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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1915
Page
3
Swan Creek Michigan and Kennebays Maine letters praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for tired, weak, and female-related symptoms. Recipients report renewed energy, readiness for chores, and improved health through the plant-based remedy.
An exhibit at the University of Texas during the Farmers Institute shows cotton’s wide medical and industrial uses. From cotton derive emmenagogues, bowels aids, quinine-like tonics, collodion, and cellulose for paper, gun cotton, early plastics, artificial leather, silk-like filament, bayet yarn, and artificial straw for embroidery. The display notes cellulose 95 percent of cotton and its role in numerous products including motion picture film and non-flammable coatings.
Mrs. Mary F. Faulkner died Saturday July 17 at 6 20 p m after a period of illness and was buried Sunday July 18. Rev Curlee led funeral services. Born March 26 1823 in Panola county Alabama she was 92 years 3 months and 22 days old. She was the mother of eleven children and the great grandmother of 46. She moved from Alabama to Texas in the 1860s and lived in Rush Comanche and Mineral Wells before returning to Comanche to live with daughter Mrs R Ward until death. She leaves two sisters Mrs Saunders of Memphis and Mrs Mitchell of Alabama.
Residue from paper manufacture is converted into a paper yarn, then made into cloth that can be washed and handled like other goods.
An old advertisement touts Herbine as a cure for constipation and a way to keep bowels active and regular. It claims the product will remove accumulations and put the system in prime condition, priced at 50 cents and sold by S P Smith.
Overworked kidneys cause fatigue rheumatism and aches warning of weakness. Foley Kidney Pills promise to strengthen and revitalize the kidneys, making them active again. The Wim Reese Co.
This listing offers 132 9 10 acres 55 acres in cultivation balance timber and orchards including a new six room residence a good barn and lanes. It features a fine water well windmill tank piping full fencing and a pecan orchard. Sold quickly at bargain price. contact CREE R Burt Comanche Texas R F D No 5.
Instructions for a jelly roll using KC Baking Powder and lemon rind. Mix sugar with eggs then fold in flour and milk, bake in a buttered pan, roll while warm with jelly, and dust with powdered sugar. Hot milk prevents cracking and eggs and sugar must be beaten light.
Victor Wurdock of Kansas, chair man of the Progressive National Committee, says after a three months' campaign through the central west and Pacific states he is ready to declare the Progressive party will contest the 1916 political campaign as a party and aims to win.
Will Stanley, a negro, was burned at stake in Temple on Saturday for the murder of the Grimes children. He confessed aiding by holding a horse but claimed he did not participate in the actual killing. The two children were beaten to death in the same room as their parents, who were also assaulted. two other children in the house escaped unharmed.
U S Marines have landed in Haiti to quell the revolution and arrest disturbers. French Marines, with U S consent, are also landed to protect the French embassy after the president of the Republic of Haiti was killed. The troops aim to restore order.
Saturday July 3 Wichita county voters rejected local option by 531 to 0 margin. Falls county previously chose to stay in the wet column last week. Both counties had rejected prohibition before though by smaller margins.
Miss Helen Jepson of Comanche and Mr. Emil Bottcher of Dallas married Monday evening July 26 at the German Baptist church in Dallas. A large gathering attended the ceremony and reception. They will reside in Dallas with relatives and friends present.
Jacksonville Texas resident KF A Woolsey reports kidney trouble rheumatism backache and fatigue cured after using Foley's Kidney Pills. The Wm Reese Co notes thousands have written similar letters praising the medicine's fast relief.
A red and black spotted barrow pig three or four months old is missing from upper Sipe Lpgs and Comanche road, about 21 2 miles from Sidney. Owner may recover by paying for keep. Contact K. V. Vaughan.
The library acknowledges generous support from the school board Study Club Majestic proprietor and individuals. It adds over 150 new books and seeks a $1 per family membership to fund year round access for public school children while limiting non student use to maintain finances.
In Houston Mrs S C Burton describes recovery from severe womanly illness after using Cardui, reporting 15 pound gain and regained ability to do housework. The letter promotes Cardui as a purely vegetable tonic with 90 years of use and invites readers to try it and request guidance from Chattanooga Medicine Co.
The town advocates a growing library funded by donations and public support. A magazine and periodical substation is set up at the post office for free access with return. Minnie Cunningham, librarian, invites donations and requests to contact her for book pickups and membership.
Yawning, dullness, and recurring chills described as malaria symptoms. Herbine claimed to prevent or cure malaria by purifying impurities, strengthening the liver, and cleansing the bowels. Price 50c, sold by S. P. Smith.
Floy Cunningham begins teaching music lessons starting September first setting up for students seeking instruction in piano violin and voice in the local area.
Reports from Copperas Prairie note hot dry conditions and boll weevil damage as residents discuss crop prospects. Dalton Parsons and family tour Abilene country while Miss Effie Parsons returns home. Several locals mention trips, recoveries from accidents, and a general sense of hard times tempered by cautious optimism.
A customer asked for a cure for diarrhoea and a clerk offered Chamberlain's Coke Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. The clerk promised not to charge if it failed. The customer used it and reported he was cured within a day or two.
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