De Leon Cotton Bale Sold at 11 40 per lb and School Board Election
The first bale of the new cotton crop in De Leon sold for 11.40 cents a pound to the Wilson Whaley Company, with a $22.75 premium raised. Miss Arkie Elms of Denton was elected to the De Leon school faculty, likely teaching fifth and part of sixth grade. An accident left W W Nance Jr with possible loss of sight after a wood-chopping injury. he may need specialist care. W H Hodges reports a new road section completed in Harmony, praising De Leon residents for support.
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DeLeon
Wilson Whaley Company
Arkie Elms
Denton
DeLeon School
Miss Elms
Denton State Normal
W. W. Nance, Jr
T. P. Weaver
W. W. Hodges
Harmony
Brownwood
de Leon
DeLeon Comanche County road bond push and finance
Citizens urge a permanent road bond to improve the DeLeon Dublin Erath County line route. Banks show $189,727 in deposits across DeLeon institutions, signaling local financial strength. Committees from DeLeon and Dublin plan to contribute labor and funds totaling about $600 toward the road project.
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Comanche County
Hodges
Free Press
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
First National
DeLeon
D. L. Terrill
W. H W. Williams
J. H. Barnett
D ‘Leon
Dublin
Road Roads Committee of
DeLeon Committee
Comyn
Commissioners’ Court
Erath County
Comanche- Erath County
Lydia E Pinkham Remedy Praised by Positive Patient
Mrs Willard A Graham of Bovina Center New York credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after years of back pain and illness. She says she can work and care for her two children and recommends the medicine to other women. The company invites readers to write for confidential advice from a reviewer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
Bovina Center
N. Y
Willard A. Graham
Exsworth
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia &. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Five and Ten Cent Store Opens to Enthusiastic Crowds
Mr. R. Eastland celebrated the opening of his Five and Ten Cent Store last Friday with an immense crowd awaiting entry. The store drew a large turnout and impressed visitors with a pretty storefront, marking a successful launch. Eastland, formerly in Comanche, earned local praise and friends for his new venture.
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R. Eastland
Eastland
Flowey Grove
Comanche
Costly Treatment Ends in Relief with Tablets
C H Hines of Whitlow Arkansas explains that after costly medicines and visits to a St Louis hospital and a New Orleans hospital, none worked. He began taking Chamberlain's Tablets and soon recovered, allowing him to resume normal life. Sold by all dealers.
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C.h.hines
Whitlow
Arkansas
St. Louis
New Orleans
Chamberlain
Abandoned Baby Body Dragged by Alluring Dogs in Brownwood
Brownwood Texas August 23. A white girl baby body was found dragged into an Henley street orchard by a bulldog believed to have eaten part of it. The body showed extensive mutilation. skull fragments and bloodstained cloth indicate the infant was placed in a torn box, left in a bushes clump. Sheriff Denman and District Attorney Walter Early led the inquest as investigators pursued clues and promised developments in days ahead.
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Brownwood
Texas
Henley Street
Denman
Walter Early
Justice of the Peace Cross
McGees Baby Elixir Offered for Heat Sickness and Diarrhea
Advertises McGees Baby Elixir as treatment for feverish babies with hot weather and bowel disorders. Claims to reduce fever, settle stomach, and check loose bowels. Priced 25 cents and 50 cents per bottle, sold by Paris Smith.
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Paris Smith
Fort Worth firm denies silage cattle claim
Ammour Packing Company manager J E B Finney of Fort Worth denies circulating a statement that silage fed cattle fail to rank with others. He says he never uttered such words and that the claim is unfounded. County Agricultural Agent J R Palmer forwards the letter confirming the denial.
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J. R. Palmer
J. E B. Finney
Ammour Packing Company
Fort Worth
Mr. Finney
Blanket’s First Bale of Cotton Recorded at 434 Pounds
Blanket received her first bale of cotton last Thursday brought in by J. W. Price. The bale weighed 434 pounds and sold at 114 cents with a $13.50 premium. J. M. Dunagan placed second and J. R. Simpson third. All three bales sold at 114 cents. Cotton output in the Blanket section expected to be shorter this year than last.
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J. W. Price
J. M. Dunagan
J. R. Simpson
Gas Flow In Sipe Springs Well Reaches Two Million Feet Daily
Comanche Oil Company reports well No 1 on the Goss lease flowing gas for a second time last week with output about two million cubic feet per day, stronger than the initial flow. Drilling continues as crews push toward pay oil or gas and plan to move the rig to a new well if work pauses.
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Comanche Oil Company
Goss
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promises Strength
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a tasteless combination of quinine and iron to fortify the body against heat and malaria. It claims to aid weakness, debility, loss of appetite, nervous mood, digestive issues, and pale children, with a price of 50 cents.
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Grove
Remarkable Cure for Dysentery Advised by Patient
A Snow Hill North Carolina man recounts severe dysentery in July lasting two months. After failing doctor remedies his weight fell from 145 to 125 pounds before Cham berlain s Coke Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy provided permanent relief. For sale by all dealers.
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Chamberlain
B. W. Hill
Snow Hill
N. C
Athletes Train at Colorado Camp With CHS Coach
Coach Milton Collins leads CHS athletes to a Colorado camp below Winchell for fishing recreation and training ahead of fall term. Twenty five players from baseball football and track join in, after scrapping a Leon trip. Friends among alumni visited the camp this week.
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Milton Collins
CH. S
Colorado
Winchell
Leon
Comanche County Teachers Institute Set For Week
The Comanche County Teachers Institute will convene at the High School auditorium next Monday September 2 and continue through the week. The Chief Exponent published the program on August 5.
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Comanche County Teachers’ Institute
Chief Exponent
Malarial Chill Preventive Herbal Remedy Ad
A historical notice promotes HERBINE as a cure for malarial chills. It claims the medicine drives out impurities feeding the germ, strengthens the liver, and cleanses the bowels. Price 50 cents. Sold by Paris Smith.
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Mataria
Paris Smith
Wetzel Brothers Barber Shop Seeks 50000 Customers
Wetzel Brothers advertise their barber shop at North Side Square Comanche Texas inviting fifty thousand more customers by praising the shop quality and the pleasant water and bathing facilities.
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Wetzels
Wetzel Brothers
North Side Square
Comanche
Texas
Dress Goods for Sale by Mrs. Sallie Payne
To the Ladies. I have received my samples for dress goods and all desiring to purchase will please call or phone No. 464, and I will be glad to call. Mrs Sallie Payne.
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Sallie Payne
Farms for Sale In Comanche County Listings Include Several Tracts
Advertisement lists multiple farm properties for sale in Comanche County with details on acres cultivable land timber wells windmills houses and water resources. Locations include north of Gustine near Co manche and near Hasse, Comanche towns with features like barns tanks and orchards.
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Gustine
Hasse
Comanche
Comanche County
Farms for sale with horse trade and long terms offered
The firm Neely Harris Cunning of Ham Co advertises farm sales with very close prices and long terms. They accept good young horses or mules as partial payment and state no First Mondays will be considered.
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Neely-Harris-Cunning
HAM CO
Grove's Tasteless Chi Tonic Boosts Blood and Vitality
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chi Tonic as a hot weather remedy that enriches the blood, strengthens the whole system, and fortifies the body to withstand summer weakness. Price listed as 60 cents.
Store News Emphasis Rules Shape Daily Coverage
The column explains how store news receives space and emphasis proportionate to its importance. Editors allocate big space for major store events and keep small notices for minor offerings, treating store news as timely, essential reading in daily coverage.
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Tome Wei
Ehipment
Children Cry For
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Castors‘sa
Sipe Springs
Fardus
Lula Walden
Gramlin, S. C
Coie
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PT Wretce Rae
Ness Ana
New York
Bears
Centaun CO
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