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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1916
Page
2
An old health advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to calomel. It claims calomel is mercury and harmful, while liver tone cleanses the liver and bowels without salivation. The piece also includes a community program listing and a note on BOROZONE antiseptic for wounds and livestock care.
The paper lists stockholders including D H Cunningham T J Cunning am W H Carpenter and others. It notes a mistaken auto crank ad and clarifies it referred to a car part. An ad for Prof J B Layne promoting a Rule Texas farm drew four calls by Friday noon and intensified with countywide attention by Saturday.
The author predicts auto trucks will spread in Comanche County farms as soon as two years. Good auto trucks cost little more than teams and wagons and offer unlimited possibilities. A home made Ford truck already speeds along rural roads, pulling six horses’ worth of load in a third of the time. In marketing the time saved is evident as three loads replace one. Auto trucks on the farm will come and not afar off.
Commissioners court approves a plan to build a main county road from Whitville on the Brown county line to Proctor on the east county line. They endorse a limited tax levy to fund a few leading roads kept well, with others serving as feeders to create a practical, widely usable system.
The Chief Exponent is praised as widely read in Comanche county for its upbuilding stance and advocacy. It claims credit for publishing the Hasse road article and for supporting local baby beef clubs and the Y M B L, plus aiding the county marketing association to create a hog market.
A local editorial urges purchasing a rock crusher and a roller to improve county roads, arguing they offer longer lasting surfaces at lower cost than grading alone. It criticizes federal budgeting and calls for better use of funds and stronger naval and military leadership to achieve true value.
Comanche readers endorse Dean's Kidney Pills for backache and kidney discomfort. Mrs J T Moody of Comanche reports relief after using one box, noting less dizziness and strengthened back and kidneys. Price 50 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY is the listed supplier.
An old advertisement touts LAXATIVit BROMO Quinine as a cure for colds with claims to stop coughing sneezes and fever. It offers a refund if it fails and features the signature of W Grove on each box.
Deep seated coughs resist common remedies. BAL LARD'S HOR SOUND SYRUPP promises external and internal treatment. Each dollar bottle includes a free HERRICK'S RED PEPPER POROUS PLASTER for the chest, sold by H. P. Smith.
The article notes the third season start with readiness to furnish readers’ needs for ammunition, mentioning Kilpatrick's as a supply source.
Notice to Fruit Growers announces pruning and spraying demonstrations on Monday December 5 at three locations. 9 to 10 a m at Chas Cuthbertson orchard, 1 to 2 p m at A P Mercer Sam Parker farm, 4 to 6 p m at Cash orchard. All invited. both large and home orchardists encouraged to attend.
Messrs Lanham and Haynes, practical orchardists and hort iculturists who have grown fruit for market in major growing regions, assist in the work. Remember the places and the hours, D F Raton, Co. Agent.
A health ad compares a cough to a fire alarm, urging cure rather than suppression. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is praised for persistent coughs following colds or grip and Chamberlain's Tablets noted as helpful for constipation. An anecdote about an admiral at supper is included in the fragment.
Local notice advertises Catarrh Cure labeled as constitutional remedy from Fr. Cheney & Allruggists. Claims cure by internal medicine with blood purifiers. Encourages sending for test and purchasing through Halls Family and druggists.
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