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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
9
Miss Ilva Milner age 16 daughter of J. P. Milner from Bibb County enters the Texas Industrial Congress cotton contest. Her prior achievements include a prominent place in the Girl To to Club last year and her leaders confidently expect further honors from this competition.
A fragment notes Pulliam Brothers advertised milk cows in this paper and sold the product quickly, illustrating the strong selling power of newspaper ads and urging readers to place ads for desired goods or services.
L. L. Slim Norwood came back from Wichita Falls where he accepted a job with Southwestern Telephone Company. He resumes his old position here saying housing was unavailable and pricey in Wichita Falls. He also brings a Wichita glass walking cane from Comanche to illustrate local sand potential.
A Raleigh man testifies that Electric Bitters cured his stomach and kidney issues and improved his liver function. The tonic is praised as a top stomach and kidney medicine, offered at 50 cents and 1.00 with local endorsements.
A four year old child of Mr and Mrs Walter Lyle suffered the loss of a forefinger and part of a thumb while children played with a ship block and a nearby axe. Dr Lane treated the wound and the child was doing well by Tuesday. The report also mentions local church moves and plans for a Farmers Union gin, with site near the Presbyterian church in Blanket.
Friends and acquaintances mourn the death of Miss Mattie Bradley daughter of the late Dr FE W Bradley of Newburg this county. She died last Friday in Dallas of meningitis while attending Bluiness College. The family recently buried her father, deepening their double bereavement.
Jim Loftis of Comanche Texas offers a black Spanish Jack and a Morgan Horse for breeding at his home three miles south of Comanche. He will insure foals for $10 and pasture mares at $1 per month this season.
An order approved adds the C C D seat to parcel post services. Parcels may be sent anywhere in the country with parcel post stamps covering the due amount not exceeding 100 dollars. A 10 cent fee is affixed by the sender. The parcel is insured to 100 dollars.
Dated drugstore advertisement promises cure for itching bleeding or protruding piles within 6 to 14 days. It guarantees a refund if PAZO OINTMENT fails to cure any case. First application provides relief in minutes.
Comanche Camp No. 69 of the W C W has placed a new electric sign in front of their hall near Burks Simmons Coe. The sign proclaims that Comanche Camp No. 60 meets every Monday night.
The brief notes a people or company named Bowden Prothers promising savings for customers. It reads like an ad notice aimed at attracting buyers with a money saving offer. No specific dates or locales are provided in the readable text.
Claud Renfro of Democrat Star Route is among Comanche county residents entering the Texas Industrial contest. Officials estimate five hundred entries from the county. Entry costs nothing and substantial results are anticipated.
The ad promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a quick remedy for burns bruises boils sores inflammation and all skin diseases. It cites L I Haflin of Iredell Texas recovering from a sore ankle in four days and urges that the product should be in every house at 25 cents, recommended by M W Carroll.
A home buying note stresses that homemakers bear a serious business role in real estate. It cautions that busy housewives who skip newspaper ads may miss crucial opportunities and responsibilities in locating a suitable dwelling.
An old advertisement touts Laxative Bromo Quinine as a one day cure for cold symptoms. Druggists refund money if it fails to work, with a signature claim by KK W. GROVE on each box, price five and twenty five cents.
Mrs HL Silks of 29 Dowling Street Sydney reports her son recovered from a severe cold after using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The remedy is sold by all dealers.
An advertisement urges readers to consider new life paths and to buy a Studebaker or Overland car, pitched by Cunningham and Bell as local Comanche County agents offering prospects of mobility and change.
A fire swept a Dublin bakery owned by W. B. Hallmark Sunday, causing about 1000 dollars in damage. The old building was insured for 500 dollars, and Hallmark plans to rebuild the business.
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