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Newspaper

The Dispatch News

Location

Lexington, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Jan 28, 1920

Page

8

Good Roads Push for South Carolina Tourism Growth

Columbia January 24 Special. George R Wheeler of the South Carolina Landowners Association urges the General Assembly to craft a progressive hard surfaced road policy. He cites Florida's system as a catalyst for tourist traffic and regional growth, urging links from East to South with federal highway aid. He cites large state highway plans in Maine, Alabama, Florida, New York, Illinois, Idaho, Virginia, Georgia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina, and envisions branded hotels and lunch stations along improved routes from Baltimore to Miami with federal support.

Columbia South Carolina General Assembly George R. Wheeler Mantage South Carolina Landowners’ Association Wheeler Florida Peninsular Mr. Wheeter Maine Ali Puma New York Idaho Virginia Georgia Arkansas Tennessee North Carolina Southeast Macau Baltimore Washington Richmond Realeigh Raleigh Miami Norfolk Wilmington Charleston Savannah Coke Goston Weington Carolinas Floreida Congress Ioards of Chambers of

Not Sick and Not Well and the Ziron Claim

An old advertisement claims not feeling quite well means you are not sick. It promotes Ziron as a tonic that supposedly puts iron into the blood, strengthens the body, and may prevent serious attacks when the system is weakened, urging purchase when feeling tired or off form.

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Hastings Seeds 1920 Free Catalogue Ad

Hastings' Seeds offers a free 1920 illustrated seed catalogue by mail order only. The Atlanta-based firm touts five hundred thousand customers and urges readers to request a postal card for a copy, asserting South-focused varieties and low prices.

Hastings Gale G. Hastings CO Atlanta

Commerce and the Newspapers Together Way

Fragmentary line suggests a discussion on commerce and newspapers, hinting at cooperation or combined effort to achieve a goal. No clear entities or events readable to specify names, places, dates, or outcomes.

Excess Profits Taxes Cited as Price Cause at Newark Talk

William B Colver vice chairman of the Federal Trade Commission warned at a National Consumers League event in Newark that excess profits taxes are the cornerstone of high prices. He blamed 1919 spending and reckless speculation for the era’s inflation and warned against the “orgy of spending” and the lures of profits.

National Consumers League Newark New William B. Colve Federal Trade Conon

Hall's Catarrh Medicine Ad Claims Cure and Reward

An old advertisement extols Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio as a constitutional cure for catarrh with a $100 reward for any failing case. It promotes the medicine and reveals it is sold by druggists for 75 cents along with mentions of CHENEY family remedies and constipation pills.

F. J. Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio Tiger Hall P. J. Cheney & CO Fall

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Straev Mason and Dixon Lion New England Carolina Figef Tiger Brand Walter C. L. Walter Optical Company Main Street S. C King Street Ergot Anne Prince Albert P. A R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company Winston-Salem, N. C Commerce Scott Bowie Bloomfield Ruff Hardware Co Columbia, S. C P. J. O'Neill, M. D Carolina National Bank Building Cor. Main and Washington Sts Ladies and Lexington Main St Columbia, D.C South America Chas. L. Sligh Florist Gta Ss. T J. A. Clifton M. D Batesburg Mitchell J. Frank Kneece Real Estate and Insurance 5S. C H. L. Gregory Assembly Street Barnhill Crown and Bridge Columbia, S.C Lever's Shoe C. T. Brooks H. W. Wall Drs. Boozer P. Shumpert S.C Jeno Dy E. J. Best National Loan and Exchange Bank Columbia Dr. Toole A. J. Bedandaugh P. B. Seen
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