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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 19, 1925
Page
5
Dunk Botts reports Sidney Hocks seen leaving Miss Peachie Sims home last Sunday evening. The column notes local absurdities and small-town foibles, from Sim Flinders missing work to a theater stove upgrade and a hog pen project on Musket Ridge. A candidate for Legislature and a visiting girl from a large town also appear in the slice of local life.
An advertisement features a customer testimonial about Adlerika improving stomach gas and sleep. It touts one spoonful removing gas and relief, claims to expel old waste matter, and notes use for chronic constipation. The copy promotes a $1 gift department at Leslie Hardware Co. in Sherman.
Doctors treat colds and influenza with Calotabs, a purified calomel tablet. Take one or two at bedtime with water and wake to a relieved cold, purified system, and restored appetite. A family package with full directions costs 35 cents at any drug store.
A vintage health ad claims bad breath spells of head spinning and constipation signal a torpid liver. It promotes Herbine as a dependable remedy enhancing liver function digestion bowel health and energy. Price 60c sold by Bow-Wright Drug Co.
The Boston Transcript notes that a decline of 75,000 farms may be partly due to some farms being too poor to support even a flivver, reflecting widespread economic hardship and farm consolidation.
An advertisement promotes Lavoptik eye wash with camphor hydrastis and witch hazel for strained or sore eyes. A small bottle is claimed to help any case and a free aluminum eye cup is offered.
F M Sloan of Pilot Grove Texas announces turkey purchases for the season. He promises top prices and instructs patrons to hold birds until Christmas market opens. Grading rules specify No 1 hens over 8 pounds No 1 toms 12 pounds or more with penalties for underweights and crooked breasted birds.
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