported by the Van Horn Advocate.
A wife, spurred by jealousy over a missed dinner, leaves home in a new spring hat and $250 coat, hails a taxi, and rushes to her husband's office on Main Street to confront him about work she believes worth advertising.
U S Navy Aeronautics chiefs praise the damaged airship Shenandoah after a storm tore it from its Lakehurst tower. The unscheduled flight over the Atlantic calms critics of the polar flight planned for the summer. Photo shows the damage and a proposed route map.
Grove's Tasteless Tonic purifies and enriches the blood with iron and quinine. It is described as strengthening and invigorating, improving color and health, and is claimed to destroy malarial and grip germs. Sold for 60c.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Pen-Trate Salve for chest and throat in children with colds or croup. It claims the salve aids healing through the pores and includes Hayes Healing Honey as a companion product. The copy urges customers to ask their druggist for Hayes Healing Honey.
An 19th century note outlines a worm treatment using Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic for children with worms and stomach issues. It claims two to three weeks of use will improve digestion and act as a general tonic, with Nature then expelling the worms and restoring health. The product is described as pleasant to take.
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