Cotton Belt Extensions Link Waco to Sweetwater and Thurber
The 1913 item notes possible Cotton Belt lines from Comanche to Sweetwater and Stephenville to Thurber, with estimates of benefits for Waco and West Texas. It discusses potential through trains from Memphis to San Francisco via Santa Fe routes and the impact on coal traffic and regional connections. The article also mentions anticipated announcements and a visit by President F. H. (name cut).
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Comanche
Sweetwater
Stephenville
Thurber
Waco
Santa
California
Lubbock
Texico
Texas & Pace
el Paso
Nsas City
Mexico
Orient Road
Cotton Belt
Santa Fe
Memphis
Tennessee
San Francisco
Ace
Gulf of Mexico
F. H
Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets Promote Digestion
Advertises Chamberlains Stomach and Liver Tablets to improve digestion and appetite. Claims strengthen digestion with thousands benefited and reports broad dealer availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Real home makers find furniture ads engaging and enlightening
A fragment notes how homemakers rarely deem furniture advertising dull. It suggests ads provide practical ideas for home decor and highlights ongoing appeal to readers seeking useful shopping guidance.
Bishop-A special train visits Central Texas tourists
A hundred twenty five visitors from Central Texas arrived, toured the valley and learned local agricultural prospects. The text notes baby indigestion remedies and promotes McGee's Baby Elixir, described as a safe stomach and bowel corrective with a price of 25 cents and 0c per bottle, sold by Paris Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bishop
Texas
Paris Smith
Cure a Cold in One Day With Laxative BromoQuinine
An old remedy promises to cure a cold in one day using laxative bromos. It claims to stop cough and headache and says drugstores refund money if it fails. Each box bears E. W. Grove’s signature.
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E. W. Grove
Printing that Pleases Is Our Hobbies and Service
The Chief Exponent promotes printing services with lines about satisfaction guaranteed and a claim of circulation over 3,000. It emphasizes that no job is too large or too small and invites readers to try the firm.
New Eczema Cure Promoted by D.D.D Prescription
Medical authorities dispute greasy salves for eczema and endorse washing germs from skin with a D.D.D. blend of Oil of Wintergreen and Thymol. A 50 cent bottle promises instant relief and a positive pay guarantee, with D.D.D. Soap touted to keep pores clean by The Wm. Reese Co. druggists.
Sheriff's sale notice Nabors and Beaty property in Comanche County
By order of sale issued by the district court of Tarrant County on 23rd April 1913 the sheriff of Comanche County will offer for cash on the first Tuesday in July 1913 before the courthouse door in Comanche the following described 100 and 122 acre tracts from the Nancy Travis and James Hudson surveys to satisfy a $594.23 judgment in favor of Monnig Dry Goods Company against T J Nabors and J F Beaty. The sale is subject to prior liens and statutory costs. the proceeds apply to the judgment and costs, with a payment of $50.00 plus court costs due January 1, 1913, to be credited against the debt. Sheriff: Jack Cunningham. Deputy: J B Miller.
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Comanche
Judicial District
Tarrant County
Moning Dry Goods Company
T. J. Nabors
J. F. Beaty
Comanche County
Texas
Travis
Sabana Creek
N. W
James Hudson
Hudson
C. Stockbridge
Monnig Dry Goods Company
Texas Industrial Notes Prosperus Edition
Bryan Daly agile issue praised as a fine testimonial to Bryan and Brazos county progress. Multiple Texas towns report progress from speedways to chambers, banks, trade days, and planned boat lines, with notable figures and local organizations named.
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Prosperus
Bryan
Bryan Daly
Brazos County
Glen Rose
Glen Rose-Dallas Speedway
Brazos River
Paris
Lamar County Fair Association
Ed. Boler
Rockport
Young Men's Business League
Gulf Coast
W. H. Gossage
Decatur
Rhonesboro
First State Bank of
Upshur County
Waco
East Texas
Tyler
Baylor Band
Texarkana
Board of Trade
Hereford
Chamber of Commerce
Kaufman
Kaufman County Development Association
H. Galbraith
Terrell
Junction
Galveston
C. S. E. Holland
Interstate Inland Waterway League
San Angelo
Concho Country
Texline
Enterprise
Bonham
Civic Improvement League
Corpus Christi
Houston
Comanche County Notaries Appointed for 1914–1916
Governor Colquitt names a two year term notaries in Comanche County Texas starting June 1 1914. The list includes E E Comanche Anthony A W Bradshaw W C Bradshaw J D Bonner D C Clarke J T Cole K K D Cox G A Cunningham Thos W Dunlap Welborne Durham J R Eanes J M Easley Bessie Egbert Findley 8 C Goodson J P Graham G R Hart C A Hitt Merton K Harris A B Haworth Natt Hughes J T Jay John T Jenkins W D Kearby Jerome P Kearby G Lacy H R Lovejoy C W Lusk M Mason E K H Miller J K Mitchell Lita Moore Ellen Mc Campbell B B McClellan G W McPherson W T Nabers D E Palmer G E Palmer N A Reid L V Russell L B Sage W L Smith Geo E Smith Mary L Stailey B C Sapp D L Sar1 M Warr ing John D Wilkerson Mardie Wilson RK 1 Ollie Mae Wilson Rose Wetzel S V Waldrop R DeLeon Barker Evan Hampton A E Patterson Bellah L G Patterson L G Pittman B J Terrell F L Terrell D L Timmons H T Gustine Adams A E Laster T M Smith D M Tunnell G A Sidney Atchison H Lacy J B Little F L Proctor Evans R R Jennings D S Sipe Springs Capehart W P White J L Gap Garrison W O White C J Custer ABingham J D Sanders H J Heathington W F Hasse Baldwin W B Harden J C Wilson Carroll J R Comyn Thompson J A Energy Hensley N A Gorman Thompson E
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Colquitt
Comanche County
Texas
Comanche
Anthony
E. E
Bradshaw
A. W
W. C
Bonner
J. D
Callaway
Gib
Clarke
D. C
Cole
J. T
Cox
Kk. D
Cunningham
G. A
Dunlap
Thos. W
Welborne
Durham
W. M
Eanes
J. R
Easley
J. M
Egbert
Bessie
Findley
8. C
Goodson
Graham
J. P
Hart
G. R
Hitt
Cc. A
Harris
Merton K
Haworth
A. B
Holman
Natt
Hughes
Jay
John T
Jenkins
W. D
Kearby
Jerome P
Lacy
H. R
Lovejoy
U. G
McPherson
W. T
Nabers
D. E
Palmer
G. E
N. A
Reid
L. V
Russell
L. B. Sage
W. L
Smith
Geo. E
Mary L
Stailey
B. C
Sapp
D. L
Sar
Warring
John D
Wilkerson
Mammie
Wilson
Ollie Mae
Rose
Wetzel
Waldrop
R. DeLeon
Barker
Evan
Hampton
A. E
Patterson
Bellah
L. G
Pittman
B. J. Terrell
F. L
Terrell
Timmons
H. T. Gustine
Adams
A. E.; Laster, T. M.; Smith, D. M.; Tunnell, G. A
Best Medicine for Colds and Bronchial Coughs
Marion Ohio druggist C Lowery endorses Dr King s New Discovery as the best throat and lung remedy. He says it cured his wife of a severe bronchial cold after other remedies failed. A home doctor for colds bronchial throat and lung coughs priced 50 cents and 1.00 guaranteed by M W Carroll.
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C. Lowery
Marion
Ohio
Dr. King
M. W. Carroll
Comanche County Cotton Bale Totals Rise in 1912
The Federal Census Department reports Comanche County produced 34 399 bales in 1912, counting round bales as half and excluding linters. Texas total output reached 4 645 172 bales the largest in history, with 1911 and 1910 at 4 107 152 and 2 949 968 bales. No Texas crop value announced. high state yield offset by partial South declines keeping prices steady.
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Comanche County
Federal Census Department
Texas
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Gains Popularity and Trust
The passage notes rising sales and voluntary testimonials from people cured by Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It urges readers with coughs or colds to try it and become acquainted with its good qualities. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
Tragic Child Drowns in Earthen Tank Near Home
Tuesday 18 months old girl of Mr and Mrs Tom Davis Jr wandered to the yard to play with other children and was missed later found lifeless in an earthen tank. Dr Yantis arrived too late to revive her. Blanket Signal.
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Tom Davis, Jr
Yantis
Good Advertising Is News in Chief Exponent
Advertising in the Chief Exponent is framed as a communal investment, with merchants urged to see ads as news and readers urged to treat advertisements as valuable information. The article notes the new K. of P. Hall nearing completion with finishing touches inside.
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K. of P. Hall
Dallas Chamber Leader Heads to Chicago for Exposition Bargain
Dallas Secretary Babcock of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce leaves at once for Chicago to press the city's offer for the National Corn Growers' Exposition.
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Dallas
Babcock
Dallas Chamber of Commerce
Chicago
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First National Bank
Sweetwater and
Britton
Edwin Gould
West Texas
Wm. Reese Co
Druggi Ts
Hamilton
R. F. Holloway
Lydia E. Pinkham
D. H. Brown
Iola
Kansas
Sister
Lydia
Pinkham
North Waimu Street
Iola, Kaw
Satie Wite
James Street
Elkhart
Indiana
Lydia E. Pinkh
Medicine Co
Lynn
LIASS
A. D
Jack Cunningham
J. B. Miller
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Texas Industrial Notes
Notary Publics
Sidney—Atchison
J. B
Little
F. L. Proctor
Evans
R. R
Jennings
Sipe Springs
Capehart
W.p. White
J. L. Gap—Garrison
W. O
White
C. J. Custer
Abingham
Sanders
H. J
Heathington
W. F. Hasse
Baldwin
W. B
Hardin
J. C. Wilson
Carroll
Kotabh
Chicas Romestic Sewing Machine
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Peoy
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