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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1920
Page
3
Physicians urge friends to use Calotabs to purge the system overnight and prevent influenza. A single nightly tablet with water is claimed to clear a cold by morning, boost liver action, and leave no after effects. Sold only in sealed packages for 35 cents with a druggist refund if unsatisfied.
An advertisement touts Danderine as a quick fix for dandruff and hair loss. A tiny bottle is sold at drug stores for a few cents and, with regular use, claims most scarf will vanish by morning and hair will appear fuller and healthier.
Advertisement extols Bayer as the genuine aspirin with proper directions for colds pain headache neuralgia lumbago and rheumatism. It notes Bayer tablets in a 12 tablet tin cost a few cents and credits the medicine as a trademark of Bayer Manufacture of Monoacetyl salicylic acid ester.
An advertisement touts Diamond Dyes promising a new rich fadeless color for wool, silk, linen, and mixed fabrics. It claims the Diamond Dye Direction Book explains how to dye over any color and suggests consulting a dealer for the Color Card to match materials.
Sorrow is lessened by sympathy Cardi program notes and familiar ad copy promote Hall’s Catarrh Medicine as a blood cleansing internal remedy and Cuticura for skin issues. Advertisements urge testaments and cures with a bold $100 guarantee. The barber remark closes the snippet with a light aside.
The United States Department of Agriculture urges a shift back to pasture and hay, reducing reliance on wheat heavy crops. It argues diversified farming raises meat and milk output, lowers living costs, and depends on farmer planning with county agents and state colleges for help.
The Bureau of Crop Estimates finds corn sales are spread evenly through the year with 15 percent sold in January and 12 percent in the month before, while the other ten months each account for 6.1 to 8 percent of annual sales. The pattern begins July 1, 2018 and continues into 1919 with no large spikes.
Rural organizations resume winter meetings to discuss marketing methods and problems. Topics include farm management disposal of farm produce and other general interests.
Clean hog pens mean greater profits. Sheep aid land health and fed lambs show gains. Frosted wheat at Utah experiment station yielded good feeding results. General farmers may keep a few sheep with proper conditions. Caution against feeding molded feed, especially to horses. Damp quarters bring rheumatic hogs and unhealthy, unprofitable production.
The article recalls John F. Watson’s 1843 discussion on price changes across markets. It cites Brower and Jacob Tabelee noting oysters, bass, sheephead, rock fish, shad, lobsters, butter, beef, fowls, wild birds, pigeons, goose, oak wood, and other staples with historical prices and treatments. It highlights Blue Points’ decline due to an 18th century law and shifts in supply and taxation.
An overseas nurse wearing small pink beads aids a sick baby at a hospital near the front during eastern France refugee flows. A grateful mother offers the nurse a string of pink beads, saying she saved her child, a moment Modern Hospital calls tiny yet enduring in history.
A radium institute is planned in Los Angeles to cost about 150000 dollars. King Gillette leads the organization as president and financial backer. The building covers extensive dimensions and will include laboratories offices beds for patients. It aims to provide radium therapy and treatment of neoplastic disease with fees based on patient means.
Last July Fred N Burton of Corry Pennsylvania drove away bees with an oil torch. While re-roofing his house he discovered honey hoarded by the same bees weighing 54 pounds in the attic area.
A humorous exchange spans editor and submitter. The editor replies with a curt note about a white paper shortage, implying disapproval without direct wording. The quip appears in the Birulog ham Age-Herald context.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims quick liver stimulation, improved appetite, and energy with no sickness or salivation, urging readers to try a bottle from a druggist and get their money back if unsatisfied.
The ad claims rapid relief from stomach distress like belching, heartburn, and undigested foods with Pape's Diapepsin. It advertises the remedy as safe compared with drastic drugs and notes its low cost. A stray line about a girl and platonic love appears at the end.
An old ad proclaims Boschee's Syrup as a remedy for coughs bronchitis colds and throat irritation. It claims many deaths from influenza exceed wartime losses and touts the product as a trusted American-made remedy used worldwide for easier sleep and morning respiration.
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