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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1916
Page
5
An old advertisement urges cutting the slip and mailing it to Foley Co in Chicago Illinois with time and address to receive a trial package. The offer includes Foley’s oney and Tar Compound for coughs colds and throat and Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Specially comforting to stout persons. Sold everywhere.
Clifford R. Thompson of Company B 15th Infantry writes from Teinstin China about reorganized units, earning first class private status, exams in signaling and drill, and improved conditions including swimming drills and a baseball team. He recounts witnessing executions of two Chinese men, visits to English and Chinese worship sites, reflections on foreign troops, and hopes his father and friends back home stay encouraged while Villa is chased.
The ad promises PAZO OINTMENT cures for itching bleed ing or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days with a money back guarantee. It claims initial relief from the first application. The copy oddly adds a note to young ladies about grandmothers knitting during movie rests.
Railroad time table lists Cotton Belt East bound departures at 11 20 a m and 6 25 p m and West bound at 9 30 a m 3 35 p m with destinations Reever and DG.
Readable parts show local train numbers and times with partial statuses. Entries include No 2 and No 9 Limited services with morning and evening times and a flyer reference, though many letters are garbled. Entities include local trains and times around 10:37, 10:45, 4:52, and 4:11 a m.
Oath by Frank J. Cheney senior partner of J. Cheney & Co. to pay one hundred dollars for each case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Sworn December day in 1883 or 1886. Public note and testimonials offered. Sold by J. Cheney in Toledo and nearby. Catarrh cure promoted as internal remedy addressing mucous surfaces. Notation includes misspellings and archaic phrasing.
Pasquale Amato leading Metropolitan Opera baritone headlines the Red River Valley Fair in Sherman Texas on October 6. The fair seeks a large audience and will charge a nominal price $1 200 to be paid to Amato. Tickets available by mail phone or wire.
Local advertisement promotes magazine and newspaper subscription bundles at fixed rates. Holland's Magazine two years and the Whitewright Sun one year cost 175 dollars. Farm and Ranch two years and the Whitewright Sun one year cost 175 dollars. A combined offer includes Holland's Magazine and Farm and Ranch two years plus Whitewright Sun one year for 2.50. Orders should be sent to the Sun in Whitewright.
A single line notice offers a scholarship in Tyler Business College. The ad names J. H. Waggoner as contact or sponsor and implies availability for applicants seeking business studies in Tyler.
An old health ad claims indigestion stems from a clogged intestine filled with decomposing undigested food. Foley Cathartic Tablets are said to evacuate the bowels without griping and cleanse the intestinal walls, preventing biliousness bloating headaches and other ills. Foley & Co of Chicago market Foley Cathartic Tablets through druggists nationwide.
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