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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1914
Page
2
A local notice advertises fire and tornado insurance at three year terms with low upfront cash and financed balance, plus liberal rates. It includes political commentary arguing for a tenant plank to be enshrined by law and critiques of power and tariff norms.
Mrs. Christine Frederick told the House Judiciary Committee that consumers, led by Housewives' League, demand exact brand at advertised price. She condemns unfair competition by merchants who substitute inferior goods, urging standards to protect price and service.
Public notice indicates Comanche Pub. Co. publishers filed as second class matter at the Comanche Texas post office.
Directors D H Cunningham, T J Cunningham, Tom H Bell, J R Banes, Sara (Saris) Smith, E W Harris, V H Woodberg named among board members in the community notice.
Subscribers failing to receive the paper regularly are asked to call attention to the issue. In changing location, readers should provide both old and new addresses and names of stockholders such as Tom H. Ningham, J. R. Eanes, Oscar Callaway, Paris Smith, FE Harris, J. Williams, W. H. Woodberg, L. T. Cunningham, K. F. Cunningham, G. A. Cunningham, J. R. Moore.
The article argues for endorsing the present national administration at the El Paso convention. It defends a broad endorsement while noting possible censure for certain actions, especially regarding Texas family affairs. It discusses tariff policy, currency bills, and taxation, urging revenue-focused, graduated taxes and an inheritance tax as fairer burdens.
The Chief Exponent urges voter consideration of three proposals in the coming general election. One caps salaries for legislators, another funds gulf sea walls against storms, and the third expands Initiative and Referendum. The paper expresses mixed views but supports sea walls and higher legislative pay while urging study of the initiative measure.
A call to residents to promote their town by highlighting local progress enterprise and civic strengths including professionals merchants churches schools and institutions. The piece urges pride in a live, enterprising community and its forward movement.
The speaker urges residents to believe in their town and countries surrounding it, claiming the area offers fertile farms and an intelligent farming class. Strangers are swayed by enthusiastic locals, and unity in praise helps a locality gain prominence over rivals. Talk, used rightly, can advance future greatness.
The newspaper is a vital, energetic home institution that promotes city interests and supports citizens. It sustains local employment, funds local ventures, and spends profits in the home community, operating on sound business principles to drive town prosperity and earn a square deal for publishers.
The article portrays the average country editor as a steadfast preacher guiding his community. He works daily to help others, often at personal cost, staying focused on lifting the town to a steady common purpose.
The Raleigh News and Observer argues that a single country paper is better than two in a small town. A village paper is a public utility like a post office, and two papers dilute circulation, weaken growth, and hinder quality editing and news delivery.
In a Ft. Worth Record editorial a Texas Democratic stance defends loyalty to President Wilson while allowing criticism of specific acts. It cites Mr Ferguson's endorsement of Wilson’s overall administration, praises Wilson as a statesman, and condemns public figures who used administration prestige to back a state candidate.
Birth notices: a boy to Mr and Mrs Frank Green and a girl to Mr and Mrs David James both on July 25th. Also a boy to Mr C E Terry last Friday and a girl to Mr J B Boswell on the 23rd inst. Grain season shows ten cars of oats shipped. most oats unsold but wagons arrive daily. W. R. Waldrop attended the Gustine event and Wal drop reunion near Hazeldell with large family attendance. A new A P Drug Store building is under construction on the Palmer lot east of the bank, while Cox & Terry prepare to stock merchandise in the old space. R H Kelley filled a silo at his home. silos may become common in the region. A prospecting notice from G Hodge invites landowners in Comanche County to lease mineral rights for oil and gas development, with offices at Kearby & Kearby in Comanche, Texas, promising foreign capital and rapid leases for all who participate. End with cordial regards from G Hodge.
Local readers are urged to try Chamberlain's Tablets for stomach trouble as many claim relief. Mrs. Rosie Rish of Wabash Indiana reports it as the best medicine for her ailments and notes it strengthens and invigorates the stomach to function naturally. For sale by all dealers.
In a cool draft while heated, you may develop a stiff week or lame back and seek relief. Fix your mind on BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT as the best pain reliever available. Prices 25c, 50c and $1 per bottle. Sold by Paris Smith.
Mrs Chilton and the Misses Harris of Comanche spent last night in Brownwood and left this morning for Snyder to visit friends and relatives.
Geo W. Brock of the Enterprise in Aberdeen Maryland writes that Chamberlain Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a quick safe cure for diarrhoea. He has used it for twenty years and recommends it to others, claiming it never disappoints. For sale by all dealers.
Clarendon Texas resident recounts curing his wife after months of bowel trouble using Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He bought a 25e bottle and after the second bottle she was entirely cured. For sale by all dealers.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports Texas cotton acreage in 1914 at 12,052,000, down from 12,686,000 in 1913, a gain broken by a crop condition of 74 percent of normal versus 86 percent last year, marking a 26 percent shortfall from the average stand.
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