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Newspaper
Shiner Gazette
Location
Shiner, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
2
Physicians and druggists urge cleansing the system to guard against influenza. Take one Calotab at bedtime for a cold banishment with no after effects. Next morning the liver is active and the system purified. Calotabs priced thirty five cents with money back guarantee if not delighted.
The fragment contrasts two newspaper voices on national direction with a cheeky exchange about whether the nation is drifting or skidding. The lines imply concern over current policy without naming figures or events.
Granulated eyelids and inflamed eyes relieved overnight by Roman Eye Balsam after a single trial. Advocates claim the remedy shows merit in addressing eye irritation and redness.
A ponderous maxim argues that belief money can solve all leads to willingness to commit any act for cash. It warns against greed driving behavior and judgment.
Chaos at the busy station as porters fling trunks amid crowded platforms. The station master loudly rebukes a vigorous porter for smashing baggage and denting the concrete, shocking relieved passengers who realize the scene is real.
An intimate moment unfolds as he trembles and she cautions him with playful scolding during a dance. She teases him to focus on the moment and avoid tripping over her gown. The exchange reveals tension and longing in a restrained, flirtatious scene.
A quirky exchange frames a digger’s reply about finding a trump card and offering to make it with spades, hinting at a card game or pun involving suits.
A honeymooning couple in Arizona debates taking a snapshot of an old Indian squaw selling pottery. The shopkeeper offers no firm answer before the squaw herself declares in fluent Poglish that she does not want her picture taken.
Mr. Dumrox jokes that his family makes him wear the oldest clothes to save money. He calls it economy but admits it is diplomacy to avoid attending his daughters and their friends parties by keeping him looking shabby.
Senate hearing ties Carranza and top Mexican officials to the 1915 border raids under the plan of San Diego. Witnesses describe German appeals for Mexican sympathy and Carranza Berlangas support while bolshevik influence grows, with charges of plans to foment labor uprisings in the United States.
In Texas 2370 bids were placed for land slated for January 1 sale. Awards will be issued in days with about 200 tracts expected to be sold. Examples include 160 acres in Wilbarger County 3-A. O. A. Lindsey bidding up to 53 dollars per acre and 102 acres in Harris County bidding to 52 dollars per acre.
San Antonio Texas reports Hilario Medina subsecretary of foreign relations of Mexico will be sent to Washington as charge d affaires according to Mexican consul Gonzalo de la Mata Ocal announced Friday.
A new air service connects London, Cairo, and Capetown, linking the distant extremes of the African continent through a single flight network. The route ties together major hubs connecting Europe, Africa, and the southern tip of the continent.
A Popular Mechanics method shows how to create small indoor trees by cutting the roots flush as they break through a shellac coated orange peel. Seeds of evergreens grow in the peel, then the plant is kept in light, not overheated, and watered moderately. Cedars pines and some fruit trees tolerate the process.
An advertisement promotes Pape's Cold Compound for colds and grippe, claiming a dose every two hours for up to three doses clears clogged nostrils, stops nasal discharge, relieves headaches and feverishness, with quick, solo action and low cost. It notes no quinine and appealing taste.
Ely's Cream Balm offers instant relief from stuffed head by opening nasal passages. A small bottle from your druggist is applied in the nostrils for quick soothing of inflamed mucous membranes and easier breathing.
A collection of light sketches and dialogues features a proposal moment turning joyful, a doctor’s billing, a hunter and guide joke, a speech motif, a wife and pen name quip, a sock misunderstanding, and a locksmith joke. Names include Mrs Freemeter and Mrs Smith with humorous misunderstandings about merino socks and marine attire.
An old advertisement promotes California Fig Syrup as a safe laxative for children, urging mothers to look for the California name on the bottle and noting the fruity taste and dosing directions. It also advertises Cuticura products for clear skin and a fragrant powder, priced at 25 cents.
A terse line notes how near success for a man is followed by a grim act as the undertaker intervenes with his own client. The vignette suggests fate and consequence intersect at a pivotal moment.
A pointed aphorism column notes that a woman may be a case in herself and warns that the fool who seeks more loses all. It asserts a rich man who gives nothing bears no fruit and that happiness rarely shines on a shady reputation.
Directions warn to take aspirin only as told by Bayer with the Bayer Cross on each package. The advertisement touts aspirin as safe for colds, headaches, toothaches, neuritis, rheumatism, and pain, noting small tin boxes and larger packages sold by druggists.
A report explains that English law historically defined a person as male. The Royal Astronomical Society of London could admit women only after altering its charter. By‑laws described eligibles as persons, which courts ruled to mean masculine. After the charter change clever women astronomers were admitted.
An old fashioned advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a fast remedy for chest congestion and coughs. It claims fifty years of use, no after effects, and offers bottles for 60 cents or 1 20. It urges adults and children to try the treatment from their druggist.
A vintage advertisement touts Dr King’s New Life Pills as a gentle corrective for headaches biliousness tongue fur and stomach sourness. It claims the pills cleanse the system eliminating waste and promoting regular bowels at 25 cents in drugstores.
Postwar memory recalls coffee shortages after the Civil War. People used substitutes like parched rye and especially sweet potatoes. Sweet potatoes were roasted, mashed, boiled, and the water served as a coffee alternative, saving sugar which cost 25 per pound.
A 53 year old remedy Boschee's Syrup is advertised for coughs bronchitis colds throat irritation and lung pain. The ad notes influenza deaths exceed those of the war and claims the syrup provides rest and morning expectoration, with widespread domestic use in America and abroad.
Hobey Baker, famed Philadelphia athlete and airman, spoke at the Philadelphia Country Club about France. He recounted a comrade crash in Germany who walked miles back to the lines while surviving on raw turnips and carrots found at night, remarking the experience felt like a root march.
A light exchange about a couple stuck in a pickle and joking that trouble comes from family jars in a humorous caption.
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