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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1915
Page
8
A persuasive early 20th century ad urges parents to feed growing children Scott's Emulsion to boost nourishment and energy. It claims the product enriches blood, strengthens the body, and improves health, noting it contains no alcohol and lists Scott & Bowne as makers in Bloomfield New Jersey.
The article argues Southern farmers should primarily use grazing for beef cattle on lands not cultivated. It notes dairy cattle require more labor and know how, so beef cattle suit rough lands. If grazing supports enough cattle to winter or fatten, stock may be kept. otherwise sell in fall.
The ad quotes Fred Smith of Green Bay Wisconsin praising Foley Kidney Pills for relieving back pain and restoring strength. It notes cold weather worsens aches and urges Foley Kidney Pills to aid kidneys in eliminating pain. The Win Reese Co. distributes the product.
A promotional note touts Grove's Tasteless Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims it acts on the liver, drives out malaria, enriches the blood, and builds up the system, offered at 50 cents.
Durant Oklahoma reports a first ear of straight peanut oil shipped from Boswell in a tank car bound for Chicago. The oil is pressed at Boswell by Durant Cotton Oil Co. and used in oleomargarine butterine and salad dressings. Farmers plan larger peanut plantings to supply a steady market. peanut cake provides stock feed.
Mrs. R. G. Neff of Crookston Ohio says Chamberlain's Tablets cured her stomach trouble and restored her health after two years as an invalid. She took three bottles and has since enjoyed good health. Obtainable everywhere Lady.
In January Woman's Home Companion Robert Lane Wells argues farm incomes stretch further than urban earnings. He notes farm families spend modestly on clothing and food, with little to no rent or travel, and that true costs are met by nature, shaping a frugal rural economy.
Advertises BORO ZONE ANTISEPTIC LIQUID and BOROZONE POWDER to purify wounds and speed healing for man or beast. Suitable for screw worlds, dehorned cattle, cats, bruises. Packages priced 25c, 50c, $1 and $1.50. Sold by S. P. Smith.
Property to trade includes 85 acres three and a half miles northeast of the courthouse on De León and Comanche public road. 65 acres cultivated with wood and water, a good well, four room house, barn, within a half mile of the school. Priced at 2450 dollars. C A Hitt Comanche Texas.
Advertisement for Mebane Improved Triumph Cotton Seed with satisfaction guarantee and price of $1.50 f o b Lockhart Texas. From Storey Myrick Box 337 Lockhart Texas. Also a demand notice seeking a car load of chickens turkeys and eggs with highest market price paid in cash or trade by Neely Harris Cunningham Co.
An old standard tonic advertised to invigorate the pale and sickly, strengthen adults and children, drive out malaria, enrich the blood, and build up the system.
Children take Ballard's Horehound Syrup willingly as a pleasant remedy for coughs hoarseness and bronchitis. It is described as effective and easy to take with prices 25c 50c and 1.00 per bottle sold by S. P. Smith.
Farmers in the De Leon trade territory marketed about 300000 bushels of peanuts, roughly three fourths of the harvest, generating about 150000 dollars in new money. The peanut is noted as the pork plant and the prosperity plant, urging planting to aid Texas prosperity.
An advertisement notes that Dr B F Jackson handed down a famous prescription for female troubles now sold as Pemenina. Priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, the remedy is marketed to readers seeking cure or relief.
Floyd Carpenter offers pecans chickens eggs butter turkeys and furs for cash at the opposite fire station area. Phone 289 Ttf.
Dallas officials warned Police Commissioner Ryan to stop the city’s hold ups or lose his job. They announced a supplemental four hundred thousand dollars to curb the crime wave as crooks and highwaymen operate with boldness. If the chiefs cannot handle the job they will be fired.
Deep seated coughs resist ordinary remedies and require external and internal treatment. Buy BAL LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP and receive HERRICK'S RED PEPPER POROUS PLASTER for the chest free with each bottle. Sold by S. P.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claiming the formula on the label includes Quinine and Iron to drive out malaria and boost the system. The copy notes a 50 cent price.
Mr J H Taylor develops a plan to organize watermelon growers in the sandy land district near Ballinger for 1916 marketing. A meeting is set for Friday afternoon at about 2 oclock in the Ballinger Business League rooms with A E Burges the league secretary to speak on cooperative marketing.
An old advertisement touts la Creole Hair Dressing promising a restore of beauty and lustre for gray or harsh hair. The price is 1.00.
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