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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1921
Page
6
Dr Manton M Carrick State Health Officer presents Ten Commandments for Health Week urging cleanliness and sanitation. The list covers garbage control weed cutting tree planting pet care fly prevention clean dairy inspection sidewalk building and voting for health minded leaders to protect communities and children.
A Confederate veteran recounts enlisting in 1861 with Captain Jim Boone's Shelbyville company, receiving a Testament, and marching to Bowling Green and Fort Donelson. He describes duty at Russellville, a snowbound retreat with Major Starnes, and crossing a railroad bridge at Nashville before dawn.
W P Owney, age 79, recounts joining the 44th Tennessee and forming a new company with Captain Jim Laston. He describes marches through Tennessee and Kentucky, battles from Murfreesboro to Atlanta, care by a loyal family near Shelbyville, and glimpses of Bragg and Forrest. He notes leaving the army to visit his ailing mother and ends with farewell to fellow soldiers.
Mrs. W. M. Peden of Navasota describes recovery after feeling her health slip away. She had nervous fatigue and weakness, could barely lift a bucket, and suffered poor sleep. After using Cardui, her appetite and rest improved and she regained strength for housework. The tale endorses Cardui as a tonic.
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