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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1918
Page
3
Advertises Dodson's Liver Tone as a pure vegetable, safe substitute for calomel. Claims calomel causes sickness, cramps, and salivation, while Liver Tone supposedly starts the liver without side effects and can be given to children.
Get ready now hens will molt and shed. B A Thomas remedy speeds moult so hens shed earlier and resume laying when eggs peak in winter. For sale by The Cash Store Manche J W Carter Hasse and Stone Truett Proctor.
The record notes extreme heat and scarce water with crops drying up and fruit yields severely down including melons. Several residents attend church events at New Hope and Custer while Naaman Echols leads a singing night. A baby is born to Mr. and Mrs. Murray Poyner and A W Underwood learns his son is wounded on the battlefield.
Farmers are invited to secure term loans of 20 years with annual prepayments, 10 years with annual prepayments, or 5 and 7 years with later prepayment rights. The firm offers refinancing from old loans, new loans, or assistance for farm purchases in Brownwood Texas.
Bricy Owens and Carl Jackson of Gorman attended church duties this Sunday. Miss Maltlie McNeely of Duster visited her niece. Mr and Mrs A W Underwood and Jd Underwood joined a Christian meeting at New Hope Sunday. Oil wells near Gorman show production at OO and 200 feet.
Mrs Blanche Bowers of Indiana Pa reports long standing digestion problems. After trying various remedies she found relief after taking Chamberlains Tablets for about a year ending with improved digestion.
Mrs Pauline Riordan of Pensacola reports her nephew John W Walker has landed safely in France after enlisting in December 1917 at Raton New Mexico. He served with the 216th Aero Squadron and moved from San Antonio to Hempstead before being sent overseas.
A short health note explains a bilious attack results from liver failure causing constipation, fermentation in the stomach, nausea, vomiting and headache. It recommends taking three Cham berlain's Tablets to tone the liver and cleanse the stomach, claiming quick recovery for a quarter.
Storage batteries offered for sale charging rental and rebuild services by Higginbotham Bros. & Co. in this listing.
A World War I letter from Chas E Wyatt of Comanche Texas to his parents. He expresses health, hope for victory, pride in American efforts, and a wish for family news. He describes visiting a French village with a six century clock tower and notes rainy weather. He closes with affection for his mother and the child.
Surgeons stress immediate first treatment of cuts burns and wounds with an antiseptic. BoroZone advertised as the ideal antiseptic and healing agent for man or chest promises infection prevention and quick healing, with prices 25c 50c 1.00 and 1.50 sold by S. P Smith.
The record lists multiple visits across Arbor Springs with Mrs Martha Flannagan visiting Mr McNutt and family, Bob Brount from Brownwood visiting Abe Kemp, John Haslett and wife from Sweetwater visiting Burrel Kemp, and several other gatherings including singing events at Mr Jep Adams. Additional lines note various Flanagan and Kemp family interactions and visits through Thursday and Sunday.
Mrs. Johnnie McNutt of Hasse welcomed news. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Collins report the arrival of a new girl at their home. Mrs. Sledge is suffering with a rising on her arm. Claude Kemp and Henry and Clifford Flanagan attended church at Cottonwood this week. George Adams of Democrat visited his father here one day this week. Alta Kemp spent Thursday night with Lucy Flanagan. Lorena Gunn visits her aunt Mrs. McGinnis. Abe Kem and Clifford Brown drove to De Leon Thursday evening. Mrs. J. W. Brown returned home from visiting her daughter at Indian Gap.
Mrs. Juan Flatt 71 of 117 Hadbeck St El Paso Texas says after years of stomach pain gas heart trouble kidneys rheumatism and headaches Tanlac restored her. She gained 26 pounds and now eats all she wants sleeps well and plans to tell others. Tanlac sold at Hamilton Drug Co Comanche De Leon Weaver & Son Proctor Smiths Drug Store Tomlin Drug Co BE A Chastain W M Redwine Carmichael Cayle I Sadler and A Clements Beattie.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic purports to restore vitality by purifying and enriching the blood. The advertisement promises a strengthening and invigorating effect with a stated price in shillings.
W L Martin and wife visited relatives in Comanche Saturday night while Rev Skaggs filled his appointment there. A Christian meeting starts Monday night. Vernon Cottrell is at home again and Ben Stephens was there Sunday. Aunt Bell Stephens has been sick recently. Annie Mull spent the night with Nona Sitton. R W Orwell and family plan to move to the Panhandle.
A vintage medical advertisement promotes Plantation Chill Tonic as a quick remedy for chills. It claims safe liver health with no calomel and an asking price of 50 cents.
Ben Rhodes went to Dallas to work in flour mills while Lawrence Atchison moved to Ranger for oil well work. Mr and Mrs Johnson hosted a Friday night party and many attended a meeting north of Bibb last week. Several locals from Stag Creek attended. Cap Cox’s horse died last week and Mrs Fielder’s horse threw her from a buggy. Finis Robertson and wife visited her mother as Alfred Summers was ill Sunday night.
In hot weather Prickly Ash Bitters aids digestion and liver and bowel purification. Users tolerate heat better and feel less fatigue at night. Price is 1.25 per bottle. Wm. Reese Co. acts as Special Agents.
A letter from Mamie Nabers Franklin to the voters of Comanche County expresses thanks for their support after last Saturday’s election and commits to proving worthy of the trust placed in her.
Advertisement for BALLARD'S SNOW LINIMENT claiming rapid healing for wounds burns and sores. Offers bottles priced at 25e 50e and 1.00 dollars with CP as seller.
The hot dry spell continues as Mrs. T. C. Ross and her young daughter Joe return home from Fort Worth after visiting their daughter Mrs. Ber.
The Barfield grandma Coker arrived Saturday from Coleman visiting her son J. H. Coker. Mrs Wed Dewvall of Post City visited her parents. Mr and Mrs W I Hicks and Calvin Ross returned from Fort Worth noting dull times locally. Jewell Carmicael visited Lyman and Jewell Ross Sunday.
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