Hog Wallow News and Oddities From Hog Ford
Sidney Hocks arrives late for preaching yet leads in dog fights. Washington Hocks suggests many doubt or agree both sides on scripture. Clair Hancock helps customers at the store. Depuy Constable investigates Bounding Billows while a blind man on the corner draws attention. Ellick Hellwanger, fresh from a training camp, cleans his shoes. At Hog Ford Church Miss Gondola Henstep’s solo ends with a stovepipe crash, perhaps accidental.
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Sidney Hocks
Washington Hocks
Clair Hancock
Hog Ford
Gondola Henstep
Frugal stamps and road petition noted in town brief
Frisby Hancock refrains from buying many postage stamps as prices may drop soon. A petition circulates to build another dirt road while locals note there are more roads than places to go. Fletcher Henstep and a large catfish were surprised by the catch on Gander Creek Tuesday. Poke Eazley voices concern over reformers encircling his wife in a snuff dipper dragnet.
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Poke Eazley
Fletcher Henstep
Fletch
Bayer Cross on Aspirin Promises Genuine Tablets
Public warning notes that only tablets bearing the Bayer Cross are genuine Bayer Tablets of Aspirin. Fraudulent batches sold by a Brooklyn dealer contain mostly talcum powder, urging consumers to demand Bayer Cross on package and tablet and follow proper dosage directions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bayer
Brooklyn
Railroad Time Table No 3 Limited Flyer Details
Time schedule snippet lists M K T southbound and northbound trains with departure and arrival times, including No 3 5 18 No 10 and No 2 Texas Special, plus Cotton Belt east and westbound mentions and scattered notes on stops.
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Texas
Limited
BOI
Cotton Belt
West Bound
Dhirets Ss
FAA
Paves Investes
No Worms in a Healthy Child Tone for Groves Tonic
Traditional advertisement claims children with worms have poor color and stomach issues. Recommends Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a two to three week remedy to enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the whole system. Says Nature will dispel worms and restore health. Pleasant to take. 60c per bottle.
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Grove
Flags Captured in War Now Displayed in London Hall
Visitors learn at the Royal Hospital in Chelsea of flags captured in the 1812 to 1815 wars. The banners include regimental colors of the 68th and 85th U.S. regiments, the Kentucky flag, the 4th and 2nd U.S. Infantry, and a Queenstown Heights trophy. The writer suggests Britain return them and notes possible U.S. trophies kept as exchanges.
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Chelsea
Old Royal Hospital
Charles II
Bladensberg
Kentucky
United States Infantry
Detroit
Queenstown Heights
America
Landmark
London
A Traveling Man's Experience With Cholera Morbus
W. H. Ireland of Louisville Kentucky recounts a summer 1888 episode of severe cholera morbus. He paid a hotel porter fifty cents to buy Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy and took a double dose as directed. He slept and awoke cured to catch a train for his next destination as a well man.
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W. H. Ireland
Louisville
Chamberlain
Extracted health ad promotes Foley Kidney Pills
A brief health advertisement notes kidney trouble can mimic aging in midlife and urges Foley Kidney Pills to aid natural recovery. It claims relief from backache soreness stiffness puffy eyes and related symptoms.
Divorce Suit Deserts Grayson County Texas 1919
Citation by publication commands Sheriff to summon Jim Guinn of unknown residence to appear before the 59th District Court in Sherman on the first Monday in August 1919. Ruby Guinn sues for divorce on desertion. file 27283. Return required.
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District Court
Grayson County
Grayson
Jim Guinn
Sherman
Ruby Guinn
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Hog Wallow News
Depuy
Bounding
Ellick Hellwanger
Pittmann & Harrison CO
Shermann
L. E. Roberts
P. Janway
Stedham’s
Janway
John Hollingsworth
Frisby Hancock
South Bound
M. m
B. D. Dye
the District Court of
Grayson Co
City of
B. D. Dy
Alma Douglas
State OF Texas
JAS. FP
Ballard
ST. Louis, MO
DYER
A. Y. Creager & Co
A. Y. Creager
F. W. Creager
Bob Sears
Whitewright
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