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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1921
Page
12
A humorous Hogwallow rundown features Lukas Mathewson’s upstairs ladder by Dunk Botts, a horse study for Tobe Moseley, and locals like Poke Eazley’s gullies causing colds. Silly notes include Sid Hocks warped by a misbuttoned coat, Slim Pickins’s post office crackle, and Sim Flinders’ shopping trip and lanterns. Local contrasts, church gossip, and quirky misadventures populate the column with community characters and playful ironies.
An old medical patent ad claims Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic cures helminth infections in children by improving blood and digestion. It states regular use for two to three weeks will expel worms and restore health. Pleasant to take and priced at 6 cents per bottle.
S C White returned from Denver where his son Gordon, a Vietnam era veteran, had been treated for dysentery. Gordon underwent a 41 day medical fast at a Denver hospital, losing from 160 to 100 pounds, attended daily by a nurse, and began eating again, showing signs of improvement.
An advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets to end a cold in one day. It claims to stop cough and headache and ease nasal symptoms, noted as having E W Grove’s signature on each box and priced at 30 cents.
Three Black men were taken from court by robed masked assailants and given ten lashes in a warehouse to warn Black residents to avoid whites. One victim, 75, reportedly struck in the head with a pistol, as deputies and a justice of the peace offered no comment.
In Abilene Texas a Taylor County couple, Mr. and Mrs M N Young, welcomed four babies in under a year. Earlier the year a single child arrived, and a few days ago three more boys were born. The mother, 30, now has ten children. the triplets are the county's second set ever.
Thousands of weak pale and sickly people are quickly gaining solid flesh and rugged health by taking vitamines into their systems. The article promotes a new method claiming rapid strength improvements and overall vitality through vitamin intake.
Mysterious substances in daily foods are vital for health. Ironized Yeast tablets combine iron with concentrated brewers yeast to aid flesh and muscle growth in thin people. Pleasant to take with quick results. Sold by Dyer & Jones with directions for children.
Eczema and tetter can be cured. Three-in-One Ointment is sold and guaranteed by Dyer and Jones. f2.
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