State Fair of Texas to Spotlight Top Shows in 1921
Texans will enjoy a heavy amusements lineup at the State Fair of Texas and International Exposition October 8 to 23. Smiles of 1921 headlines a grand musical revue directed by Emile de Recat with a famous chorus. Clarence Wortham will present outdoor rides including a three ring circus on Amusement Row. Auto and motorcycle races, a hippodrome show, and Montezuma or the Last Days of the Aztecs will entertain before the grandstand each day. A scenic nighttime show promises historic flavor and a vivid pyrotechnic display. The fair also features a broad program of attractions and reminders to guard against everyday bad habits and to keep personal mainsprings of action.
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Texas
Emile de Recat
State Fair
New York
Chicago
Coliseum
Clarence Wortham
America
Cortez
Old Mexico
Perdition
Chemical Bulletin
Timely renewal through teaching and faith and love
The piece urges self effort to stay connected with inspiration from teachers pastors writers and loved ones. It underscores regular renewal through sermons books and giving love as life giving forces that energize daily action and thought.
The Grocer's Dream Vision of Heaven and Hell
A gray grocer recalls a Christmas dream where an angel guides him toward glory. On the path to heaven they glimpse Hades where unpaid customers suffer, but the grocer lingers, content with the heaven already earned by his kindness and labor.
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Glory’s Gate
Hades
Hell
Ane
No Worms in a Healthy Child Ad Says Tonic
An old advertisement claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic will enrich blood improve digestion and act as a general strengthening tonic for children with worms. It asserts regular use for two or three weeks will expel worms and restore health at six cents per bottle.
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Grove
Health regained after Cardui treatment in Texas
Mrs. W. M. Peden of Navasota Texas shares how she felt her health slipping away then recovered strength with Cardui Home Treatment. She describes nervous, run down condition, fatigue, and poor rest, then says Cardui improved appetite, rest, and energy enabling housework. She endorses Cardui as a tonic and notes widespread female use.
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Navasota
Texas
W. M. Peden
Cardui
Cardus
Flyspecks on the bill of fare joke column
A cafe gag features a waiter and a diner debating flyspecks on the menu. An ad promotes laxative products including LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN and a patent medicine claim of cures for bilious fever and constipation with a 60¢ bottle price.
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Mark
Littele
Leoa Uid
Littell
James F
Ballard
St. Louis
Denison
Sherman
McLean & Childress
Woosley’s
Dray Line
Ode Crowell
WR Miles
Selves
Lame
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company
Winston-Salem, N. C
J. I
Canton Success
Canton
Moline
Manning & Clark
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