Hogwollow Notes Run Riot In Tiny West Village
In Hogwollow News vivid vignettes tell of Miss Fritzie Allsop probing Miss Hostetter Hocks over a new hat price. The hoarse wife of Sim Flinders whispers for days while Sim mocks ear cotton. Prof Sap Spradlen jokes lead’s weight due to much in a small piece. Moonshine proprietor Smith locks front door Sundays per Depuy Constable, rear end turned to the street. Wild Onion school term nears end of winter, pupils barely restless. Main Carrier with small pox elicits community sympathy as springing into prominence. Sim Pickens joins society, powders mule and greases buggy, as local activity stirs.
Snakes Fleas Arrive As Post Office Treed Rabbit Scene
A series of local vignettes recounts events around town. A rabbit was treed under the post office Tuesday morning, while Dock Hocks had to crawl under a raised building. Fit Smith becomes Hog Ford church’s new ember as a second seat waits to prove commitment. Prof Sap Spradlen will lecture on the South Pole at Wild Onion school house Saturday night using a blackboard demonstration. Spring improves road conditions and Raz Barlow jests about Depuy Constable’s star, amid a few door-slamming moments with Old Miser and Ellick Hellwanger. The Mail Carrier faced delays due to nearly impassable roads.
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Hog Ford
Fit Smith
Sap Spradlen
South Pole
Wild Onion
Farley
Raz Barlow
Depuy
Drink Six Glasses of Water Daily Says Houston Drug Leader
An Interesting Statement from a Houston drug businessman claims muddy complexion and dull eyes indicate constipation. He advocates six daily glasses of water and one or two Rexall Orderlies at night as a cure, stating Rexall Orderlies are the best laxative for men women or children.
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Houston
Texas
Rexall
Finest assortment of rear admirals on pension list
The Bonham News quotes Congressman Dies stating the United States has 145 rear admirals retired in Washington drawing pensions from 5000 to 10000 dollars yearly. They claim a single German or English battleship could destroy half the fleet.
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Congressman
Washington
Bonham News
Judge Adamson Likely Candidacy for Ninth Judicial District
It was stated today that Judge J Q Adamson is likely to run for judge of the Fifty ninth Judicial district covering Collin and Grayson counties. The seat is held by Judge M H Garnett of Mackin ey. Adamson, a Grayson native, has served over four years as county judge in Sherman Democrat.
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J.Q. Adamson
Fiftyninth Judicial District
Collin
Grayson
Adamson
M. H. Garnett
Mckinney
Grayson County
Sherman
Cut This Out It Is Worth Money Don’t Miss This
Patent medicine advertisement offers a mail order trial package from Foley & Co. Chicago. Readable text promises Foley’s Honeyland Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Catholic Tablets. Respondents must enclose name and address with the slip.
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Foley & Co
Chicago
Lil
Foley
Foley Catholic
Dyer and Jones
Passenger seeks 20000 in railroad injury damages
B A Biggerstaff of Tom Bean sues St L S W Ry Co of Texas alleging a train started while he alighted at Tom Bean on October 27 1915 causing a fall and permanent injuries with damages claimed at 20000.
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B. A. Biggerstaff
Tom Bean
St. L.S. W. Ry. Co
Texas
Sherman
For Your Child's Cough Pine Tar Honey advertised remedy
An advertisement promotes Dr Bell s Pine Tar Honey for children with cold or cough. It claims the syrup soothes coughing, calms fretful sleep, and speeds recovery. Insist on the product. available from druggists for 25 cents.
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Dr. Bell
Cracks At The Crowd A frontier dream and a sunlit mood
A reflective column contrasts desires for a simple frontier life with modern ambition. The narrator imagines a hut at a mountain foot, a singing wife, and a life free from bustle, then shifts to morning ambition and the pull of wealth. It notes a New Orleans States quote on restraint and mocks old-fashioned views about women lifting skirts.
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Christine
Paragrpher
New Orleans
Bad Stomach Trouble Promises Cure from Vincl
Shreveport reader E. L. Marshall shares a testimonial claiming years of stomach trouble and weakness were cured by Vincl after trying many remedies. The ad, from Dyer & Jones Drugists, touts Vincl as a nerve tonic that strengthens the stomach and body.
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Shreveport
E. L. Marshall
Dyer & Jones
Saving or Not Saving Pervades the Town
The passage notes a split in the community with some setting aside funds while many delay saving until tomorrow. It critiques habits shaping current poverty and suggests even well dressed women speak better English than neighbors assume. It warns that even paid installments will continue to attract dunning from habit.
Quips and Quirks From a Bygone Era of Headlines
A jumble of wry observations on bootlegging bribes fashion war reports and odd trivia. Notes on Russian bristles Luther Burbank eugenics fruit trees and a California divorce tied to votes. A drugstore holdup reflects safes not being secure. A New Era stance on caution and skepticism rises as war reports shape public mood.
Women and attire spark gossip in neighbor circles
A remark about how a woman’s unusually stylish apparel prompts neighbor women to question whether her husband earns more than expected or if the outfit is merely a factory second. The line captures social scrutiny of fashion as a proxy for wealth.
Juggler with figures on yearly refreshment and furnace use
A wry line notes the average man consumes a ton of refreshments yearly while a mournful statistician recalls how many tons the average cellar furnace would consume as winter nears.
Old Standard Grove Tonic Promises Health Benefits
Advertises Old Standard Grove s Tasteless chill Tonic as equal to a General Tonic with quinine and iron. Claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Priced at 50 cents.
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Dr. Price
Hogwellow News
Dock Hocks
Daniel Boone
Smith
Musket Ridge
Hogwallow
Sim Pickens
Ellick Hellwanger
A. E. Kiesling
Dixon
Hayter
Socennes
Luther Smith &Son
James Boyd
Luther Burbank
Omaha
United States
California
Oregon
Grove
Williams
Houston ST
Congress
Sam Rayburn
R. B. Aston
Dave Arnspiger
B. D. Dye
Geo. Jenkins W. C
Bill) Hatfield
Tom L. Tennison
T. W
Tom) Roberts
Tom Rowland
F. B
Frank) Kidd
John Bowen
John Ramsey
H. H. Cummins
Nath A. Cox
E. A. Turner
F. E. (Frank) McKinney
H. B. Denton
F. L. Stamps
W. N. Holly
J. A. Giles
15Th District Court
Silas Hare
DR. J. S. Spikes
ST. Joseph
R. May, M.D
Ial
Ross R. May
M.D
J. Maurice McMillin
First National Bank
Riley Williams
Bells
Lloyd Beheler
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