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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 13, 1917
Page
8
Dr. M Cochran and Dr Lester M Hall are listed as dentists with phone numbers 418 and 148 respectively, indicating a joint dental practice in the area.
Fred Kilpatrick and daughter Geraldine returned to Dallas Monday. Mrs. O Thrasher came back from Fort Worth and other points Wednesday. Mrs. Idale Ratsdale and her young son visit Mr. and Mrs. A F Blues’s home in Greengill. Mrs. Adams visited Mrs. Gage Friday. Clarke family spent Sunday in Dublin with friends. Se and Mable Carpenter of Dublin visited sister Mrs. Barna Riley from Friday to Sunday. Josephine Slade of Henrietta visits Miss Jucille Bruton this week. H G Switzer of Quanah spends a few days with his parents. Tom Gaston of Fort Worth visited Comanche this week. Pittman family of De Leon and Cleve Callaway of Pampanexa return from visits.
Dr. O R Houghton returns from Temple after an operation and is able to be about town. Mrs Bud Powers of Hassell visits relatives in Comanche. Mrs G E Hooker of Grand Saline visits in Comanche this week. Mrs C P St Clair retires from Shreveport after bedside care for sister Mrs Signor. Mrs Signor accompanies her home. Rev L G White makes a business trip to Fort Worth. A group including Dr W W Sands and others fished at Brady Creek, reporting luck. Several DeLeon visitors, New Mexico visitor R K Armstrong, Rev Gardner with family, and others are noted in Comanche. Wm Reese, Mrs Walter Barnes, M B Sullivan, Frank Everidge, E N Queen, Ross Long, and T A Huggins appear in various local movements.
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as the ideal laxative for children and adults. It claims a coated tongue signals need for the remedy and promises gentle cleansing of the stomach liver and bowels without griping.
The Star Telegram withdraws a special subscription offer due to overwhelming demand. The notice states the offer was the best possible price but could not be sustained, and apologizes for the cancellation.
An old advertisement touts Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial claiming instant relief and speedy cure. The ad lists prices 50 cents and 25 cents.
Kodak finishing announces free film development and prints priced at 2 3 and 4 cents. Mail orders receive special attention. Also advertising a tent for sale by Luther Dixon Comanche Texas.
Logan C. Pitts announces he has taken charge of L. L. Smith Tailor Shop and offers quick turnaround tailor services with a guarantee. The note requests customers to consider his business, located next to the Chief Expon ent office.
Tuesday night mass meeting called by J R Eanes focused on industrial preparation for war. Speakers urged corn planting, food storage and conservation, home crops, peanut maize and peas, and coordinating an industrial brigade for farmers. A women’s meeting was set for court house Thursday with Mrs Lucy Stewart in charge.
The Study Club open meeting featured items about better babies, a lecture on proper sanitation of the house by Dr. Ory, and papers by Mrs. Witt and Mrs. Cochran. Poems by Mrs. Scurry and Mrs. Wering complemented the program as visitors attended and a baby parade was planned.
Ad claims Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic strengthens the system, enriches the blood, and builds up the body to fight malaria. Suitable for adults and children, sold as a general tonic.
W. J. Irby dropped in at Slider and Lacy’s this week and spoke calmly about wartime food shortages. He said if food becomes scarce he will simply live a little more at home, while the office welcomed smiling, familiar faces.
Slider and Lacy advertises men’s summer unions with prices five tenths and one dollar and fifty cents. Items listed include 50c 5c and 1.00 1.50 price points.
Miss Ruby Grainger hosted an Easter party at her home Saturday afternoon from 3 to 4 30 featuring an egg hunt and games for many children. Attendees included Mark Witt I G Everidge Jim Eanes Reese Elizabeth Tate Billy Bennett James Bond Kathleen Green Jesse Em mert Johnny Smith Annie Laura Smith Ruth Cox Geraldine Kilpatrick William Dunlap Sarah Dunlap Rowena Dunlap Rebecca Callaway Burline McCollum Allen Penninger Florence Davis Ruth Emmert Wesley Williams and others.
The health of the community is good at this writing. Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Horner of Briar Grove spent Saturday night and Sunday with J. R. Horner and family. Several from here attended church at Hasse Sunday night. Vernia Horner of Briar Grove spent time with Roy Horner. Mrs. W. S. Davis and Marion Davis visited Comanche Saturday. Talbert Brin visited Johnne Perdue Monday. Sandy, Ray and Adilee Sanage have the measles.
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