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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
3
An old advertisement touts LIERBINE to ease bowel irregularity. It urges taking a dose at bedtime and claims you will feel better the next day. Price listed as 50c, sold by P. Smith.
The Hamilton Record notes a farmer who slept ten years must catch up to rapid changes. Today’s farmer is ten years behind the farmer ten years from now, urging all to stay awake to present opportunities and plan ahead.
An advertisement promises relief for female troubles with Femenina. It claims torture ends and troubles vanish after use. Priced at 50e and $1.00.
A promote claim extols Danderine as a quick hair cleanser that removes dust oil and dandruff while making hair wavy fluffy and lustrous. It asserts scalp invig orates roots and encourages growth with a 25 cent bottle from drug stores or toilet counters.
An article summarizing Civil War statistics showing the North’s population, enlistments, prison counts, and battles compared with the South. It cites war department figures for duty, captures, casualties, and foreign enlistments, concluding with context from Confederate Veteran.
An old advertisement touts Bread Without Salt as tasteless and promotes Magic Arnica Liniment as essential for sprains swellings bruises rheumatism and neuralgia with three sizes priced at 25e 50 cents and 1.00 dollars.
Melon growers are summoned to meet Saturday February 10 at 10 o clock in the Young Men's Business League office. The session aims to determine acreage to be planted and discuss seed and other matters of interest to the county melon growers. A. S. Harris, Secretary Melon Growers Assn.
L T Cooper millionaire philanthropist and Tanlac advocate toured Texas with G S Willis, noting rising interest in his health theories. He claimed Tanlac treats stomach catarrh and related ailments by acting on mucus membranes and blood, with ingredients sourced from across the world. The Cooper Medicine Co labored under Herr Joe Von Trimbsch to craft the remedy, as Charles A Smith of Jacobs Pharmacy touted unprecedented demand in Atlanta.
Over 700 people called at local stores for Tanlac, with repeat sales and many expressions of satisfaction from testers. The preparation is claimed to be of extraordinary merit and is sold in Comanche by Hamilton Drug Co., in DeLeon by T P Weaver and Son, and in Proctor by Dingle and Luker.
A local ad notes Bal lard's Snow Liniment for scalds burns and cuts with ready prices of 25 cents 50 cents and one dollar per bottle. Sold by S P Smith.
A cautionary note on neighborly fighting highlights losses of friendship self respect and social standing due to small disputes. The moral critique frames habitual quarreling as a wasteful and damaging pastime.
A brief note reflects on childish conduct that leaves a sensible person blushing with remorse. The fragment hints at social judgment and personal embarrassment.
Mrs. Amanda Gierhart of Waynesfield Ohio says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy has been used in her family for 20 years and never failed to cure coughs or colds. Obtainable everywhere.
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