Porter Church News Notes and Crop Hopes
The community reports poorer health from changeable weather and widespread colds. Crops are mostly through but demand for cotton bolls may arise as fields look cleaned. Wheat appears indifferent now but could yield a fair crop. Some moving about continues. reports lack detail. Mrs M M Cooper visited Aunt Sallie Williams last week. D Bennett visited his brother Lee at Leslie yesterday and found him improving after typhoid fever. Emma and Inez Musser visited Vida Williams Sunday evening. Oscar Billner from near Savoy visited Saturday night and Sunday. S B W.
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Emma and
Inez Musser
Vida Williams
Oscar Billner
Near Savoy
Laxa tive Bromo Quinine Ad T Quinine Health Claim
An old advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary Quinine for tonic and laxative effects with no nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to seek the full name and the signature of E. W. GROVE and notes a 30c price.
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E. W. Grove
Journey on the Sleepy Road A memory of a doctor's bedtime aid
In a late night hospital corridor a weary doctor advises a sleepless patient to imagine a familiar long road. He recalls walking to school on that road since childhood, finding solace but never reaching its end, as recounted in The Atlantic.
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Damon's Creek
Atlantic
Highways Register 194 796 Autos in Texas In 1946
Texas records show 194 796 registered automobiles with an estimated 25 000 more unregistered. White seals for taxes are being issued as remittances flood in. Average tax per car is 8.32 dollars. January 1 counts include 3 468 motorcycles 1 156 dealers 6 359 transfers 12 714 chauffeurs and 28 visiting cars. 666 cold remedy and local notes follow.
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Texas
State Highway Commission
Magician among Fishes Dreaded Puffers Use Inflation Trick
The article explains how puffer fish defend themselves by inflating into nearly spherical shapes when sensing danger. Director H C Townsend notes puffers in a tank inflate to balloon like forms, making them too large for larger fish to swallow.
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Neptune
Popular Science Monthly
H. C. Townsend
New York Aquarium
Magnet Photography by a Texas School Superintendent
A Texas school superintendent conducted experiments to image objects via magnetism. He placed a magnet under a photographic plate in a dark chamber for several days and obtained photos of the objects on the plate. If the effect proves magnetism alone can form images, it could illuminate magnetism research.
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Texas
Start the New Year Right Trade at P. J. Pierce & Sons
The advertisement urges readers to begin the year by trading with P. J. Pierce and Sons. It highlights promotional offers and seasonal deals to attract customers to the store.
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P. J. Pierce & Sons
Early stock sale for white goods and clothing
The ad urges buying now to beat rising cotton and white goods prices. It touts a large ready stock of white goods, undergarments, embroideries, and other items bought cheaply, promising savings based on cost. Men and boys are encouraged to shop clothing, shoes, underclothes, and workwear for value.
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Whitewright
Manning & Clark
Weekly
Kansas City Star
Whitewright Sun
Star
Theodore Roosevelt
the Star
Henry J. Waters
Kansas Agriculture College
THE
the Weekly
Sun Whitewright, Texas
Highway Commission
Austin
C. C. Robbins
the Sun
Mr. Robbins
Joe Hamilton
Sherman
Little Puffer
Chichester S
Chichester
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