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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1913
Page
5
The Wilson news notes frigid weather with sleet and snow. It reports widespread illness in the community and mentions Mr. Tom Gatlin's baby as very sick with pneumonia.
Farmers plan for corn planting as season begins. Tom Decker dies suddenly leaving a wife and many children. Several residents cited illness and visits. An advert promotes Chamberlain's Pain Balm with prices of 25 and 50 cents.
Ben Turnipseed visiting grandparents. Mr and Mrs Sims host. John Carroll and Jim Daniels conduct business at Comanche. Tom Durhams party well attended. Miss Kate Nichols visiting sister in Hasse. Will Looney heads to New Mexico for railroad work. Will Springer family visits Mrs Looney in Wilson. Literary society postponed due to weather. rescheduled for next Friday. Dunk Utman’s baby dies of pneumonia Sunday night.
Mrs C J Martins Boone Mill Virginia mother of eighteen endorses Chamberlains Tablets after years of stomach trouble and constipation. She was cured and now recommends the product to the public. All dealers carry it.
Dr Lester M Hall recently certified and joined Hall and Hall in Comanche Texas. The partners announce a well equipped office near the Comanche Navy Bank and pledge fair treatment under the live and let live principle. They urge the public to visit for dental work and state the firm will operate with quality and reliability.
A grateful note from Charlie Weber and J F Boland and family thanks friends for kindness during illness and death of a wife daughter and sister. They express memory lingering and wish divine mercy and care for the readers.
Weather over ten days includes cold sleet rain and snow with saturated ground. Local residents visit relatives. Tom Decker dies and is buried at Stag Creek cemetery. Subscriptions policy update offers advance payment at 75 cents for one year, with readers urged to prepaid.
Comanche resident J M Childers testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved years of rheumatic pains and prevented recurrences. He cites his daughter’s six month immobility before relief and urges continued publication of his endorsement. Price 50 cents. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY distributes. Remember the name Doan's.
An advertising notice promotes HERBINS as a quick remedy for irregular bowels. It urges taking a dose at bedtime to feel better the next day and lists a price of 50 cents, sold by Paris Smith.
Dublin woman Mrs Lettie Lester buys the Star Hotel in DeLeon from S B Neal and will assume charge shortly. The sale highlights local business activity as Lester plans management of the hotel.
Mrs Bruce Crawford of Niagra Mo reports Dr King’s New Discovery transformed her pale weak sick boy to a healthy child. The remedy is described as safe tasty harmless and helpful for colds coughs throat and lung troubles and available at all drug stores.
A notice states a receipt will be mailed showing payment for Gdule. The brief indicates a mailed document will confirm the payout and references the term Gdule in relation to the payment.
A brief advert notes that a child with intestinal worms is handicapped in growth and that a few doses of White's Cream Vermifuge destroy and expel worms. The child immediately improves and thrives. Price 25 cents per bottle. Sold by Paris Smith.
Sam dd and son Hyman and Chas Williams of Neely Harris Cunningham Co attend the Texas Retail Hardware Dealers Association meeting in Dallas. There is no better medicine than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which relieves the lungs opens secretions aids expectoration and restores the system. For sale by All Dealers.
W R Slider manager of the Martin So is 80 and badly injured in a fall at his home Saturday night a week ago. He is able to be out though a little disfigured and friends congratulate him that his accident was less severe than feared. He still suffers slight effects but expects no serious results. Gas in the stomach or bowels is a symptom of a torpid liver and HERBINE is recommended as a liver stimulant and bowel purifier sold by Paris Smyth at 50 cents.
Hardy Slider made a business visit to Brownwood on Wednesday. John Jay departed Wednesday for a business trip to Coleman.
An advertisement for a Matrional Thermometer offers a latest novelty cut for 25 cents mailed from F. F. Pollard box 125 Boyce La. The item targets both young and old shoppers seeking inexpensive novelty gifts.
In Comanche County Texas a sheriff sale is set for the property of A L Cox as part of the H Shafer versus A L Cox case No 1968. The sale, to satisfy a judgment of 4.42 dollars plus costs, will occur on the Tuesday in April at the Comanche County Courthouse with cash as the payment method.
If you plan to buy soon get our quote. Studebaker promises closer prices as newer models arrive. See Cnao- Nningham & Bell, county agents, for the nearest price in the next few weeks.
If you love music call the Singer office to hear grand opera selections by band and orchestra, solos and quartets played on the Columbia Grafanola.
B. B. Walker came back Tuesday from San Angelo where he combined work and leisure.
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