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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1915
Page
7
A Paris reader asks State Press for an update on two youths from Clarksville. Jim and Bob pursue opposite paths. Jim grows from $200 to wealth with farming equity, a wagon, land, and crops, while Bob remains mired in debt, an urban lifestyle, and reliance on low wages.
Reports say a brutal clash occurred near Liberty in Erath County injuring Tillmin Nichols with knife wounds that required nineteen stitches. A second confrontation on a public road near Liberty resulted in coat slashes and minor injuries to Woods, with a deputy among those involved.
Wailt Mason reflects on life’s brevity and the futility of worldly striving. He urges serenity, kindness, and happiness in the present, noting that wealth and status fade at death and cannot buy eternal rest.
A PURE FOOD DEMONSTRATION AND BABY SHOW is planned for early October here. Organizers invite families to attend and view exhibits showcasing nutrition, safe cooking, and infant care. Local clubs and sponsors promote the event with activities and demonstrations for all ages.
An old advertisement touts Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy and health booster. It emphasizes quinine to drive out malaria and iron to strengthen the system, selling for 50 cents.
F A Woolsey of Jackson, Texas reports kidney trouble and backache faded after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says the pills act promptly and many others have written similar letters praising their effects. The Wm. Reese Co. markets Foley Kidney Pills.
The notice promotes LA TIVE BROMO QUININE highlighting tonic and laxative benefits with no nervousness or head tingling. It references the full product name and mentions a signature by E. W. GROVE.
The Sipe Springs Record questions road funding and fairness across Comanche County. It notes graders arriving in other areas while Sipe Springs, Gap, and Shrum face delays and tax burdens, asking why money seems spent away from their district.
The ad promotes Scott's Emulsion as a blood purifier and strength builder to relieve rheumatism. It claims impurities in the blood worsen symptoms and that cod liver oil nourishes organs to expel toxins. It warns against alcoholic substitutes and says thousands are helped daily.
A humorous anecdote recounts Claude Callan, a weekly Signal contributor, whose coarse jokes anger the writer. After a bank loss in Fort Worth, the pair loaned him four dollars. Callan bought Milwaukee liquor, shared it, and the night ended in embarrassment and unresolved tension.
Bids open August 21 1915 for the Comanche Independent School District for the year starting September 1 1915. Bids from individuals firms or corporations offering highest daily interest on loans for a 20000 bond are sought. George L Sullivan secretary of the school board.
The Standard Grove's Tasteless chill Tojs equally valuable as a General because it contains the well known properties of QUININE and IROt acts on the Liver, Drives out Malaknriches the Blood and Builds up Whole System, 50 cents.
Miss Floy Thorne of Comanche and Mr Lee Williams of Coleman were married Tuesday of last week August 3 at the home of Rev George H Morrison in Coleman. Thorne formerly lived in Dublin and moved with her parents two years ago. The couple wed after the Williams senior died July 30 and plan a short honeymoon through Comanche Groesbeck and east Texas.
W. C. Everett proclaims Billie Sunday’s Dallas visit a better business deal than the national Democratic convention. The Georgetown Commercial urges Dallas residents to fund the Billy Sunday campaign enough to cover regular pastor salaries.
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