Campaign for Health Urges Strong Public Health Campaign
The Texas state board of health and the State Council of Defense committee on health and sanitation issue a plan to conserve health during wartime. They urge medical professionals to lead, enforce health laws, involve lawyers, educators, and civic groups, and launch an educational, nationwide sanitation drive.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
State Board of Health
Committee On Health and Sanitation
State Council of Defense
Ploughs Black and White Ointment Promises Lighter Skin
An advertisement touts Ploughs Black and White Ointment claiming it lightens dark or sallow skin to a delicate healthy tint and removes blemishes. It invites readers to send 25 cents for a box with simple directions and mentions agents and sale through Peoples' Drug Store in San Antonio.
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Plough Ical Co
Memphis
Tenn
San Antonio
Peoples’ Drug Store
Tanlac praised after eight years of illness
A San Antonio traveler, L. J. Fleming, details his wife’s eight year battle with rheumatic pains, indigestion, and exhaustion, saying Tanlac brought dramatic relief after five bottles. He endorses Tanlac and offers to recommend it to others, noting Wagner Drug Co. in San Antonio sells it.
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L. J. Fleming
R. E. Cuthrell
W. R. Hopper
Austin
Mr. Fleming
Wilkinson Street
San Antonio
Fleming
Taniac
Wagner Drug Company
Tanlac
Call to action for sanitary code enforcement and home front support
The message urges strict enforcement of the sanitary code and municipal laws to improve citizenship in Texas. It stresses duty to the mothers and fathers of boys going to war and calls for aid, cooperation, and assistance, ending with a warning not to be a slacker.
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Texas
Patriot offers his entire business for war effort
A retired Texas businessman, unable to bear arms, offers leadership of his vast agricultural and industrial interests to the government. His holdings include 800 acres of rice, 300 acres of corn, 150 acres sugar cane, 60 cotton, 600 tons ensilage, 400 head cattle, a modern dairy, a movable syrup plant, lumber and oil interests. He has retired due to infirmity and has purchased 10000 dollars in Liberty Loan Bonds at 6 percent interest. Commissioner Davis notes this as a genuine patriot act.
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Austin
Tex
Fred W. Davis
Davis
81x99 Sheets 98 reduced from $1.25
Heavy linen finish single piece sheets measure 81 by 99 inches. Each sheet is firmly hemmed and offered at 98 cents, down from 1.25.
Domestic 11 Cents 36 in Bleached Quality Panel
The advertisement states 36 inch bleached domestic fabric at 11 cents per yard with quality worth 15 cents on current market. No telephone orders and delivery not more than 20 yards to customer. Fine finish medium weight and undergarment quality. Second floor.
Hand-embroidered pieces offered at half price
A sale advertises finished hand-embroidered pieces suitable for gifts. It promotes a large assortment of sample pieces on offer at half the standard prices with details pointing to first floor shopping.
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Royal Society
Embroideries Cut to 37 Cents in Sale
Four and six inch edges of fine nain sock embroidered in color and dye. Eighteen to twenty six inch plain white flouncings. Originally 59 cents, now 37 cents.
Parasols Reduced to 98 Cents Each
A small display offers parasols in plain shades and sports patterns with spots and stripes. Prices cut to 98 cents each, highlighting summer colorings and bold borders.
Silk Gloves Marked Down to Fifty Cents
Kayser's two clasp silk gloves in black or white with self back embroidery. New summer supplies double finger tips guaranteed. Regular sixty cent grade now fifty cents.
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Kayser
Five Cent Handkerchiefs Six for Twenty Three Cents
Classified item listing notes six 5c handkerchiefs for 23c in sheer lawn with plain white or color edged options. Kayser's vests in pink Italian silk offered at 1.95 from 2.50. Indicates on first floor pricing and future purchase anticipation.
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Kayser
Bombs of literature aid Liberty Loan drive in New York
Aerial bombardment of light-weight bomb circulars was the feature of New York's Liberty Loan subscription push. Twenty aircraft under Capt. Walter G Milmer carried fifty pounds of circulars bearing the warning This was dropped by a United States aviator it might have been a German bomb To avoid bombs buy bonds.
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New York
Walter G. Milmer
United States
Fate of agriculture funding veto stirs Texas official
Commissioner Fred W. Davis regrets Governor Ferguson's veto of a $10 000 annual appropriation for the Department of Agriculture. The measure aimed to fund gathering and distributing agricultural information. Davis criticizes the veto and its impact on agricultural education.
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Austin
Tex
Fred W. Davis
Ferguson
Department of Agriculture
Davis
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules Ad Promises Health Help
An old advertisement urges readers not to ignore pains in kidneys stomach joints or head and claims Brights disease appendicitis rheumatism and stomach trouble threaten health. It touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as the pure imported remedy sold by druggists with money back refund and warnings about substitutes.
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Bright
Haarlem
Printing funds cut hurt farmers bulletins and minutes
The speaker said it will be impossible to print bulletins or other data for farmers statewide due to lack of funds and that printing the Farmers' Congress minutes is also unfeasible. He claimed the governor disapproved this item under a misconception of the appropriation's purpose.
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Congress
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