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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1920
Page
6
No more insurance on fall grain this season. Beginning March 1 1921 we insure spring grain and cotton. Farmers and businessmen urged to evaluate crop investment insurance and farm property policies with options for three years or five years at varied cash and note payments. Comanche insurer notes twenty years without an unpaid loss.
A fragmentary item from a local page recalls a call to an eatery described as Bh to rw mined al oly retain. The readable bits hint at a terse public notice or brief note about dining or activity in a district.
A clergyman warns that Denver bootleggers use a cemetery as their base and that the liquor sold leads many customers to end up buried there, highlighting deadly consequences of illicit alcohol trade.
Stop the itching with Blue Star Eczema Remedy for itch dermatitis and ringworm. Sold nationwide by drug stores, Star Products Company markets the cream with a money back guarantee. Cameron Texas mentions pricing from 16 to 27 cents.
Distress after eating caused by poor digestion is eased by Herbine which aids digestion, clears impurities, and restores vigor and buoyancy of spirits. Price 60c. Sold by Paris Smith.
A child named Ruby Starr from Comanche Texas writes to Santa Claus asking for fruit, nuts, candy, and a toy, and requests a gift for her five year old sister Pearl. She notes she will soon be seven and that she is going to school, signing the letter with Christmas wishes.
To relieve rheumatism sprains lame back lumbago or pleurisy Ballard's Snow Liniment is a remedy of proven merit. It is very powerful and penetrating. Three sizes 30c 60c and 1.20 per bottle. Sold by Paris Smith.
Washington leaders announced a one year emergency tariff to curb imports on wheat cotton wool beans potatoes livestock and meat as the path out of farm relief gridlock A joint session of Senate Finance and House Ways and Means members approved speedier drafting while debate over rates and embargoes continued with president's view sought by some Democrats and opposed by Republicans
December weather remains rough as residents report health good. Numerous local families and relatives, including Cokers, Pannells, Ishams, and Howells, visited over the weekend. Farming activity is light as households prepare to begin next year.
We express gratitude to neighbors and friends for kind assistance in rebuilding and refurnishing our home lost by fire. Words cannot express our appreciation. May God's richest blessings rest on each one of you. Mr. and Mrs. J. F. McCullough and a family.
Washington December 17 The Foreign Relations Committee of the Senate has voted against ratification of a treaty with Canada for extradition of wife deserters claiming marital relations fall under its scope Senator Lodge alone dissents promising to push the matter to a floor vote He argues forty states permit extradition already and seeks changes to aid fathers and child support while opposing any treaty that returns husbands whose wives forced them to leave home
Local feed store promotes a wide range of feeds and announces a single milking cow for sale. The advert highlights “No. 1 good milk cow,” newly arrived and available at Grissom's.
Public notice orders publication to summon Eh Shaw in Case No 8355 filed 1920 by Florence Shaw against J J Shaw for divorce. Publication to run weekly for four weeks before the April 18, 1921 term at Comanche County Courthouse. Includes petition details and defendant’s alleged cruelty and abandonment. Also advertises Liquid Borozone wound care product.
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