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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1916
Page
3
The meet drew over fifty athletes despite rain and conflicts with a San Angelo district meet. Winners include Stuart Ballinger of Ballinger in multiple sprints and throws, Adams of Brownwood in events like discus and hammer, and Brownwood relay squads prevailing in half mile. Notable placers include George of Buffalo, Newby of Brownwood, and Jopling of Brownwood.
Brownwood High School clinched first with 58 points in the Daniel Baker Interscholastic track meet. Comanche tallied 24 points in second place, Ballinger’s Stuart and Brownwood’s Adams led individual scoring with 16 points each. The meet featured cups, medals, and a sparse gate, with strong competition across teams like Blank et, DeLeon, Buffalo, and Coleman.
Stuart of Ballinger set a new interscholastic state record and tied the state intercollegiate 220 yard dash record with 23 seconds. Newby of Brownwood nearly tied the high jump, White of Blanket lowered the half mile to 2 11 5, and Vanzandt of DeLeon set a pole vault mark of 9 feet 9 inches. Brownwood relay nearly matched the state half mile record of 1 40. Adams trailed in the shot after an accident blocked his best effort. New events included the fifty yard dash mile and discus hurl amid weekend weather disruptions.
Ad promotes La Creole hair dressing as the original product with natural darkening without dye. Claims genuine quality and a price of 1.00.
Fragmented ad copy touts a tonic for urinary and back pains. It promises rest and strength, claiming relief from bladder trouble scalding pains and general aches. The text lacks clear attribution or verifiable details.
Raymond Williams of Denton Texas owned a pure bred pig bought April 1 1915. The pig grew from two months weighing 41 pounds to nine months dressing 395 pounds yielding a $23.31 net profit at 13 cents per pound. Future profit would depend on feed costs.
The ad claims Peruna greatly enhances home health and can prevent common ailments. It promotes both liquid Peruna and Peruna Tablets as remedies for coughs colds catarrh grip spring fever and tiredness encouraging readers to consider affordability of ongoing use.
John Vernon Starr of Midland Texas bought a rare bred sow on January 6 1915. He fed her with Johnson grass and milk mixed feed while living in town. The pig weighed 45 pounds at eleven months and won 25 dollars in premiums at the Midland Fair. In November 1915 she farrowed nine pigs and five were sold for breeding at 12 dollars each. He now has his son four pigs and 85 dollars earned.
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