Kentuckytown News Update on Local Ills and Movements
Miss Mary Caylor suffers a grip as do Ernest McCoy and family Finas Alverson and family and John Chumbley and family. Miss Fae Eatherly resumes teaching at Canaan school. Rev. Oby Nelson of Savoy visited and preached. Miss Allie Shook returns from Dallas. Lonnie Ryan of Ector traveled in midweek. Lester Caylor returns from Arkansas trip. M. H. Mullins and family relocate to the community.
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Mary Caylor
Ernest McCoy
Finas Alverson
John Chumbley
Fae Eatherly
Canaan
Oby Nelson
Savoy
Points
Arkansas
M. H. Mullins
Anaan
Dr King’s New Discovery Cures Colds Says Ad
An old ad promotes Dr King’s New Discovery to treat colds. It claims exposure avoidance and pine tar based formula with balsams and laxatives to kill germs and soothe throat. The copy touts 45 years of use as satisfaction guarantee.
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Dr. King
Canaan Everheart Community Hospitalized Amid Illness Spike
Canaan Everheart reports a two week period as a hospitalized community with many sick residents. Notable cases include Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Alverson seriously ill and Mrs. J. D. Garner and son Fayette recovering from grip. Several local movements and visits are noted among families and neighbors.
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C. D. Alverson
J. D. Garner
Fayette
Grip
A. I. Bowles
Chester Rutledge
Venice
F. E. Alverson
Hhis
Joe An McMillin
Cleve Wilson
Joe Beas
Dodson
Tom Bean
Eden
Near Leonard
A. C. Keeling
T. F. Coffman
Chas. Alexander
Hardcastle
Kentuckytown
Dr Bell’s Pine Tar Honey Advertises Child Cold Care
To cure children's colds keep child dry and clothed comfortable avoid exposure and give Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey. It is pleasant soothing antiseptic raises phlegm and reduces inflammation. The first dose gives relief and continued treatment will avoid serious illness. Don’t delay treatment. Don’t let your child suffer. Get a bottle today 25c at all Druggists.
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Dr. Bell
Bell
Grove's General Tonic Claim Card
Grove's Whenever You Need a General Tonic promotes Grove's Tasteless chill Tonic as a valuable general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system for 50 cents.
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Grove
Porter's Christmas Gift Of Grins And Reflections
The writer recalls a festive season and the abundance of gifts, humorously blaming Santa or unknown agents for a mysterious supply. They reflect on a year’s joys and sorrows, argue against the idea that individuals shape their fate alone, and attribute much to environment, citing Kentucky origins and Westward life. They ponder lost opportunities and ancestral roots in Caucasian lineage.
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Santa Claus
Union
Kentucky
New Year Greeting From S B Williams
A Sun reader letter wishes friends a happy new year and expresses pride in pure lineage. S. B. Williams signs off with a hopeful note that the coming year will be the best of their lives and thanks readers for their support.
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the Sun
S. B. Williams
Calomel replacement Liv-Ver-Lax promoted by dealer
Nature warns against calomel and extols Liv-Ver-Lax as a gentle liver cleanser. The ad claims calomel is harsh and leaves the body weak while Liv-Ver-Lax is a harmless vegetable compound that cleanses the liver and removes poisons. It guarantees satisfaction or money back and lists Dyer & Jones as sellers at 50 cents and one dollar.
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L. K. Grigsby
Dyer & Jones
Bargain 118 Acre Farm Near Whitewright For Sale
Good farm offering 118 acres five miles from Whitewright with solid improvements and water. Fifteen acres of good pasture. Ready possession. Seller Tom Barbee invites immediate contact for a fair bargain.
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Whitewright
Tom Barbee
Sloan's Liniment for Rheumatism Relief
A reader from San Francisco testifies in January 1915 that Sloan's Liniment quickly eased a three week rheumatism and stiff neck attack after other medicines and a doctor failed. The writer, employed at a large department store with hundreds of staff, pledges to spread the word at All tal Druggists.
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Sloan
S. F
H. B. Smith
San Francisco
Cal
Atall Druggists
Piles Cured in 6 to 14 Days Promise
A druggist offers PAZO OINTMENT with a money back guarantee if it fails to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in six to fourteen days. The first application provides ease and rest. Sold for 60 cents.
Foley's Honey and Tar Package Offer
A promotional note from Dyer & Jones urges readers to mail a slip with name and address to Foley & Co in Chicago I for a trial package. The package would include Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup, Foley Kidney pills, and Foley Cathartic Pills.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Foley
Dyer & Jones
Laxa tive Bromo Quinine Adverts Sign Off by E W Grove
An 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 remember the full name and seek the signature of E. W. Grove, priced at 25 cents.
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E. W. Grove
Money to Loan Offer by Local Agent
A local representative, Tom Barbee, advertises a loan service at 8 percent interest for terms of 5 to 10 years with the option to pay 1/10 of the loan each year. The notice targets residents seeking affordable financing.
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Tom Barbee
For Sale Nice lot of three months old pigs
A local advertisement offers a ready to fatten lot of three months old pigs for sale. The seller names Dr. R. May and Ira Kirk the wood kid as contact points with cash terms indicated.
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R. May
Ira Kirk
the Wood Kid
Cash
Cotton Belt and East Coast Railroad Timetables
Time table fragment lists west and east bound departures with morning and evening slots. Entries show 11:15 am eastbound and 7:35 pm, 9:05 am, and 5:25 pm for westbound services. Likely from a newspaper rail schedule page with truncated text and OCR errors.
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Cotton Belt
East NO. Boe
Northbound No 2 Local No 4 Local ee nee be hd
Northbound and southbound designations appear in fragmented OCR text with unclear context. The readable parts note numbered lines and local associations but lack a complete event or action to summarize.
Story of cotton seed path from waste to world powerhouse
Value of cotton seed commerce and finance notes the industry’s annual worth over 159 million dollars and oil alone surpassing 80 million in 1915. Once worthless twenty five years earlier the seed now feeds and outfits many products from food to explosives, with over five hundred uses cited. Fort Worth Record questions why most growers still live hand to mouth.
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Fort Worth
Remedy for Grip: Seed Decoction and Lemon Juice
A reader tip suggests a grip remedy of one tablespoonful linseed boiled ten minutes in a cup of water, strained, with juice of half a lemon and sweetened, taken hot before bed and again before breakfast. The Detroit Times notes the tip came from a local undertaker, while the Houston Post questions its usefulness as a substitute for the rock and rye cure.
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Detroit Times
Houston Post
Stop Buying Affects Ancient Expense Reduction Method
The line notes that stopping purchases was a crude yet effective technique used by ancient peoples to curb outlays and manage official economies. It highlights how restraint served as a practical tool in historical budgeting.
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