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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
2
An editorial calls on Comanche citizens to unite and take personal responsibility for community progress. It argues the town’s growth depends on what every resident does, not on a few leaders, and urges individuals to ask what they will do for Comanche.
The piece urges submitting constitutional amendments to a popular vote rather than state legislatures to prevent cowardly legislatures from betraying the people's will. It cites Texas's ratification of National Woman Suffrage over a state vote against equal suffrage and argues that the people should control the nation's course.
A writer suggests root beer contains trace alcohol and that five gallons could intoxicate within an hour. Mixing for beverage could yield about twenty five gallons of drinkable root beer, creating an opportunity to champion a prohibition law and gains political spotlight.
The author argues that opportunity is not a distant or external force but a man’s own inner drive. People chase luck as a godlike gift, yet the power to achieve rests with the individual’s effort, dreams, and actions. It is a call to recognize self-reliance and personal responsibility.
The shopmen's strike caused immediate disruption as railroads embargoed freight at both ends of the line. Grain shipments to market halted and buyers paused purchases, while supplies to rural districts stopped, making certain manufactured items like gasoline unobtainable in this section.
Comanche farmer J B Payne testifies that weather changes trigger kidney pain and backache. He used Doan's Kidney Pills bought at Smith’s drug store and reports improvement. Price 60c at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY markets the same remedy.
Mrs. A. L. Lester of De Leon reports her son Vernon P. Lester will arrive home this week from Naval service. Vernon joined the navy at age fifteen, trained at San Pedro, later serving with the Atlantic fleet.
An old advertisement promotes Mississippi Diarrhoea Cordial for quick relief and cure. It lists prices as 50 cents and 25 cents.
An ad claims calomel poisons the body and promotes biliousness. It touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a harmless remedy that cleanses the liver without side effects and is safe for children, with a money back guarantee if not effective.
A correction clarifies confusion over a reported oil development near Comanche Home. It notes the Rushing well, one mile north, began producing after the Comanche Home shot, with speculation the shot loosened sands. The Comanche Home is a 600 barrel well and may reach 1000 to 1500 barrels after cleaning.
An ad promotes La Creole Hair Dressing for turning gray hair natural looking. It offers the product at 1.00 and targets women seeking a hair treatment option.
A health warning notes that early heart symptoms resemble a Reno vine remedy, urging timely use for cure. It warns of delay and a severe penalty, marketing Reno vine as the heart’s cure with a price of 1.00 plus 50c for ads.
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