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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1915
Page
6
The article outlines tailored feeding for breeding stock and market birds. Breeders should receive whole grain, green forage, and active range to build bone and muscle for fertile eggs and strong offspring. Market birds shift from mash to finishing with corn and balanced grains to avoid overfat, aiming for tender meat and rich flavor.
Advice from Southern Ruralist on poultry management stresses breeding pullets for sustained production and longer life. Maintain a wholesome diet to maximize second-year lay and reduce yearly replacements. Turkeys destined for market should be fed mash for two weeks prior to slaughter to ensure excellent condition and returns.
Mrs. R. G. Neff of Crookston Ohio says Cham berlain's Tablets restored her health after two years as an invalid from stomach trouble. She used three bottles and has enjoyed good health since. Also notice Rio Grande Sugar Mill in the area, owned by New York interests, set to open soon with a busy season expected.
Fred Smith of Green Bay Wisconsin reports complete relief from soreness and back pain after using Foley Kidney Pills. He says he is now strong and well as ever. The ad notes cold weather worsens arthritis and urges kidney pills to eliminate pain-causing poisons. The Wm. Reese Co.
Comanche resident Mrs. W. C. Coster reports severe back ache and restless nights from urinary troubles, but after using one box of Dean's Kidney Pills bought at M. W. Carroll's drug store her pain eased, dizziness subsided, and overall well being improved. Price 50 cents at dealers. Buffalo New York endorsement from Foster Milburn Co.
An advertisement promises a complete cold cure in one day with a product named LAXA TIVE BR. QUININE. It touts quick relief from roughness and cold symptoms and features a signature style claiming a singular effect by Grove.
The notice advertises BORO ZONE ANTISEPTIC LIQUID and BOROZONE POWDER to treat wounds on cattle and people. It lists package prices 25c 50c 1.00 and 1.50 and notes sale by 8 P Smith.
Seed advertisement for Mebane Improved Triumph cotton seed sold with guarantee. Price listed as $1.50 FOB. Contact Lockhart Storey Myrick Box 387 Lockhart Texas for details.
Neely Harris Cunningham Co advertises buying poultry and eggs for cash or trade offering highest market price and immediate payment in a brief concise notice.
A vintage medical ad touts Srove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as invigorating for the pale and sickly. It claims to strengthen the body, enrich the blood, and build up overall health with a general tonic formula.
Children take Ballard's Horehound Syrup willingly for coughs hoarseness and bronchitis. Marketed as the best remedy with pleasant taste and easy dosage. Sold by S. P. Smith in bottles priced 25c 50c and 1.00.
Floyd Carpenter offers cash for pecans chickens eggs butter turkeys and furs. Located opposite the fire station contact phone 289.7tf for dealings.
The Bluefield Fruit and Steamship Company of Central America has purchased twelve Durban bulls from a local stockman. They will be shipped to a Central American ranch for breeding purposes only.
Property details 85 acres for sale three and a half miles from Comanche courthouse on DeLeon and Comanche public road. 65 acres cultivation with wood and water, wood well, four room house, good barn, within half a mile of school. Price 2450 dollars. Contact C A Hitt Comanche Texas.
The W O W group met last Saturday electing J H Harris and C A B Simpson as officers for the year. W C plans to meet next Saturday to choose its officers. Residents traveled to Mullin for trades day and a Mullin H S versus Goldthwaite H S basketball game. J H Harris hints at running a private jitney line during Christmas holidays. School under Prof F E d Watson and Miss Mary Granger progresses well. A good rain aided oats and wheat. farmers continue sowing oats.
Classic 19th or early 20th century ad promotes GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC as a malaria remedy and system builder. Claims quinine fights malaria and iron strengthens the body. Mentions a 50 cent price.
The Planters Oil Company of Weatherford announces a 60 cent per bushel price for all Parker County peanuts. Manager J. Tom Packard seeks local peanuts to experiment with pressing oil and producing oil and cake for commercial use, with hopes to expand into permanent manufacture if successful.
Claims by peanut growers suggest threshing seed and peanut hay cover all production costs leaving nuts as profit. In Parker County the average yield runs forty to fifty bushels, with forty five bushels giving about 27 dollars per acre to the farmer.
An offer promotes BAL LARD'S HOREHOUND SYRUP with an extra HERRICK'S RED PEPPER POROUS PLASTER for the chest free with each bottle. Sold by S. P. Smith.
A vintage ad proclaims Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil cures old sores and painful conditions. It claims relief of pain and healing for long standing ailments, with price details listed as 2c, Soc, and 1.00.
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