HOGWALLOW NEWS: quirks and small-town doings compiled
Dunk Botts notes plans for new year while Raz Barlow lists resolutions. Poke Bazley gathers corn at fifteen gallons per acre. Atlas Peck dodges a moonshine still, sneezing into his stovepipe. Post office cracks need repair as winter nears. Hancock jokes about borrowing stuff. Cricket Hicks works at Rye Straw store and is weighed nightly. A stranger sees Miss Flutie Belcher before hair combing. Rabbit hunting leads to near collision with Dock Hocks. Stay indoors when Poke hunts.
Lime Deficiency Said To Aid Tuberculosis Rise
Dr C F Dyson of Minneapolis cites a Journal of the American Medical Association finding that most cases of weakened health leading to tuberculosis stem from lime deficiency. Druggists endorse Ferrasal as a systemic aid, offering a trial with no obligation if the first package fails.
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C. F. Dyson
Minneapolis
Minn
Journal of American Medical Association
Fire destroys residence on Musket Ridge
Fletcher Henstep's Musket Ridge home burned Thursday night but losses are limited as he moved many valuables to safety. Salem Barlow attended Bounding Billows lecture Saturday night and then heard Slim Pickens speak in Tickville. Slim Pickens looked at a new suit at the Tickville dry goods store Tuesday. Salem Esrow attended Dog Hill church last Sunday after the collection. some say the delay was not intentional. Columbus Allsop rode to Gander Creek to water his mule then visited Bounding Billows to light his pipe.
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Fletcher Henstep
Fletch
Salem Barlow
Bounding Billows
Slim Pickens
Tickville
Salem Esrow
Dog Hill Church
Columbus Allsop
Gander Creek
Cure a Cold In One Day Promises Laxative Bromo Quinine
An ad for Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets claims to cure a cold in one day by stopping cough and headache. Each box bears E W Grove’s signature and sells for 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
Holds Mail 14 Years Strangely Surfaces in Ford Post Office
In Ford Kansas the post office uncovered fourteen years of undelivered mail after the death of long time postmaster George T. Herzer. Inspectors found sacks and stacks of letters stored in niches and boxes, some dating back to the 1910s. The rediscovered correspondence drew mixed reactions from residents, including old loves and betrayed confidences.
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Hutchinson
Kan
Ford
George T. Herzer
Postmaster Finds Old Letters and Graduation News
A city firm received an order mailed seven years ago by a now-deceased writer. A graduation announcement for spring 1917 delights one woman as country folk travel miles to see the distribution. The postmaster sorts dusty letters while the firm advertises Three-in-One Ointment guaranteed for skin troubles by Dyer & Jones.
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Dyer & Jones
Three-in-One Ointment claimed to cure eczema
Dyer and Jones sell Three-in-One Ointment for rheumatism with a guarantee. The product promises relief for eczema and tetter, listing 12 Rub-My-Tism units in the packaging and marketing.
Quinine Tonic Uses Noted With Signature of He Grove
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary quinine claiming tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. The text urges readers to remember the full name and seek the signature of HE. W. GROVE. We.
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HE. W. Grove
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Hogwallow News
Dunk Botts
Raz Barlow
Poke Bazley
Atlas Peck
Club
Hancock
Cricket Hicks
Rye Straw
Clai Hancock
Flutie Belcher
Poke Eazley
Dock Hocks
Poke
Sapolio
THE
Denison Herald
Associated Press News
Guy Stedham
Wilbur Carter
Kelly
Sherman
Texas
R. C. Hoyle
R. B. Nall
Commercial Bank
Wolfe, Freeman & Wolfe
Sherman, Texas
Royal Baking Powder Co
Hospha
Dr.Price
Free Price Baking Powder Factory
Independence Blvd
Chicago
Eagle “‘Mikado
Ana
Eagle Pencil Company
New York
A. Y. Creager
F. W. Creager
Sherman A. Y. Creager & CO
Manning & Clark
Seven Insurance
Treasury
S. H. Montgomery
First National Bank
John Hollingsworth
Woosley
Dray Line
Ode Crowell
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