Postmasters to be Chosen by Competitive Exams Under Wilson
The Terrell Tribune reports President Wilson issued an executive order requiring competitive examinations for presidential post office postmasters and a four year term of service. Promotions to postmaster may come from clerks and assistants, with future changes likely if Senator Harding becomes president.
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Wilson
Civil Service
United States Senate
Harding
Terrell Tribune
Worms and ravenous appetite cure advertised
If your child eats ravenously at times and at other times has no appetite at all, look out for worms. White's Cream Vermifuge is the remedy to use. It clears them out. Price 35c. Sold by Dyer Jones, drug-
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Dyer & Jones
Nine thousand soldiers dead returned to United States
Paris, Nov. 17. Nearly 9,000 bodies of American soldiers who died or were killed in France during the war have been sent home and turned over to relatives, with 1,800 more awaiting return at French ports, according to the United States grave registration service.
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Paris
France
United States
Six Fannin County voting boxes go Republican
Bonham Nov 14 The Commissioners Court has canvassed the county vote. Six voting boxes Lamasco Nobility Randolph Valley Creek Delba and Ely went Republican. Democratic ticket winners were elected by the same vote totals. The Sun and Dallas News price two dollars and twenty five cents.
Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription Enduring
In olden times hoop skirts framed a request for Dr. Pierce remedies now praised for consistency. The Golden Medical Discovery aids stomach and blood, while Favorite Prescription aids women’s troubles. Testimonials from Mrs. Deanyville and Mrs. Slagle endorse health benefits, with a trial package offered from Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo, New York.
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Dr. Pierce
Cotton crop may yield two bales to the acre in Wilbarger County
Vernon Texas Nov 18 cotton stalks eight feet tall rare but proven by W M McCaleb east of town. He cultivated twelve acres expecting thirty bales with lint an inch long and large bolls eight to ten per limb. McCaleb says this field will beat his sons seventy five acre cotton yields and produce more than two bales per acre despite light picking.
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McCaleb
Texas
Liquid Borozone Ad Promises Rapid Healing
The advertisement touts Liquid Borozone as both antiseptic and healing for rusty nail wounds burns and sores that heal rapidly when treated with the product. It lists prices of 30c 60c and 1.20 and notes availability from Dyer and Jones druggists.
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Dyer & Jones
Laxative Bromine Quinine Ad Adds Cure Claim
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as a cure for colds grip and influenza. It mentions a single product line with E Wy GROVE’S signature on the box and a 30 cent price in quotation text.
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E. WY. Grove
Diamond Dyes Promise Easy, Rich Color for Any Fabric
The advertisement touts Diamond Dyes as safe for wool silk linen cotton or blends with simple directions. It guarantees perfect results even for first time users and mentions a druggist offering a Diamond Dyes Color Card with 16 colors.
A Glimpse Into The Future From 1940 Memoir
A May 1940 vignette describes a day in a futuristic office where the narrator receives travel orders to Buenos Aires. He travels by air via a South American flier, conducts business with Lopez, returns to New York via London and Paris, dines on automated service at the Ritz, and plans a weekend at a friend’s Vermont country place, using a magnetic car and rapid transit as standard.
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Lopez
The
Magnetic Alloy Corporation
Buenos Aires
Audiphone
56Th Street
New Carbide
Argentina
New York
London
Paris
Ritz
Vermont
Drawing Room Limited
Hartshorn
Paul Mershon
Ballard’s Snow Liniment Offers Pain Relief
Rubbed into the skin for rheumatism neuralgia contracted muscles sprains or lameness Ballard's Snow Liniment goes through the flesh to the bone easing pain and removing the cause Three sizes 30c 60c and 1 20 Sold by Dyer Jones druggists.
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Ballard
Dyer & Jones
The Electric Woman Parody Flowing Through The Years
A humorous verse riffs on female traits as electrical components and devices. It playfully assigns roles like converter, conductor, dispatcher, transformer, exciter, and compensator to describe conversational dynamics and moods. The light verse mimics vintage science humor.
Lady in Chicago Telegraphs For Rat Snap Exterminator Ad
Mrs. Phillips wires that Youell's Exterminating Co. of Westfield N J sent RAT-SNAP for 3 worth of bait. A letter praises RAT SNAP for quickly removing rats after moving from Pennsylvania. Three sizes 3 for 0.65 and 1.25. Sold and guaranteed by Wilson Montgomery Hardware Co.
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Fannin County
the Sun and
Dallas News
Cardus
Mrs. Simpson
Cardui
Hunt
Whitewright
R. C. Brown
John Hollingsworth
Stedham’s
S. C. Chambers
Sun
A. Y. Creager
F. W. Creager
Sherman
A. Y. Creager & Co
Sherman, Texas
Chicago
Bridge-Beach
Manning & Clark Hardware
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