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Newspaper
Winters Enterprise
Location
Winters, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1925
Page
7
An advertised liquid medicated with gum tissue healing and germ destroying agents claims to reach tooth roots, relieve pain, tighten loose teeth, heal abscess pockets, and kill germs causing pyorrhoea, offering at home benefits of dental chair treatment. Promoted by JACKSON HOLCOMB DRUG CO.
A farmer recalls walking to school and reacts to an agent asking about children in school. The dialogue hints at skepticism toward buying an encyclopedia and contrasts past and present attitudes toward education. Local voices emphasize practicality over education as a path to progress.
The dialogue line reflects a flirty exchange with a playful boast about popularity among girls. The humorous tone suggests a light moment likely from a social or entertainment context.
A letter from Horiey Grove Signal calls on Congress to grant Mrs. Woodrow Wilson a $5,000 yearly life annuity, arguing it would unjustly reward privilege and risk snobbery from Europe, despite Wilson's service to the country.
Governor Pat M. Neff announced the Texas song selected for a $1000 prize. Fort Worth writers Gladys Yoakum Wright and William J. Marsh authored the words and Marsh composed the music. Prize payment depends on legislative acceptance with three stanzas reduced to two for the official version.
A patriotic verse extols Texas as mighty and free. It lauds strength, radiance to nations, and cites San Jacinto while celebrating liberty from tyranny and the emblematic single star.
Advertisement promotes DR. MILES' Laxative Tablets for children claiming they avoid bitter taste. No credible information on usage or dosage provided.
Bud Queen warns that anyone found hunting or trespassing on his east of Winters property will be persecuted by law, issuing a strict fair warning.
Comanche voters approve water bonds 375 to 75 and gas bonds 372 to 65, indicating strong public support. The passage of the bonds would fund a drainage reservoir and gas supply, enabling industrial growth, more jobs, and a larger local market, signaling upcoming prosperity for the town.
A colored Baptist preacher exhorts the congregation to have sins washed away but one man says his sins are already washed. The preacher questions him and learns he attended the Methodist church where he was supposedly washed but the man is told he has been dry-cleaned instead.
The note laments how paying automobile tax leaves little for other levies, reflecting financial pressure on residents. It comments on the broad reach of taxes and the tightening funds after vehicle charges.
A 50 pound black and sandy pig is missing four miles north of Winters. A reward is offered for its return to R. S. Stone or B. C. Lee. Contact numbers are provided as tele and 1240.
A motivational list outlines ten common causes of failure in men including fault finding, minimal effort, exposing others flaws, procrastination, deceit, disloyalty, egotism, and lack of training. It invites self assessment and suggests success if none apply.
Miss Lola Cagle of Lohn writes an essay on Mother and wins the Fred Lohn prize for the best essay. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Cagle.
Parcel offered on Par Senage Street, corner lot suitable for building. Apply in person at the Enterprise office for purchase details and eligibility.
Advertises Pure Foods products with 15 oz jams in cranberry strawberry and grape varieties priced at 30c to 55c, grape jelly 7 oz at 20c to 40c, peanut butter 10 oz at 25c, grape juice 1.00 and 0.75 to 1.10 for various sizes, Leggitts olive oil at 40c and fancy whole cherries at 1.50 per gallon.
A historical grocery note lists various candy prices including 1 lb boxes at 1.75 and 1.50, 1-2 lb Meek chocolate, Se Leggit gum at 1.00 and 3 cents, Se Leggit mints at 3 cents, and other candies at 60 cents per pound, reflecting small shop pricing.
Prices listed for medical sundries include Nyal fountain syringe two dollars, Nyal hot water bottle two dollars, chattel items at one twenty five, Kantleak nipples five cents, ear and ulcer syringe fifteen cents, adhesive plaster fifty cents.
A collage of prices for hair brushes tooth brushes and clothes brushes shows several items with costs ranging from 20 cents to 1.50 dollars. The list includes hair brushes priced at 1.50 1.25 and 0.75 dollars along with tooth brushes at 0.35 0.50 and 0.75 dollars, and a clothes brush at 0.75 dollars.
A vintage price list lists cosmetics and toiletries with prices: Janteel face powder 50c and 35c to $1.00, Ramee powder 50c and Sytia powder 35c 50c, Sytia rouge powder 25c, medicated skin soap 15c 25c, tar soap 10c, toilet soap 1.00, Florida water 75c, and Columbia Phonograph.
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