Texans Claim Prescription Doctors Reveal Town Health
In a Texas survey by Rev. Atticus Webb of the Anti-Saloon League, Port Arthur and Corpus Christi are labeled healthiest, with no doctors issuing liquor prescriptions. Dallas shows 214 physicians issuing about 80,000 prescriptions last year, earning doctors and druggists substantial sums. Sherman and Denison rank among healthier towns, while Hamilton and Athens fare poorly. ministers receive no prescriptions in Webb’s findings.
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Port Arthur
Waco
Dallas
Fort Worth
Denison
Sherman
Houston
San Antonio
Hamilton
Athens
Quanah
Webb
Mystery of Misused Prescriptions Draws Investigation
A police inquiry reveals a pattern where husbands receive two bottles while wives remain unaware their names were used. The investigator notes this occurs regularly, with half of women’s prescriptions of this deceptive kind.
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Webb
Herbine Promises Purified System For Working People
Advertising copy urges workers misled by dull, languid feelings to take Herbine to restore health and ambition. It claims the medicine cleanses the system and improves energy, priced at 60 cents and sold by Dyer & Jones.
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Dyer & Jones
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Humorous Notes and a Vanishing Tracks Tale
In Hogwallow the columnists comment on aging fashion and fortune with wry quips from Fletcher Henstep Sidney Hocks Frisby Hancock and Clair Hancock. A deputy pursues a mysterious culprit but the trail ends when a passing buggy lapses the tracks into thin air.
White's Cream Vermifuge Promises Quick Worm Elimination
Traditional health notice promotes White's Cream Vermifuge to treat worm infestation in children. Describes symptoms such as paleness fretfulness and appetite changes and claims a few doses restore health. Claims fifty years of successful use and a 35 cent price available from Dyer & Jones.
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White
Dyer & Jones
Dr Edwin May at Kirkpatrick’s Drug Store
Dr Edwin May maintains his office at Kirkpatrick's drug store every Saturday for eye troubles and glasses.
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Edwin May
Kirkpatrick
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Bold medicine advertisement claims fast relief from cold symptoms with Laxative Bromo Quinine tablets. It emphasizes stopping the ache and headache and notes E W Grove’s signature on each box, priced at 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
Horseshoeing Service Ad Promises Quality Work
An old newspaper ad appeals for patrons with promises of good service workmanship and fair prices attached to every horseshoeing job.
Carry A Lantern
A stingy farmer chides the hired man for carrying a lit lantern to visit his girl. The hired man retorts that during courtship the farmer went in the dark and now faces the consequences of his stinginess.
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Sidney Hocks
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