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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1915
Page
5
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safer liver remedy to replace calomel. It claims calomel causes sickness, salivation, and liver injury, while Dodson's tone cleanly stimulates the liver by morning and is guaranteed by the druggist with a money back offer.
Mrs Floyd Everheart was in town visiting relatives Monday and Tuesday, staying with relatives and noting local activity during her visit.
Advert describes Dr Bell's Pine-Tar-Honey as a healthful forest spirit from Piney Forests that clears throat and head, antiseptic and healing. It urges purchase at druggists for 25 cents and promotes Electric Bitters as a Spring Tonic.
An old advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to ordinary imine for tonic and laxative effects with no nervous head effects. It urges recalling the full name and seeking E. W. GROVE's signature, offered at 25 cents.
A public health style note warns that neglecting coughs and colds weakens you and risks serious illness. It promotes Dr Kings New Discovery as effective from the first dose, claiming relief with clearer head and freer breathing. Buy a bottle today and start taking at once.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash on March 5 1915 at 2 pm of the stock of gents furnishings fixtures and accounts of W P Cameron & Sons bankrupts at the Cameron store in Whitewright Texas. Stock invoices about 4100 dollars fixtures 700 dollars and notes and accounts 2700 dollars. Notes and accounts sold one at a time to give debtors a chance to buy in at a large discount. J M McMILLIN.
An old advertisement invites readers to send five cents with name and address to Foley & Co Chicago to receive a trial package of Foley products including Honey and Tar Compound Kidney Pills and Cathartic Tablets. Sold by Kirkpatrick and Bryant.
By authority vested in me as mayor pro tempore of Whitewright Texas I call an election to be held Tuesday April 6 1915 for marshal night watchman and six aldermen two and one year terms to fill expired seat of T K Barbee Peter McKenna is presiding judge and will appoint assistants election held as law requires March 1 1915 J F Lilleey Mayor Pro Tem S H Montgomery City Secy Se
Work starts in Sherman yards with several thousand dollars to improve the track bed. J R Gunter says the yard will match the best paved streets in Sherman after rock from east Texas is crushed and laid to create a smooth surface. The $250,000 project widens the road, rebuilds bridges, adds new ties, and employs hundreds more men between Sherman and Commerce.
Health advice extols joy through digestion and regular bowel movements. It urges taking one small Dr King's New Life Pill at night to improve appetite and digestion and to feel better by morning.
Canaan Everheart and Miss Irene Hansard recover from typhoid. Several residents listed as sick or improving, including Ewell Garner M H Mullins and Earl Alexander. Visitors include Claude Blanton and family, T P Wells, Edgar Thrasher of Paris, and Mrs G F Bryant. Social visits recount Sherman trips, movie outings with Marie Dressler and Mary Pickford.
James H. Reeves of Whitewright takes first in the Evans prize oratorical contest at the University of Texas. Pendleton Howard of Dallas earns second and William Lipscomb of Dallas third. Reeves will represent UT in the State peace contest, Howard in the State Oratorical Association contest, with other program speakers T. E. Hayden of Marion, Jerome Kenneth Crossman of Dallas, and Robert M. Field of San Antonio.
A Texas farmer testimonial dated April 7, 1914 praises Liv-Ver-Lax for curing biliousness stomach and liver trouble constipation and complications. The harmless vegetable compound is said to relieve liver troubles with quick happy results and no calomel effects, sold in 50c and 51 bottles via Lebanon Co-Operative Medicine Co Lebanon Tenn and Dyer & Jones.
The Boy Scouts program reports a Sunday debate on the resolution That military training should be taught to Boy Scouts ended in the affirmative. Mr Mac Powell and Assistant Scout Master Walker gave talks while Leader Charlie Rath supervised the session. The program also included scripture by Leon Davidson How to Make Pictures of Tracks by Hugh Ownby and advice on heat exhaustion and sunstroke by Dee Little. Bro Epting spoke on Inspiration Visitors are welcome at meetings.
Mr. Tom F. Cady of Rochester New York states catarrh headaches and nasal breathing problems vanished after six weeks on Peruna. He credits the remedy with driving catarrh from his body and relief from year long symptoms. Mrs A J Tieman of San Antonio Texas reports nine years of catarrh ending after five bottles of Peruna restored her health.
An article recounts Bettie Bullock's four year struggle with womanly troubles. After bedridden years and failed treatments, her husband provided Cardus a tonic that let her walk two miles and resume work. The ad promotes Cardui as a proven women’s tonic with a Chattanooga advisory note and claim of over one million beneficiaries.
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