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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1926
Page
7
Brand new Coman che one Bush and Gerts one Kimball one Cable Nelson straight pianos and a standard player with ukulele attachment. Also several good used pianos in excellent condition from an expert repair. Small payment down, monthly or annual terms, special price offered.
Local ad notes price reductions on field seeds with a call to customers to shop before buying. Mentions tested seeds and the retailers Slider and Lacy.
Mr and Mrs C C Shankle and family express gratitude for kind words and remembrances and commend the fire department for their excellent service.
Mrs J B Chilton of Best Texas visits Comanche while Jerome P Kearby travels to El Paso for appellate court business. C E Sumerlin and T H Peery of Wichita Falls stay with Kearby family, visiting the Dunn Stover oil pool. Katherine Kearby returns home with them for a brief visit.
Durham Bros lists Avery repair parts available in stock. The inventory note highlights ready supplies for maintenance and repair work. Local shoppers are advised to visit the store to inquire about availability and pricing.
Night and day suffering from kidney weakness and retention with backache and dizziness is soothed by Dean's Pills. A Comanche resident reports peace after use, and G. C. Wetzel confirms relief from rheumatic pains and kidney discomfort after taking the remedy bought at Paris Smith's Drug Store. Price 60c. Foster Milburn Co. manufacturers.
B F Avery and Sons offers Mr Bill ers at a special price through Durham Bros, marking a limited time deal for local shoppers.
Comanche County Farm Bureau directors voted to allocate 50 dollars in prizes to encourage Club boys and girls in county work. Details will be arranged with County Agent Barton. Club members pursue dairy calves beet calves poultry cotton and other crops while exploring efficient fertilizer use on cotton experiments this year.
L B Davis of Hasse reports a bronze turkey hen laying 69 eggs in a season and still producing daily. He notes the hen's prolific cycle outpaces typical turkeys which stop after a dozen eggs. The farmer claims the hen could set a new local laying record.
Rev N P Wilkinson notes twenty five boys attend troop meetings with nineteen passing Tenderfoot tests. Twelve are officially registered due to age limits but more will reach twelve by vacation. They earned eleven dollars selling candy at a county track meet and now seek subscriptions to Saturday Evening Post Ladies Home Journal and Country Gentleman starting April 10.
The Rev. Josephus Lee, 74, former pastor of the First Christian Church at Martindale Caldwell County and a Dallas resident, died Wednesday night. Services at his son’s home will be conducted by Bishop H A Boaz and others. He leaves three sons, J Vaden Lee, Luther Lee, and Umphrey Lee, plus a stepdaughter Mrs Will Lyon.
A local advertisement from T I Collins promotes QUEEN OF DIXIE as a starter and grower chicken feed. It invites readers to compare prices before purchasing any kind of feed. The note emphasizes price visibility and product suitability for poultry growth.
Tom McDonald announces the purchase of the Ollie Allen jack and offers pasture for mares at his farm a mile and a half north of Newburg. He invites owners to view his jack by showing his colts from around the country and notes good grass available for pasture.
Confederate veterans are asked to meet at the court house Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock, if the weather is favorable, to discuss going to the reunion at Birmingham. All persons interested are invited to attend.
Mrs. L. E. Cotton wife of J. B. Cotton of Comanche County Texas died March 15 at Headley Texas after a brief illness. She was visiting son J. C. Bennet when she passed away. Born in Mississippi December 22 1842 she moved to Texas where she resided until death.
A testimonial from 60 year old W. W. Carter claims Adlerika provides fast relief from gas and bloating. The ad describes Adlerika as a simple mixture of huckhorn bark and glycerine that empties old waste and relieves constipation, from Hamiven Drug Company.
The Flowers for the Living Club expands in Comanche with volunteers from the Parent-Teachers Association and County Judge Laker planting daisies periwinkles and canoas around the court house lawn. Members include Mrs. Jessup Dudley Tate Burnley McCollum Luker and others invite citizens to join in beautifying the public square by placing plants along the lawn curb.
Comanche Marble and Granite Works will sell any marble in the shop at cost through May 15 to clear room for new car arrivals. The promotion targets all marble items and invites customers to visit the shop during the sale period.
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