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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1912
Page
6
A garbled OCR passage notes varied items including farm rental offer of 23 acres in use and 60 in pasture, a barbershop reference, a river ferry accident at Cairo with people lost, a cotton and corn reference, a port extension into Victoria, a stomach purifier product, a bank plan for a seven story building, and a general store family mention.
The piece argues that true philanthropy is shown by alleviating suffering and prolonging life, asserting doctors deserve distinction and greater sympathy and pay from the public for their noble mission, as reflected in the Waco Times-Herald quote.
Uncle Adam Sliger was seriously hurt when a mule pulled a plow and a bolt snagged a triple tree causing a fall. The wheel ran over his arm severing it, he bandaged with mud and rags then treated himself before seeking a doctor but returned home unharmed.
Mason Mich resident S A Stid recalls a deadly cold after a harsh storm. A neighbor gave Dr King’s New Discovery, easing chest pains and preventing pneumonia. The doctor urged continued use, yielding a full recovery after two bottles. Safe cough cold lung trouble medicine priced 50c and 1 with trial bottle available.
An old advert claims Hunt's Oil provides quick relief from chill blains with prompt healing. Sold by druggists in 25 and 50 cent bottles. Also mentions Martin Co for planting supplies.
Local column notes pneumonia and cold remedies featuring Chambers Cough Remedy as a trusted treatment. Reports family visits, milk cow death, and social visits, plus an obituary noting Albert Walter’s electric chair execution in Sing Sing for Ruth Wheeler’s murder. Narrative recollections describe a Southern plantation supper and a California Wawona tree painting gifted by Geo L. Jackson.
A fragment discusses protecting a child from croup with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. It also mentions Northern capitalists purchasing 960 acres in Male county and a stray inquiry about a Mr. Bill at Martin J Company.
For sale a northeast corner lot where Elmer Webb’s new home burned recently. Includes a first class new barn, well and windmill with water pipes to all parts of the yard. Good new fence surrounds the lot on a well graded street near the business district. See John T. Jay at First National Bank.
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