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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1924
Page
6
Local jokes in a rural paper depict Raz Barlow cutting his hair at home after a mail barber course and a post office sign mishap. Other bits note Washington Hocks on world changes, a clapper theft at Wild Onion schoolhouse, and townsfolk misadventures from a mouse trap to a missing shirt before travel.
The ad praises Chamberlain's Tablets for cleansing the colon and preventing auto intoxication. It claims easy use and strong effects, priced at 25 cents, with the note to buy in Whitewright.
The note claims LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE offers tonic and laxative benefits without nervousness or aging in the head. It mentions remembering the full name for BE. W. GLOVE and taking it for signature.
A dog Sissy the brindled Boston Bull sparked a custody dispute in Justice Padgett's court in Waco after an incipient nervous breakdown and bills for care. Mullins sought monthly board and care for Sissy and her six puppies, but the jury awarded custody to Little. Mullins plans an appeal.
In Longview Texas on November 4 a veterinarian found a four inch piece of baling wire through the center of a cow's heart. The wire had been eaten with hay about a month earlier and passed from the stomach into the heart.
A combined Hayes Healing Honey cough remedy and Grove Open-Trate Salve for chest and throat use are sold together in one carton. The salve targets chest colds, head colds and croup in children, while the honey soothes throat irritation. The package price is 3 cents.
Texas Department of Insurance reports a Fiscal Year ending August 31 with receipts of 2 074 254 and expenses of 35 767, a claimed world record economy. The department safeguards policyholders with assets totaling 5 992 214 325 and premiums of 97 546 326 paid by Texans. Commissioner John M Scott credits no losses to policyholders and criticizes nonadmitted companies while urging a retaliation law in the Legislature.
Advert says Calotabs purgative tablets speed relief from colds flu and sore throats with two tablets at bedtime. Claims no salt nausea or food interference. Mentions price ten cents to thirty-five cents and money back if not delighted.
An old advertisement notes Laxative Brom Quinine tablets claim to remove the cause and shows a single Bromo Quinine label on the box with E W Grove signature. Price listed as 30c.
When you need blacksmithing woodwork or horseshoeing this is the place to come for it. We are always ready to give you quick service and never fail to give the best workmanship.
The Texas Insurance Commissioner calls for actions against nonadmitted and high priced life policies. He recommends $15 000 to prosecute violations, a gross premium tax on insureds in nonadmitted firms, reserves of 25000 for mutuals, and higher licensing fees. He argues all insurers should share taxes and that licensing is costly and inefficient.
The State faces a critique of its insurance agent licensing system. Critics argue no fee should be charged for the service and that licensing practices reduce a serious public function to a costly, inflated process, with agents licensed merely to control small premiums.
An ad touts LAX-POS WITH PEPSIN as a Syruphonic laxative for habitual constipation. It claims prompt relief and requires 14 to 21 days of regular use to induce regular action. Described as very pleasant to take. priced at 600 per bottle.
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