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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
4
County Food Administrator S. C. Swain issues guidance on wheat retention and sales for Texas farmers. Farmers may keep enough for personal use and for flour substitutes through October, pledging to consume substitutes. Market timing should avoid congestion. do not sell to neighbors for grinding. Consult the county administrator for seeding needs.
The advertisement touts Laxa tive Bromo Quinine as superior to ordinary quinine claiming tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head ringing. It urges readers to note the full product name and look for the signature of E. W. Grove.
A Cincinnati authority promotes freezone as a fast acting corn and callus remover. He claims a few drops on tender corns or hardened calluses stops soreness, dries instantly, and removes the corn without inflaming surrounding skin. A small bottle is inexpensive and available at drug stores.
The first recorded electric telegraph by George Louis Le Sage of Geneva used 24 glass insulated wires in a ground trough. Each wire bore a letter with gold leaf tips, signals sent by static charges on touching the wire with a charged glass rod. Limited range hindered long distance use. Bob Sears visited his parents and will soon depart for France via an aviation field at Ft Worth.
A statement from J P W H Hill of Detroit Texas praises Foley Kidney Pills as the best he has used and effective where others failed. The ad notes back ache rheumatic pains sore muscles stiff joints and too frequent bladder action as kidney trouble symptoms and lists Dyer Jones as the seller.
J.D. Richey of route three received a letter confirming his son Joe Richey has reached France after enlisting in the army at Texarkana. The notice highlights local enlistment and overseas deployment.
Old and feeble people and those who are weak are promised strength to endure summer heat by Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. The tonic purifies and enriches the blood and builds up the system, with a strengthening improving effect. Price noted as 60c.
A wartime article describes a Joffre school installed in the cellars of the Mumm champagne house. Protected by cement and earth, the space measures about twenty meters long and nine to ten wide. Classes are separated by champagne case partitions with straw matting walls and improvised decorations, all in a champagne town setting.
A brief health note advises that a lame shoulder results from rheumatism in the muscles and recommends absolute rest along with cham berlain's liniment applications to relieve discomfort.
Train schedule fragment lists south bound trains at 4:17 am 6:05 am and 5:27 pm with flag stops for Dallas and points south, and north bound locals around 9:50 am and 9:56 pm plus east and west bound notes. Also mentions Cotton Belt line with unspecified times and routes.
Purports to purify and enrich the blood for renewed energy and strength. Advertises a price of 60 cents and claims an invigorating effect for users.
Prof. H. L. Durham, recently chosen superintendent, visited the city Saturday. He lectures in the Sherman summer normal, which ends the 26th, before relocating to assume duties here. Prices of the antimalarial serum are listed at 60 cents.
Steve Hoover of Mr. Pleasant Iowa reports starting to feed his herd of about 100 hogs with B A Thomas Hog Powder over two months. He says fifty were sick and off feed before, nearby herds had cholera, but none died and the hogs are now well and growing fast. Sold by J W Davidson.
An editorial discusses the term man power and argues women and children play a major role in wartime effort. It notes Germany relies on women for 42 percent of labor, potentially making women the larger portion of German manual labor while praising American women for bearing burdens of war.
A rhetoric framed by gendered wartime duty urges American power to rally behind victory over Germany. It stresses women’s cooperation and shared burdens as essential to the United States exerting full power to rid the world of the German kultur that it portrays as dehumanizing both men and women.
A public health advice note urges mothers not to endure aches in silence. It touts Scott's Emulsion as a strengthener for fatigue nervous exhaustion and poor blood, claiming it nourishes nerves and builds vitality.
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