Birth of a Nation at Odeon Theatre February 2
David W. Griffith stages a historical fac simile scene for The Birth of a Nation at the Odeon. The Appomattox surrender sketch shows Lee and Grant with period detail as Griffith aims for accuracy over theatrics. Matinee and night showings are scheduled for Saturday February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Lee
Appomattox
de Camp
Lee
Grant
David W. Griffith
Griffith
Odeon
General Grant
General Lee
Odeon Theatre
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Promo Slip
An old fashioned advertisement urges readers to mail a 5 cent reply to Foley & Co in Chicago to receive trial packages of Foley honey and tar for coughs and cold, along with Foley Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets, sold by Dyer & Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley & Co
Sheffield Ave
Chicago
Ill
Foley
Dyer & Jones
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days with PAZO Ointment
A drugstore ad offers PAZO Ointment promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days with first application giving relief. If It fails to cure, money refunded. Price listed as 50 cents.
Practical business education prospect prompts higher earnings
An ad-like piece argues that thinking, remembering, imagining, and acting improve efficiency and income. It claims many fail in life and business, cites Harvard professor rules, and offers thorough practical courses to raise salaries by training thinkers and doers.
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James
Harvard
Rocking Chairs Arrive In Large Shipment In Wright
Two car loads of steam bent rocking chairs arrive at Whitewright offering exceptionally low prices. The store discounts its purchase, inviting customers to choose from a large, varied stock for home furniture needs.
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Whitewright
Tyler Commercial College promotes courses in business and telegraphy
The ad urges taking bookkeeping shorthand cotton classing and finance courses at Tyler Commercial College Tyler Texas and offers a free catalogue. A medical testimonial touts Foley’s Honey and Tar for croup and cough relief from Mrs T Neurener Eau Claire Wisconsin with druggists Dyer Jones endorsing the product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyler Commercial College
Tyler
Texas
Public School Honor Roll Lists Grades and Names
The honor roll for the public school ends January 4 lists students by grade and name. Notable entry: Robert Holland, a Burleson Greenville student, visited his parents Mr and Mrs W F Holland over the weekend.
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Martha Joe Sears
Margaret Freeman
Louise Robbins
Edna _ Horton
Dorothy Lee Gordon
Paul Ryan
Edwin Savage
Robert Holland
Burleson
Greenville
W. F. Holland
Grove's Tonic Promoted As General Tonic
Advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless chill tonic as a valuable general tonic with quinine benefits. It claims to act on the liver drive malaria enrich blood and build the system priced at 60 cents. A separate quip notes a girl at a piano needing little musical skill to attract a young man.
A Word to Mothers endorses Foley’s Honey and Tar
Mrs. E. J. Bedard of Cowich, Washington endorses Foley's Honey and Tar as the best remedy she has used. She keeps a bottle for children as a quick cure for coughs and colds and notes it heals raw surfaces loosens phlegm eases hoarseness and difficult breathing and checks racking coughs. Sold by Dyer.
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T. Neurener
Eau Claire
Wis
Dyer & Jones
E. J. Bedard
Cowich
Foley
Dodson's Liver Tone Offered as Calomel Substitute
An advertisement warns against calomel calling it dangerous and salivating. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a vegetable, gentle remedy that starts the liver without causing sickness or salivation and can be given to children.
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Dodson
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James Boyd
Scott’s
Scott & Bowne
Bloomfield
N.J
Matinee
D.W. Griffiths
Abraham Lincoln
Ku Klux Klan
Sherman
Undertaker
Bettie Lou McLean
Orr Clabhorn
Marjorie Holland
Hartwell Godfrey
Verginia Belcher
Ollie MecMillio
Fannie Robbins
John McMurry
Loren Mangrum
Lois Conger
Martha Bard
Augusta Davis
Robert Cantrell
Dorthy Freeman
Willis Bailey
Nannie Godfrey
Viva Humphries
J. R. Lewis
Margaret McMurry
Jack Yeager
Grammar School
Louise Freeman
Mary Johnson
Josephine Pierce
Foy Reeves
Kate Smith
Margreta Fender
Ivy Fain
Mary Penn
Willis Simmons
Ruie Reeves
Mollie Wright
Roger Davis
Will Boone
Grove’s
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