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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
3
Austin April 9 Dr C W Goddard state health officer seeks to set up a child health center in every Texas county to teach children safeguards against contagious diseases through health education. Public health training should be as free to taxpayers as public education, aligning with the center’s objective.
A period advice note promotes aging beauty through baths diet and exercise. It links dull complexion to indigestion or sluggish liver and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to correct these disorders. The piece emphasizes keeping liver and bowels healthy for a brighter appearance.
A lighthearted local column notes a mail carrier starting a buggy with ease and a garden worm scoop by Slim Pickens. It mentions a Tickville circus next month, a typographical error omitting a snake charmer from elephant and animal pictures, and Crickett Hicks’s pets. Washington Hocks is reelected Wild Onion school trustee. Wash is a popular figure. Frisky notes on Sid Hock and the jovial Horse Doctor close the item.
Purifying and enriching the blood with iron and quinine, Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is advertised as a non patent remedy that boosts energy, strengthens appetite, and adds color to the cheeks. The formula remains unchanged after thirty five years and is sold for 60 cents per bottle at drug stores.
A Rye Straw store run sees a man jug hopping for sorghum molasses and plans to return. Bounding Billows adds a lunch counter. Sap Sprachen jokes about cave oysters in a can. Slim Flinders contemplates filling a jug with bumble bees to gain free music. The Tickville Town Marshal vows to run again, weighing strongest presidential candidate before backing a side.
An article argues that a child with a cold during diphtheria prevalence is more at risk. It advises keeping the child at home to avoid infection and touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy as a quick cure for the cold and a reducer of diphtheria danger.
Fire at Love Field in Dallas destroys twenty five government airplanes and a large supply of tools and equipment. Firefighters lacked adequate fire fighting equipment to stop the blaze. Planes from the southwest had been sent there for storage sale and repair. Loss estimated at 1,200,000 dollars.
Wartime home safety impulse urges readers to act against rats spreading vermin and disease. RAT-SNAP is advertised in three sizes 21c 50c and 1.00, sold and guaranteed by Wilson Montgomery and Dyer Jones.
In springtime warning, an old fashioned alterative tonic named Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is promoted as a natural remedy to restore stomach tone liver activity and nerve steadiness. The ad suggests buying at drug stores or sending 10 cents for a trial package from Dr Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo New York.
The Senate in the Sixty Sixth Congress faced a political split with Republicans 48 Democrats 47 and Progressives 1. Truman H Newberry of Michigan drew a two year prison term and $10,000 fine for corrupt practices, a result tied to the failed Peace Treaty and shifts in committee leadership affecting foreign relations. Henry Ford’s election influence loomed large, with Lodge becoming Foreign Relations chair as power shifted away from treaty opponents. Ford’s potential election might have altered Senate control and committee alignments, impacting Hitchcock’s and Lodge’s exchanges.
An ad touts Freezone as a painless corn and callus remover for toes and feet using a tiny bottle sold in drug stores. It promises instant pain relief and easy removal. The snippet also includes a political jab about peace and suffrage funding, plus pet rat control and second hand casing for sale notes from local merchants.
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