Old Settlers and Soldiers Reunion a Notable Success
The 1919 reunion drew many veterans including out of town guests. Speakers featured M. J. Norrell, R. F. Holloway, Y. W. Holmes, Hi N. Goodson, and Pat M. Neff on the League of Nations. A free barbecue hosted by Comanche fed returning World War I veterans with abundant pies and cakes, and organizers earned praise for a well run event as the community anticipates the 1920 gathering.
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M. J. Norrell
Chamber of Commerce of
Comanche
R. F. Holloway
Chamber of Commerce
Y. W. Holmes
Hi. N. Goodson
Pat M. Neff
Waco
League of Nations
Why Should We Ice Costs Spark Questions in Texas
Citizens of Dallas pay 60 cents per hundred for ice while Comanche residents pay at least 80 cents. Labor and property costs are higher in Dallas, yet Comanche charges thirty three and one third percent more for ice than Dallas. The era of sweater yarns and new colors is noted with mentions of Chinese blue and Geranium at Higginbotham's.
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Dallas
Comanche
Dublin
Comanche Marble and Granite Works Opens New Line
The Comanche Marble and Granite Works announces its new open shop with a strong display of monuments and statuary. The firm invites the public to view the line and promises savings on hardware, Slider & Lacy.
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Comanche Marble and Granite Works
Comanche
Char D. Cuthbertson Announces East Side Grocery Move
Notice states the mover will continue general grocery business on the east side of the square and asks for public patronage. The message is signed by CHAS. D. CUTHBERTSON.
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Chas. D. Cuthbertson
Slider & Lacy's Delivers Fresh Flour Amid Baling Wire Hype
A car of fresh flour arrives at Slider and Lacy's with a promise of guaranteed sacks. The ad urges customers to give the product a trial and mentions baling wire as a tagline cue.
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Slider & Lacy’s
Slider & Lacy'’S
LACW
Old Settlers Reelect Officers at Reunion
At the Old Settlers reunion business meeting the organization decided to stay intact and re elected officers: W. D. Jenkins president L. B. Russell secretary and executive committee members S. B. Todd J. B. Brown W. F. Elkins and W. P. West. An annual July meeting was set and social fellowship noted as a turnout for continued activity. Mrs. Joe Hill of San Antonio Texas visited Comanche this week and recalled early Comanche Chief printing days. The item ends with an advertisement for Higginbothains dress goods department showcasing new fall fabrics.
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Old Settlers Organization
W. D. Jenkins
L. B. Russell
S. B. Todd
J B Brown
W. F. Elkins
W. P. West
Joe Hill
San Antonio
Texas
Comanche
Hill
G. A. Beeman
Sam Fox
Ye Ord
Amanche
Pre-War Price and New Men’s Suits Advertised
Before the war we made your old mattress good as new for $1.50 and have not advanced the price. Atwood Brothers promote mattress services. Higginbotham's showcases new men and boys suits and the popular Tom Sawyer line. Slider & Lacy's advertises good shorts and bran.
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Atwood Brothers
Higginbotham’s
Slider & Lacy’s
Guardian seeks court authority to lease minor's mineral rights
Mrs. Nannie M. Jay as guardian for Patty Jay asks the County Court of Comanche County Texas for permission to sell and execute a mineral lease on the minor's undivided one half interest in 160 acres in the northwest quarter of Section 42 D and D lands. The hearing is set for August 23, 1919, at the Comanche courthouse.
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Comanche County
Texas
Comanche
Nannie M. Jay
Land Owners Urged to Invest in Local Oil Venture in Comanche County
A call to land owners in the south two thirds of Comanche County to acquire stock in a new local oil company in exchange for leases or royalties. It promises a large, potentially richest oil field, with no cash required from landowners and aims to secure ten thousand acres of leases. The organizer will manage the venture and fund drilling with profits from Duke and proven fields.
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Comanche County
United States
Duke
Oil stock solicitation seeks landowner backing in county
A letter from L B Russell Jr promotes a mineral venture claiming rich oil deposits and high future stock values. He urges landowners to back the company with leases and royalties, promising cash stock sales to fund machinery and operations until an oil well is drilled. Offices are in the Masonic building rooms 14 and 15.
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Masonic
L. B. Russell, Jr
State Aid Applications Due August 20
The State Superintendent requests all State Aid applications be in by August 20. Please come in at once to have these applications prepared. Mrs. J. E. Deely, Co. Supt. Our ready-to-wear department features new items of interest to discerning ladies and invites customers to visit.
Let Us Show You Old Mattress Repair Offer
Atwood Brothers advertise restoring old mattresses for 1.50 dollars. Slider and Lacy invite visitors to their town headquarters and promote fall dresses in tricotine serges satins jerseys and tricolettes with emphasis on individual style and quality.
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Slider & Lacy
Old Mattresses Reconditioned for $1.50 by Atwood Brothers
Atwood Brothers offer to recondition old mattresses for $1.50 with a guaranteed result. An assorted display of coat suits this week features silvertones jerseys and tricatines in seasonally popular shades.
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Higginbotham’s
Work Under Way on Sipe Springs Road
Construction to shape the Sipe Springs road is progressing from Comanche to Duncan with tractors and graders. Private subscriptions total about $3,500 raised by Comanche committees, Beattie residents contributing $385 from seventeen donors. Communities along the route promise support as crews extend from Sipe Springs toward Copperas Creek to deliver a better road for travelers.
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Sipe Springs
Comanche
Duncan
Beattie
Copperas Creek
Comanche Promotion Rejects Higher Ice Rates
A promotional piece questions inviting growth in Comanche while proposing higher ice charges than Dublin for homes and businesses. It notes Leather goods by Slider and Lacey as a local draw and ends with rhetorical questions about relocation near Dublin.
BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT for muscle pain relief
Facing a stiff neck or sore back from a cool draft, seek BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT as the best pain reliever. Sold by Paris Smith.
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Ballard
Paris Smith
McGEE'S BABY ELENIA Bottle Ad
A vintage ad urges keeping McGEE'S BABY ELENIA in every home with a baby to treat sour stomach wind colic diarrhea and summer complaint. Claims it contains no opiates morphine or injurious drugs and notes Paris Smith & Lacy's as sellers.
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Paris Smith
Liver stimulant Herb ine sold by Paris Smith
A 19th century ad touts Herb ine as a remedy for bilious impurities and a torpid liver and bowels. It claims the medicine, sold by Paris Smith, acts as a liver stimulant and bowel regulator to improve a sallow complexion.
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Paris Smith
Syrup prices and local shoe offers at Paris Smith and Atwood Brothers
The item promotes low prices on syrup from Slider and Lacy and advertises White's Cream Vermifuge as a worm remedy for sickly children. It notes Paris Smith and Atwood Brothers selling the product and lists new school shoes for children including the Kewpie Twins and Billikens.
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Paris Smith
Kewpie Twins
Billikens
Next Big Oil Play Seen At Sipe Springs Promising Moorman Well
Oil men view Sipe Springs as the upcoming big field as Moorman number one yields about 300 barrels of high grade oil. Offsets on the Small and Moorman properties proceed, with rigs prepared for the new wells. Investors push land trades, sensing a spring rush as operations broaden in the Goss and Moorman pools.
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Sipe Springs
Goss
Moorman Pool
The Best Plaster for a Lame Back
A dampened flannel bound on the seat of pain with Chamberlain's ointment is often more effective than a plaster and costs much less.
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Chamberlain
Syrup Ad Promotes Herbal Constipation Remedy
An old advertisement touts Shider & Lacy syrup with Herbine to cleanse bowels and keep systems in prime condition. It claims constipation triggers many diseases and urges purchase through Paris.
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Paris Smith
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
Frank J. Cheney, senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, swears the firm will pay 100 dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. The document, dated December 6, 1886, outlines internal testimony and notary seal, with claims about internal medicine and testimonials.
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State of Ohio
City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W. Gleason
F. J. Cheney &O
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Thomas & Moody
OLI
Higginbothain’s
Higginbotham 'S
J. E. Deely
Slider & Lacey
M. Coleman
Shider & Lacy
Dexter Walling
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