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Newspaper
Whitewright Sun
Location
Whitewright, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1919
Page
6
Mud-Pie Finance Secretary Glass warns that the fiscal year ending next June will yield about six and a half billion dollars in receipts and similar outlays. He decries a budgetless system, notes Congress could tap the Treasury with bills, and urges honest reform while urging public vigilance.
A small medicine ad announces Bromo Quinine tablets claimed to remove colds grip and influenza. It notes there is only one product and features E. W. Grove’s signature on the box priced at 30 cents.
Colonel Bob Maxe recalled water’s beauty and purity through vivid imagery from infancy to oceans but closed with a blunt verdict that as a beverage it is a damn failure. The Arkansas banquet audience heard a Southern gentleman’s sweeping reflection on water’s many forms and ultimate ridicule of its use as drink.
The ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a blood purifying and strengthening tonic containing iron and quinine. It claims to boost energy, color cheeks, improve appetite, and is non patent medicine. It notes a long history of use and a price of 60 cents per bottle.
Gov. W. P. Hobby at a El Paso dinner urged intervention in Mexico and the adoption of a League of Nations to protect American citizens. He cited wartime victory and said the United States must demand respect for Americans worldwide. Mexican officials attended the event and listened as the governor spoke.
Miss Sarah L Nicholas announces she will resume teaching piano September 15 in a studio located in the public school building. She is currently taking a short organ music course under Mr J Warren Andrews of New York City.
A brief Adv quote notes 666 tonic leads all in imitations and warns that imitators are dangerous in the medicine line. The line ends with the idea that people prefer genuine cures over counterfeit products.
A South Brooklyn dock has installed fourteen 60 foot high electric lamps, seven per side, to illuminate the deck of approaching ships. The lamps light the ship’s deck while shielding workmen from glare, reducing accidents caused by poor visibility.
A reader describes saving coins for a rainy day and praises giving to the Salvation Army to help others in need during tough times. The exchange highlights personal thrift and charitable aid as a practical response to misfortune.
The piece notes Algerian women in Algiers taking charge of their husbands estates as men go to war or to France. It says they manage the properties, engage in munition work, and purchase government loans, demonstrating newfound independence and economic activity amid wartime disruption.
A witty remark lauds Johnson as a man of exacting habit. The caption implies his flair for precise recall, even about music played at the ceremony, illustrating the humor of a detail minded friend.
Central Christian Church announces Bible school at 10 o'clock with a goal of 100 attendees. Morning preaching on Christ's Claims as Measured by the Internal Life and evening sermon on God's Message by His Son. Evening service at 8:30. Invitation to worship.
Peter Schmidt notes that earth worms can survive extreme drying to 40 percent of normal weight. When rehydrated they may revive after 88 hours in heat or 48 hours or more in wet conditions, restoring activity from a desiccated state.
The advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Medicine cures catarrh in all stages by constitutional treatment. It claims $100 reward for any case it cannot cure and invites readers to request testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio, with sales through druggists at 75 cents.
An advertisement testimonial claims severe weakness, loss of appetite, and inability to walk improved after using Rich Tone. The author says they now feel much better and recommend Rich Tone to friends as the best tonic.
Rich-Tone claims to increase red blood cells and purify blood while restoring appetite aiding sleep and nerves. The ad encourages buying a bottle for one dollar at the local drug store.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel for liver issues. It promises no salivation, less sickness, and improved digestion, claiming calomel is dangerous mercury that harms bones and should be replaced with this tonic.
Love Riley a returned soldier and Kathryn Harris a Boren Abstract typist married in Canton courthouse on a Tuesday afternoon. The license was issued by deputy county clerk Helen Hudson and the ceremony was performed by Justice Wilhite in good faith though the bride kept the license to avoid recording. Legal experts debate the marriage status as the joke may prompt a court action to undo the union.
Notice urging readers to place want ads in the Sun section with pricing: twenty five words or less for 25c, extra words billed at 1c each, cash required.
An 1890s style promotional notice touts Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription as a tonic for weak women and menstrual discomfort. It claims roots and remedies, urges sending 10 cents for a trial package, and includes a testimonial from Mrs. K G SuTHER LAND of Jackson Mississippi praising its effects after motherhood.
Make a quarter pint lemon lotion by straining lemon juice with orchard white. apply daily to face neck arms and hands. Lemon juice bleaches freckles sallowness and tan and acts as a softener and beautifier.
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