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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1948
Page
8
Public health notice outlines five leading killers in Texas with heart disease causing 14 076 deaths in 1946 and cancer killing 6 343 Texans. It stresses early diagnosis for prevention and notes no cure exists for cancer while rheumatic heart disease harms children.
London shoppers may find gourmet delicacies on display behind Piccadilly doors. The article notes high prices for items like stuffed guinea at $8 and caviar at $46.20 a pound, comparing lavish offerings to ordinary weekly rations. A game pie at $8.50 is highlighted as another option.
The write up lists prawn portions at five dollars shaping a curry, toast morsels at two dollars per dozen, fruit desserts of peaches pears and cherries in brandy or curacao, a two person bottle for ten dollars, and a small grape cognac bottle at four dollars for cheese lovers.
Washington reports a three year, 250000 dollar study led by Dr. Edward C. Elliott, former Purdue president, finding Americans expect drug stores to provide prescriptions and remedies plus location convenience and wide merchandise. The shift from apothecary to modern drug store is noted as essential to public demand.
Topeka residents plan to restore the weather beaten shanty once used as John Brown headquarters in the mid-1800s and as an underground depot for guiding enslaved people from Missouri to Canada.
New York reports that in 1948 whisky will cost more for choice bonded bourbons and be harder to find. Scotch and Canadian will be cheaper but scarcer on dealers’ shelves, blended whisky remains about 90 percent of consumption, gin becomes pricier with less domestic and more British options. Private brand whisky returns, taxes take a large share of the price, and 1947 liquor sales fell from the 1946 peak.
Local ads advertise Lee Norris stock of auto parts at reduced prices and a rear auto shop run by Wes Judd and W A Gladden offering reboring blocks and general repairs. Also promotes auto financing via Auto Finance Company with quick inspection and title papers.
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