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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1916
Page
3
The Baptist tabernacle meeting ended Sunday night after a two week service described as a tide of spiritual power. About twenty five fever cases were noted with thirty eight joining the church. Flowers and prayers accompanied a well attended event as local merchants closed doors to support the revival.
An old advertisement touts Laxa Tive Bromine Quinine as a head gentle tonic and laxative. It claims no nervousness or head ache, and urges readers to remember the full name for EB W Grove signature. Sold for 25 cents.
Rev Richard Vernon of Kentucky conducted a two week meeting at Brysonville Oklahoma ending Sunday with seven conversions. Two joined First Baptist and were baptized, two more joined by letter, some converts may join Rock Baptist. Comanche Baptist Association meets August 30 at Gustine. Offering for associational missions next Sunday. One service at 11 oclock next Sunday due to Newburg meeting. B Y P A meets at 7 30 p m Sunday. Geo A Curlee Pastor.
Ad promotes Dead Quick spray by The Wm. Reese Co. Comanche for killing chicken mites bedbugs ants and various insects in gardens and plants.
A Thursday courthouse meeting formed committees to raise funds, gather ideas, and secure estimates for repairing Hasse road. They have not finished but promise the road will be put in first class shape at once.
Comanche testimony extols Dean's Kidney Pills as effective for back pain and kidney irregularities. Laundryman W G Garner of Comanche reports relief from lameness and regulated kidney action after using the remedy. Price 50 cents at all dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY sells the product.
A list records automobile registrations by owner and location. J E Chilton of Comanche and Maxwell. J L Ellis of Maxwell. J J Brownlee of DeLeon. J D Ham of DeLeon. S H Stokes of DeLeon. Neely Harris Cunningham Co of Comanche. Ford and Maxwell brands with sequential numbers 481 through 486.
An OCR fragment advertises Bromo Quinine and urges taking full five casts safely. The readable text is fragmented with unclear context but indicates a medicinal product promotion and dosage guidance.
The Dallas State Fair lists premiums for single and ten ear corn exhibits by dent varieties White Yellow Strawberry Tipped Red and Laguna with payouts ranging up to 10 dollars for ten ears. Corn will be received at the Y M B L office to aid grading A S Harris secretary and D F Eaton county agent noted. BAL LARD'S SNOW LINIMENT advertised as a pain reliever sold by S P Smith with 25 50 and 100 cent bottles.
Dr L L Vaughn veterinary surgeon of Comanche Texas offers a guarantee for Tick Texas Fever treatment with no cost if cure is not achieved. He provides fever vaccination for six months or longer and invites cattle owners in adjacent counties to call day or night 335 for cases.
John Wesley Pippin Mobley, a young Black boy from Ballinger nicknamed Monkey, spent a night in Brownwood then headed to Cisco with guardian H. L. Mobley. The Brownwood Bulletin notes his remarkable reading ability despite illiteracy, able to read inverted text and complex names, and recalls Mobley’s past interchanges involving the boy in Alabama.
Clifton visitor Wesley Nichols stays with brother in law D J Stubblefield as Aunt Ellen Wells of Sidney and Mrs J J Johnson visit J E Robertson. Harmony, Comanche, Haskell County, Leon County, and local families appear in a string of Sunday to Monday calls and a spider bite illness. Prof T R Randalls opens a singing school with 25 pupils and growing.
Cures kidney bladder troubles dissolves gravel and back pain. Sold by druggists or by mail for $1 with two months treatment. Testimonies and route of sale advertised. not a medical claim but a patent medicine notice.
Comanche newspapers report action to eliminate the long standing sand section on Hasse Road. The project will create a fairly good roadway from Comanche to Dublin, easing travel for motorists and others between the two cities.
Readers are told Hall's Catarrh Cure can cure catarrh in all stages. The advertisement claims internal action through the blood to mucous surfaces, boosting constitution. It offers a $100 reward for any case it fails to cure with testimonials available from F. J. Cheney & Co of Toledo, Ohio. Sold by all druggists for 75 cents.
A historical note describes Lax Fos as an effective laxative and liver aid. It claims to ease stomach distress, support digestion, and promote liver health while calming related discomforts.
Government order designates all second to fourth class postmasters as official recruiting officers. They will be paid on commission and army officers will assist in examining applicants for positions. Also an advertisement notes a good camera for sale in Comanche Texas.
Webster City Iowa resident Joe Dingman describes recurring liver trouble pains and back ache. After using half a bottle of Chamberlains Tablets he reports relief and disappearance of pain. Obtainable everywhere.
Sipe Springs residents C. F. Cathey J. B. Cozzo Mrs J L Jay and J Koonce traveled to Comanche Tuesday for a few hours visit. Mrs W A Smith and sister Kathleen Buck of Ozona left Sunday for Comanche to visit relatives. Dr Rutherford and family of Comanche were visitors in Sipe Springs Tuesday.
Comanche people report instant relief from constipation and stomach troubles using Adler-i-ka with buckthorn bark and glycerine. A single spoonful is claimed to relieve many cases, including sour stomach and gas, and may prevent appendicitis. a short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble, says M. W. Carroll, Druggist.
A meeting of the Melon Growers of Comanche county is called for Saturday August 26 at 2 PM at the courthouse to organize for next year. Potato growers attend the same date to hear a report from a special committee appointed August 12 and discuss related matters. Secretary A. B. Harris Y. M. B. L.
The Old Standard general strengthening tonic Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic drives out malaria enriches the blood and builds up the system. A true tonic for adults and children. Soc.
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