Agricultural Bill Increase Is Slight
Washington The 1927 agricultural appropriations bill totals 126 220 805 dollars, up 485 364 from last year. Major item is 80 million for federal highway aid, with 3 500 for a weather station at Austin Texas. The bill funds a barberry bush eradication campaign, market news service upgrades, and 2 578 million for cattle indemnities. It also covers dairy and livestock experiments and sugar plant investigations. National Forest District 7 funds are included for several southern states.
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Austin
Texas
Budget Bureau
Market News Service
Midwest
West
Big Spring
Tucumcari
N. M
Newell and Ardmore
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Havre
Huntley
Miles City
Mont
National Forest District 7
Arkansas
Alabama
Florida
Oklahoma
Georgia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Tennessee
Virginia
Maryland
Kentucky
Bargain on Fine Player Piano and Upright for Sale
Brook Mays & Co. of Dallas announces a beautiful new player piano with bench and a rebuilt upright with stool and scarf, both offered at bargain prices on reasonable terms. Conservative is a man with a pull a progressive one with push. Virginian Pilot note.
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Brook Mays & Co
Reliable Piano House
Dallas
Texas
Norfolk
To Cure a Cold in One Day Take Laxative Brom Quinone
Laxative Brom Quinine tablets claim to stop cough headache and shorten colds with E W Grove signature on each box priced at 30 cents.
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E.W. Grove
Are You a Nervous Irritable Woman
An old medical advertisement from San Antonio Texas touts Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for feminine trouble. A testimonial by Mrs J D Scott claims relief from headaches nervousness irritability and weight gain after using the medicine. The note offers trial tablets for 10 cents and free medical advice from Buffalo New York.
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San Antonio
Texas
Quinine Bootlegging Described By Fort Worth Pioneer
Memoirs of Capt. J. C. Terrell recount the high price of quinine during the Civil War era. Tariffs and embargoes raised costs, monopolies formed, and supply depended on blockade runners. After 1868, quinine fell to 35 cents an ounce, leaving the poor to dangerous substitutes. A client paid Terrell with a cache of genuine quinine worth hundreds of dollars.
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J. C. Terrell
Fort Worth
Captain Terrell
Congress
Europe
United States
Confederate States
Terrell
Tax collector post of Dallas County eyed by Dallas man
John H. Cullom of Dallas announces for the Dallas County tax collector job praising it as the best Texas political office. He notes the governors pay four thousand dollars while railroad commissioners and board of control members earn similar or higher sums, but county officials often take in over ten thousand yearly.
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Texas
Board of Control
John H. Cullom
Dallas
Cullom
Six Taken From Grayson County To Penitentiary
Six men convicted in Grayson County were transported from Sherman at 8 am under penitentiary agent Bud Russell. Red Roberts of Fort Worth received a two year term for burglary, Cecil Stowers of Bryan County Oklahoma four years for forgery, Earl Thurman of Denison two years for possessing equipment for making intoxicating liquor, Walter Hill from Sherman two years for bigamy, and Harry Huggins from Dallas.
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Grayson County
Sherman
Bud Russell
Red Roberts
Fort Worth
Cecil Stowers
Bryan County
Okla
Earl Thurman
Denison
Walter Hill
Harry Huggins
Dallas
No Worms in a Healthy Child Ad Likely Claims
An advertisement asserts that children with worms show pale color and stomach issues and that Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic can enrich blood improve digestion and strengthen the system. It claims regular use for two or three weeks will expel worms and restore health with bottles priced at 60 cents.
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Grove
Nothing Like It on Earth Borozone Treatment Ad
advertisement for Borozone liquid and powder claiming fast safe healing for torn flesh and wounds. Liquid options 30c 60c and 1.20. powder 30c and 60c. Sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
Texas 1926 vehicle registration rush warned
The State Highway Department urges motorists to visit headlight test stations and tax collectors to complete 1926 registrations. January 31 marks the regular deadline. after that a 25 percent delinquency penalty applies. Early action will prevent long lines and delays.
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Tax Collectors
Texas
Paradox Links Climbing High to Remaining on Level
Florence Alabama Herald notes a paradox about rising to great heights while staying on the same level, reflecting on ambition and steady progress. The remark, attributed to the publication, frames success as steady persistence rather than constant change.
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Florence
Ala
Herald
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