Hogwallow News Highlights and Local Happenings
Hogwallow News reports Washington Hocks returns home after a stay in Bounding Billows. Raz Barlow takes a lucrative Chicago perfumery post with no salary but a watch charm after selling 75 bottles. Tickville Tidings editor buys flour. locals comment on elections and odd news. Miss Hostetter Hocks shocks Yam Sims by widening eyes. Cricket Hicks sells a French harp. Frisby Hancock foresees no crop next season. Luke Mathewson contemplates death after political disappointment. Poke Eazley explains why many men felt unwell after Hog Ford still talk. A dance ends the night in Calf Ribs.
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Washington Hocks’ Call
Bounding Billows
Raz Barlow
Department J
Chicago
Tickville
Hogwallow
Hostetter Hocks
Yam Sims
Cricket Hicks
Frisby Hancock
Luke Mathewson
Poke Eazley
The Welcome Man and the Man Who Delivers Goods
A nostalgic verse by Walt Mason extols the welcoming “Welcome Man” who delivers goods and the varied local types who populate communities. It contrasts cheerful helpers with laziness and moodiness, urging readers to buy bread from Home Bakery as a locally framed closing call.
A Humorous Ducking Tale From Cherryvale
Jim Jacobs staged a duck hunt on a pond using carved pum pkins as a decoy. He entered the water with a pumpkin head and nabbed ducks by their feet until rising aloft with the birds. He released them one by one to later dress the catch, providing meat for his family all winter.
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Jim Jacobs
Jim
Cherryvale
Kansas
Jackson man credits Vinci tonic for cough cure
Jackson Mississippi carpenter Joann L. Ennis describes chronic cough and fatigue after grippe. He tried various syrups with no relief and reports full cough cure after using Vinci cod liver oil and iron tonic. Dyer and Jones Drugists promote Vinci for coughs colds bronchitis and general weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Vinci
Joan L. Ennis
Dyer & Jones
Quirky Rural Gossip Flows In Local Notes
Raz Barlow tires of chatter with Miss Hostetter Hocks and rests his chin on his fiddle. Frisby Hancock trades a premier shotgun for a highly productive cow. Dock Hocks ignores sugar prices while Miss Flutie Belcher stays single. The Old Miser of Musket Ridge eases the fire on his cook stove as smoke widens from the chimney.
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Raz Barlow
Hostetter Hocks
Frisby Hancock
Dock Hocks
Flutie Belcher
Prominent Citizen Found After Storm Near Potlatch
The Atlantic Constitution recalls Potlatch Oklahoma being struck by a storm. Jack Smith, a prominent local figure, was later found two counties northeast in a rumpled condition. He quips that he did not outrun the cyclone.
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Argonaut
Potlatch
Okla
Jack
Rabbit Smith
Atlantic Constitution
Nervous System Alarm in Health Decline
The nervous system acts as the body's alarm system and signals distress through headaches fatigue restless sleep and irritability when health wanes. Scott Emulsion is advertised as a corrective tonic delivering rich nutriment to blood and nerves, alcohol free, from Scott and Bowne Bloomfield New Jersey.
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Scott
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield, N. J
Fire at Farmers' Union gin damages cotton bales
Early Monday at about three o'clock the cotton platform at the Farmers' Union gin caught fire. Fifty three bales stood on the platform, thirty five damaged. Loss runs to several hundred dollars, insured. Fire Chief Gattis and crew controlled the blaze before it could destroy the entire plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
Farmers’ Union Gin Co
Gattis
Dr Kings New Discovery for Coughs and Colds
An old advertisement touts Dr King s New Discovery as best for children s coughs and colds and also suitable for adults. It claims Pine Tar with balsams antiseptic effects and a mild laxative action to expel poisons, promising relief from coughing irritation and lung trouble.
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Dr. King
Jitney Offer for Foley Health Packets
An old advertisement offers a trial package from Foley & Co. in Chicago payable with a five cent slip. The package reportedly includes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound, Foley Kidney Pills, and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The notice also promotes Ver-Lax from Liv-Ver and references Dyer & Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Kirkpatrick & Bryant
Hall's Catarrh Cure Promises Cure for Catarrh
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure is the only positive cure known by the medical fraternity for catarrh a constitutional disease. It is claimed to act on the blood and mucous surfaces to destroy the disease’s foundation and build up the constitution. Proponents offer 100 dollars if it fails to cure and invite testimonials to F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio. Also mention of La11's Family Pills for constipation.
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Hall
G.tare
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
Te. Yake Lall
Good Shoes For All The Family In Whitewright
We offer the largest line of shoes in Whitewright featuring Peters Shoes a top brand. Every pair is pure leather or your money back. Peters Shoe Company sold 3,395,728.27 dollars worth of shoes in four months and moved 1,048,270 more pairs than the same period last year.
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Whitewright
Peter
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Connaly
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J.F. Lilley
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