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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1940
Page
7
Quick relief for indigestion heartburn and acid stomach caused by smoking and drinking Adla Tablets sold with money back guarantee by The Wm Reese Drug Co and Service Drug Store.
Mr and Mrs W G Smallwood of Gladewater and Mr and Mrs E M Hooton of Dallas visited L R Smallwood and family in Comanche Sunday. Mr and Mrs Bill Barber and O A Barber of Los Angeles have been visiting Mr and Mrs John Carpenter at Gustine.
The fourteenth Fisher Nelson Strickland reunion convened August 6 and 7 with day one in a pecan grove on the W C Fisher farm and day two at Lake Banes. Attendees from Abilene Fort Worth Collinsville Cisco Wastella Beattie Downing Breckenridge Comanche Bisbee Calgary Rising Star Petersburg Olney and Lubbock joined kin to celebrate family history, record four marriages six births and two deaths since last year, and share a basket lunch with steak and stew cooked on the grounds.
The Croker family expresses gratitude to Undertaker Porter Franks and all relatives friends and neighbors for sympathy and floral tributes during the illness death and burial of Mrs. H. H. Croker. They also thank the singers for the song service and note the message appears in The Chief.
An advertisement highlights a vegetable laxative offering relief from constipation and associated discomfort. It credits Black-Draught as the principal ingredient with tonic laxative properties to tone lazy bowel muscles. The copy emphasizes gentle action and simple usage directions.
The second annual McCarthy descendants reunion gathered July 20 and 21 at their Sidney home with a noon dinner and open house. Attendees included Ray McCarthy of Sidney and families from Abilene Indian Creek Phoenix Arizona and others, with afternoon visits at D T Ross residence.
The Hodges Seale reunion was held at Lake Eanes on Sunday August 11 with seventy six attendees. By unanimous vote the descendants of the late Rev F M Herring were added to the Hodges Seale gathering. Several visitors attended and the group plans to meet again on the second Sunday in August next year.
The ad promotes Herbine a vegetable medicine to relieve biliousness headache flatulence gas and a tired feeling from temporary constipation. It claims quick relief from a laxative or cathartic and lists The WM Reese Drug Co as the seller.
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