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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1921
Page
7
At a council meeting J R Eanes outlines a March 17 vote on a sewer bond to fund a new disposal plant expansion. The plan adds a northwesterly main line from Indian Creek to Highland Avenue with branch lines along streets to reach eastern residents and boost revenue.
Judge John P. Hoff and his son Ray departed Sunday for several days traveling by car through south and southwest Texas. Their itinerary included Ansa, San Antonio, Brownsville, San Benito and other locations before they plan to return home.
Intestinal worms threaten children’s health and vitality, urging early treatment. Whitse's Cream Vermifuge is advertised as a thoroughly successful remedy, with price and seller Paris Smith noted.
Dallas to Fifth Court of Civil Appeals upholds the Texas law creating a preferred landlord lien and rent caps as unconstitutional under the Texas Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment. The ruling cites consent from 1915 legislation and notes the act’s void provisions and double rent recovery.
JH Huff offers free eye tests and glasses fitting at Hamilton Drug Co notes. The message promotes free vision checkups and eyeglass fitting services available locally.
Austin reports Governor Neff commuted Salazar in Victoria county after a sixty day respite. The governor cited jealous insanity and lack of deliberate state of mind, following letters from business and Legion members urging clemency for Salazar, who had served in the Expeditionary Forces. This is the first death sentence clemency request before Neff.
Remedy advertised for itching skin conditions including eczema and ringworm. Sold with guarantee by Hamilton Drug Co or Star Products Company, targeted at children and advertised as a cure all for skin ailments.
Private funds offer loans on Comanche county land for five years at 10 percent. Security must be strong with real value at least double the loan amount. Ziec J. R. Eanes & Co.
Mrs. Joey Kirk travels to Sipe Springs for a short stay with Miss Katie Jay and her mother and plans visits with friends in De Leon during the trip.
The Parent Teachers Association will host a joint program at the High School Friday February 25 from 3 to 5 pm to celebrate the National Congress of Mothers birthday. An informal reception on the first floor precedes an auditorium program with songs invocations reports solos and talks. Mothers and others concerned with school welfare are urged to attend and join the organization.
An old advertisement urges taking Herbine a powerful liver regulator for dizziness upon stopping or rising suddenly and blacking out. It notes a 60 cent price and sale by Paris Senith dated February.
Mrs J R Sledge, who has stayed at her mother's bedside for weeks, left for Stanford Wednesday morning. We are glad to note Mrs Knudson is much improved.
The past week brought ideal weather as farmers cut stalks burn grass and break land. Rev Steel preached last Sunday. Families and neighbors visited each other including Bowden and Harris Patton Sparks Shupps Tiner Boynton Easley and Stewart. A rabbit drive yielded 694 rabbits and a enjoyed stew. Rev Rainey schedules four sermons next weekend with Sunday school and invites all.
County Attorney R F Holloway warns that many car owners have not paid this year’s car tax. From the fifteenth of the month, prosecutions will target drivers on county highways whose vehicles lack the required seal number.
Mrs M W Carroll traveled to Dallas on Wednesday to be at the bedside of her nurse daughter Kathryn Brown who fractured her knee after a fall at school.
Editor Davis Doyle of the Dublin Progress was knocked into an excavation near Ranger while hurrying to a train with Miss Carrie Childress. Childress was shaken but unhurt, Doyle went to hospital. Editor Adair of the Hico News Review also injured moments later.
About five thousand jobless homeless and hungry men gather in Chicago to press for the right to work and to discuss immediate aid and ways to earn a living as the city faces breadline concerns amid a looming public conversation on relief and employment.
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