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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1924
Page
8
Lungardia Co provides a remedy for stubborn coughs and sore throats advertised in Dallas Texas. The note mentions B F Avery Son's implements and Planters cultivators sweeps and lis ters with a dealer in Durham to view them.
A vintage health ad urges quick action on coughs and colds in children and adults. It promotes Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as a fast relief, claiming effectiveness for all ages and urging readers to buy a bottle wherever this product is sold.
Dallas businessman LL Coppage of Coppage Ante Works testifies Tanlac cured a fifteen year indigestion. He says meals now feel normal and energy returned, claiming he is rebuilt and healthy. Tanlac is sold by druggists with no substitutes.
Mrs Albert E Descuault of Momence Illinois says the medicine helped her with lower body pain and weakness keeping her from work. The ad claims 98 percent of 121 000 respondents benefited and urges women to try the Blood Purifier for female weakness.
A teller refuses standard IDs for a cashing of £2007 and tests the hat band. The man’s straw hat becomes the only reliable proof as the clerk notes the letters “JJ” may hide Joseph Johnson but likely John Jones. The hat proves identity better than documents.
A report on England's hedgerow heritage notes hawthorn hedges, called May, vanishing due to tractor use. In western regions and Eastlands hedges give way to wire fences, with roots dug and burned in Hertfordshire and Sussex. Farmers push labor-saving ideas, claiming hedges slow field work and reduce landscape beauty.
Buffalo Times cites Police Commissioner Enright of New York City asserting that cop comes from the initials of_constable_of_police. The theory rests on experience precedent and probability, arguing that initialisms pronounced in one syllable form new words.
An anecdote about forgetfulness at a ballroom where the narrator cannot recall a girl’s name and is relieved when she introduces her husband. The exchange ends with a light, humorous reassurance about memory lapses.
A Chicago Journal note recalls a woman who stayed through a film and then gasped as the next week’s picture, an adaptation of a popular sensational novel, flashed on the screen. The companion urged everyone to read the book and see the film.
A woman devoted to her home is confronted by a conventional friend who notes she winters there and then astonishes her by saying she also summered there. The exchange continues as the friend adds that she always falls there and has sometimes sprung there, in a playful, old time newspaper tone.
An ad promotes the Home Circle Insurance Association of Comanche County offering cheap mutual aid with low assessments and a claim track record. It lists officers L B Russel secretary and J D Bonner president, and touts Borozone as a powerful healing remedy with prices 20¢ 60¢ and 1.20. Also seeks clean cotton rags for purchase, no old stockings or pants.
A notary public attests to the ownership, management, and circulation details of the Comanche Chief dated April 1 1924 Comanche Texas. Names and addresses of publisher editor and managers are listed along with stockholders and security holders owning one percent or more. Additional statements affirm affiant knowledge and belief regarding ownership and fiduciary holdings.
Notice to sewer users by order of the city mayor J R Eanes informs all persons using the sewer line will be charged an advance of twenty five cents per month, effective May 1. This brief public notice lists the official name and date.
A federal farm loan at 512 cent refers to H. L. Stewart secretary treasurer. The notice mentions 24 Zim arriving on the 20th.
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