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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1916
Page
5
An advertisement promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for biliousness and constipation. It claims the product cleans the liver, stabilizes bowels, boosts energy, and guarantees satisfaction with a money back offer if not effective. It highlights pleasant taste and no salivation.
Claude Callan writes a reflective column critiquing rising consumerism and debt, praising progress yet noting the era’s wicked chapter. He cites President Wilson, naval strength, and national tunes like Dixie while poking fun at lawyers and doctors, ending with a jocular note on marching bands.
The Hogwallow Post notes a closed post office for Groundhog Day and cold weather. Scarecrow wearing an overcoat, a damaged encounter with Tin Peddler’s horse, and a mail carrier request for accountability are described. Local observations include notes on foreign invasion talk, weather forecasts, and a new stream discovered by Prof Sap Spradlen with unusually fresh tasting water.
An old reliable remedy claims to heal the worst sores and relieve pain. The ad promotes Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil with prices of 25c 60c and 1.00 and emphasizes simultaneous relief and healing.
When you buy from distant mail order houses you get little beyond the product and no personal connection. Local shopping creates business ties with proprietors and clerks who value your trade and return favors. A steady homebuying policy forms a circle of loyal local friends.
The piece argues success stems from building local goodwill through lifelong efforts to make friends. It notes favor and neighborly support foster easier dealings, with buying locally described as the simplest way to create beneficial business relations at no cost.
The Texas Power and Light Company plans to run lines through Trenton to provide light and power. The company typically buys local plants supplying electricity and pays fair prices for them, signaling broader service expansion.
Worry and despondency linked to suspected kidney disease with backache and urinary issues. Dr. Pierce proclaims Anure Tablets relieve uric acid trouble, citing hospital trials and urging 10 cents for a trial bottle from the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo.
The B Y P U program centers on a missionary journey led by Miss Cecile Doss with scripture readings I Corinthians 2 by the leader. Barnabus John and Mark are by Pastor, Silas by Miss Eunice Cook, and Timothy by F W McFatridge with quotations from each member present.
Visitor to pain, Sloan's liniment claimed as the great pain killer. A Berkeley man praised its skin application for neck stiffness after exposure at the Panama Exposition. He reported quick relief within hours of use and a return to normal by morning. All Druggists. 25c.
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a versatile general tonic. It claims to contain quinine and iron and to act on the liver, drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and strengthen the entire system, offered at 50 cents.
In a humorous exchange from The People's Home Journal, February, a wife imagines future convenience from electricity and a button, while the husband doubts it will pay. He objects, citing her reluctance to touch a button, even to fix his shirt.
An old advertisement touts 5 or 6 doses of 666 to break chills and fever from colds and La Grippe. It claims to act on the liver better than Calomel and to avoid gripping or sickness. Price is 25 cents.
An advertisement suggests dizziness headaches biliousness and constipation stem from a torpid liver. It promotes Po-Do-Lax as a quick-acting remedy that cleanses the liver tones the system and aids the stomach. Available for 50 cents at druggists.
County Commissioner J H Biggerstaff and W D Parker are in the city today after arriving yesterday. Biggerstaff hopes to have no opponent this year as he focuses on road building and keeping his office amid political duties.
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