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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1920
Page
6
Infant mortality peaks in summer as neglect or lack of knowledge endangers many babies. Seek physician for bowel trouble and give only water or weak broth until bowels normalize. Keep baby clean, fly free, and in fresh air. screen and mosquito protection advised. Dogs, flies, and mosquitoes spread germs. provide sanitary environment and avoid letting pets near the infant.
Aspirin Bayer Tablets of Aspirin proven safe by millions and prescribed by physicians for over twenty years. Accept only an unbroken Bayer package with directions for Headache Toothache Earache Neuralgia Rheumatism Colds and Pain. Handy tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents. Druggists also offer larger Bayer packages. Aspirin is a trademark Bayer Manufacture Monoacetic acid ester of Salicylic acid.
A vintage tonic claim describes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as purifying the blood and enriching energy. It stresses iron and quinine content, appeal to families, and a widespread past use for malaria and strength, priced at 60 cents per bottle.
In Madison, University of Wisconsin will pay twenty four coed students 40 cents an hour to smoke cigarettes pipes and cigars next winter for an experimental study on tobacco effects on the mind. The project mirrors earlier tests on men conducted by Professor O Shea who says the work is purely scientific and aims to observe reactions, including chewing, under instruction.
Herbert A. Robertson a World War I veteran and captain of Galveston National Guard was shot and killed by a sentry at the guard camp early today as he drove past in an automobile failing to heed camp commands. He died minutes later.
A London newspaper recounts a Southern church seeking a D. D. for their pastor. They send funds and request one degree now with plans to raise money for the second later, in a humorous note cited by the Boston Transcript.
If the baby suffers wind col ic diarrhoea or summer complaint give it McGee's Baby Elixir a pure harmless and effective remedy. Price 35c and 60c. Sold by Dyer Jones druggists.
Sherman July 29. A Frisco motor car from Dallas collided with a Magnolia Petroleum Co tanker at a grade crossing near Dorchester nine miles southwest of Sherman. Ode Allen, driver of the truck, burned to death. C E Hamilton of Dallas, driver of the car, died in Sherman at 5 PM. Both vehicles destroyed by fire. Kenneth Shipley and others burned sustaining injuries. Allen was about 25, son of Deputy Sheriff W V Allen.
Houston July 31 Divorce suits filed in Harris county during July ran marriage licenses the closest race on record There were 230 suits for separation while 379 licenses to wed were issued In each instance the figures are the highest in local history for July
Mrs Emily Shaw touts RAT-SNAP as superior pest control after a $2 trap underperforms. She notes a 50 cent box killed 12 rats in a week and says it helps her raise chicks. RAT-SNAP sold in 25, 50 cent, and 1 dollar cakes by Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co and Dyer Jones.
Interlaken New York August 3 Hop prices are rising this fall as growers report a bumper crop. Auto tourists have been passing through the hop country admiring the crop and hoping to buy hops for home brew. Farmers say most hops will be used or consumed locally this season.
A farmer writes about pest problems and praises RAT SNAP as a safe rat killer after a dog was poisoned. The ad notes three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00 and lists Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co. and Dyer Jones as sellers with a guarantee.
A rural district physician named Dr Pierce gained renown through consultation in many towns and later moved to Buffalo. He launched Favorite Prescription, sold nationwide for fifty years and praised by thousands of women for relieving feminine ailments. The product now comes in tablet and liquid forms with testimonials including Mrs. H. E. Williams of Houston Texas.
In Meadowsville Kentucky Mrs. Cynthia Higginbotham at 65 shares her experience with Black Draught. She describes constipation poor digestion and weak appetite improving after several doses. The ad promotes Thedford’s Black-Draught as a 70 year standard remedy for cleansing the system and easing liver and bowel troubles. Price 25c a package one cent a dose. All druggists.
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