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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1924
Page
3
The column bemoans voting for candidates by name over principles, notes women voters, and muses on wartime excitement. It then laments changing weather from rain to sun, autos as a modern fad, and urban mobility while closing with a cattle ad for registered Jerseys near Comanche.
Advertising note announces two rolls of adding machine paper for sale at the Chief office priced at 25 cents total.
A collage of quips and quotes from sources like the Boston Transcript and Washington Star, interspersed with biblical, literary, and humorous lines. Includes a noted punch line about a wedding delay due to fainting bridegroom and a joke about cobwebs and wireless, all reflecting light newspaper humor of the era.
A San Antonio woman exclaims Tanlac revived her after extensive nerves stomach and strength problems following a trip from Monterey Mexico She attributes recovery to Tanlac and urges readers to buy the medicine via druggists noting over 40 million bottles sold Tanlac Vegetable Pills advertised by the manufacturers
A concise excerpt from the American Legion Weekly shows Tommy asking about eating with fingers and his mother replying that fingers were not his. The dialogue captures a domestic, humorous exchange within a wartime era magazine.
A brief line from The Humorist in London notes a wife is ill but not dangerous, with a local observer expressing concern and sympathy. The exchange shows polite worry and cautious optimism about her condition.
The list shows marriages issued to Alien Beaty and Miss Winters Clifton. A. L. Coan and Miss Alice Sanders. PrP. J. Rankin and Miss Gertie Murphree.
An old advertisement urges quick use of Herbine for malaria symptoms including dullness aches and sleepiness. It claims to cure malaria and chills and restore balance, priced 60 cents and sold by Paris Smith.
A Cincinnati Enquirer quip notes that audiences laugh at others who trip over a rack chase a hat or slip on a banana peel yet fail to find humor when similar mishaps occur to themselves. The remark contrasts external amusement with self reflection.
The state commands publication weekly for ten days in Comanche County newspaper of general circulation. This notice concerns Minnie Lee Heflin W T Heflin and Paul Heflin minors. M A Heflin appointed temporary guardian by the Comanche County Court on August 20 1924. The appointment may become permanent unless contested at the next term starting October 6 1924 at the courthouse in Comanche.
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