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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
6
Washington reports a census bureau survey showing states with about a third of the population had 78 percent more births than deaths in 1915. Foreign born parents produced more children, while within the negro race deaths outpaced births in the territory studied.
The survey covered New England New York Pennsylvania Michigan Minnesota and the District of Columbia. It reports a birth rate of 29.9 per 1000 and a death rate of 14 per 1000 in the states listed, with Maine the lowest birth rate and Connecticut and Massachusetts the highest. Minnesota records the greatest excess of births over deaths at 14.4 per 1000.
In October 1911 P Helmecke of Comanche reported kidney pain backache and sleepless nights eased by Dean’s Kidney Pills. He reiterated in April 1915 that he still values the remedy, noting continued benefit though not as needed. Price 50c at dealers, Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
An old advertisement touts 4- Tive Brom quinine as a tonic and laxative with no head effects or nervousness and urges readers to recall the full name and seek BE W Grove’s signature. The product is priced at 25 cents.
Hazel Dell reports good community health with colds and grippe present. The Hazel Dell school enrolls 105 pupils, the largest in four terms, suggesting a new classroom may be needed. Local visits include O T Bacon guests in Speegleville and Marion Morris's visit from Macksville, with families noted in Comanche and Hazel Dell.
The ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick safe remedy for indigestion gas heartburn acidity and related stomach troubles. It claims rapid relief without harmful drugs and promotes a fifty cent case for home use with worldwide fame from millions of cures.
Grove's Tasteless chill tonic promotes quinine and iron to act as a general tonic. It claims to improve liver function drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system for 50 cents.
Rucker News notes Mrs Jeta Pitman and Master Arthur Pitman visiting Mrs Nancy McNeely and Mrs Minni Duke near Duster last week. Mrs Mollie McNeely joined them. Mrs Mandy Grissom is improving after illness and Mr W H Baker is also improving after a spell of sickness.
An old promotional piece touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative to dangerous calomel. It claims calomel causes bone necrosis and sickness, while Liver Tone cleanses the liver bowels and sour bile without salivation.
W G Baker moves into the house with his father to take charge of the farm. Measles disrupt schools at Sidney and Gap. There are poultry sales, spring-like weather, and a sand storm. Several residents visit, move, or sell hogs, with Measles cited as a problem. A sheriff sale notice details the levy on Theodore McAdoo's land in Comanche County with sale set for March 6 1917 at the courthouse in Comanche.
An old ad promotes Laxative Quinidine Tablets as cold reliever and head ache remedy. It claims relief for La Grippe and severe headaches with a price of 25 cents.
A lighthearted Friday night program at the high school features a troupe of clowns performing for students. The event includes audience participation and a short juggling showcase raising spirits after a busy week.
Robert W Chambers defends Broadway as more than gaiety noting the instinct to love and mate among showgirls. He argues the desire for a home and a partner drives many to Broadway, exemplified by his fiction and his latest novel The Dark Star in Cosmopolitan Magazine.
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