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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
19
The article lists foods that slow bowels such as cheese tea and boiled milk and foods that promote movement like raw fruits especially apples and bananas graham bread and whole wheat bread. It advises taking one or two Chamberlain's Tablets after supper for severe constipation.
Miss Vervia Mehaffey left Wednesday for Comanche to stay until school opens. Mrs. A Shapard of Tucson spent from Saturday to Tuesday with J M McCrary. Miss Clara McCrary left Tuesday for Tucson for an extended visit with Mrs A Shapard and to attend school. Mr and Mrs Gordon Burton hosted a party Saturday night. Mr and Mrs J R Ritchey hosted a party Friday night. Hugh Walls was in Dublin Tuesday.
Misses Lelia Mason and Mude Starling of near Edna visited here Friday night. Mrs Malvery Perdue left Tuesday of last week for Oklahoma to visit her daughter. Don't neglect signals of distress in the kidneys. Backache nervous disorders pale complexion dark rings about the eyes. Begin promptly taking Prickly Ash Bitters a kidney remedy of the first class. Price 1.25 per bottle. Wm Reese Co Special Agents.
Storage batteries sold charged rented and rebuilt by Higginbotham Bros. Co. For indigestion constipation or biliousness a 50 cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN is recommended. The Paris Medicine Co. markets Lazative Promo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.
Center Point residents and guests share weekend and midweek visits with relatives in Gum Springs Hasse Buffalo and Briar Grove. Attendance includes Mrs Ora Swearengin Arch ie Swearengin Marion Davis Hattie Gill Lonnie Reed Ford Reid Myrtle Reid John Reed Rev Hurt and others as weather hampered Sunday plans.
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest safe remedy for indigestion acid stomach and related symptoms. It claims relief within five minutes, supports easy digestion after meals, and urges readers to keep a fifty cent case handy for daytime or nighttime stomach upset.
A vintage Grove's tonic ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic containing quinine and iron. It claims benefits for the liver malaise blood enrichment and overall system strength. Price 60 cents.
Health of the community is very good. Mr Leslie Franklin did business in Comanche on Saturday. Miss Dalfo Rasberry spent the weekend with Dol lie and Jesse Morris. Mr James Morris and son Harry were in Comanche Saturday. Mr John Gaither and family stayed with his brother Will Guither and family. Mrs Eva Brown and children visit her parents Mr and Mrs Bill Holland. Miss Lola Sides studying at Brownwood visited home folks. Mr and Mrs Dan Clayton hosted a party Saturday night with a good time reported. Mrs Gayle Morris has the measles. Mrs Oscar Sides, sisters Lola and Tottie, attended the party Saturday night.
An of the advertisement promotes HER BINE to relieve discomfort from bowed legs. It claims quick relief by taking a nightly dose and reports feeling better the next day at a price of 50 cents in Kata.
A fragmented OCR item mentions remedies for a cold and a laxative. The readable text lacks coherent details, names, or a clear event, leaving only brief references to health care and treatment.
Local women’s organizations split the town for a house to house canvass to promote War Savings Stamps. Some groups will work through schools to engage boys and girls in Thrift Stamps. A business-district canvass by a young women’s committee is planned for early next week.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a cure for dandruff and thinning hair. It claims one application doubles hair beauty, dissolves dandruff, and prevents itching, scalp fever, and hair loss, urging readers to buy a small bottle at drug stores for a few cents.
An anxious subscriber asks if old maids union will boycott candidates who kiss babies as suffrage arrives. The Honey Grove Signal says it has no advance information on this subject.
An aged audience is urged to use Dean's Kidney Pills for weak kidneys amid a long testimony from Mrs. M. E. Garner describing back pain vision issues and swelling. The ad notes 60 cent price at dealers and credits Foster Milburn Co. A Paris house held 294 bottles of whiskey, humorously linked to water scarcity.
Mrs Rank Henson of Urbana Illinois credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring strength after a winter illness during change of life. She reports relief from nervousness hot flashes backache and headaches and urges other women to try the remedy. The ad also promotes a laxative with quinine brand and cautions readers to seek Ek W Grove signature.
Thursday afternoon at the high school library Mrs J D Waring County chairman organized a Women’s War Saving Society committee with speeches by Hollo way Lane and a reading by Mrs J B Chilton The committee includes representatives from P W S W M B L A Episcopal Guild P T A E P T A C W B M K C and others with at large members led by Mrs J B Chilton and several local figures An active campaign to begin immediately with a planned Sung SsRauBoasney Desnoyoy.
A vintage ad touts Cascarets as a night cure for biliousness headaches and tiredness. It claims cleansing the stomach liver and bowels by morning with a ten cent box and urges parents to buy for children.
Advert appears to promote Chamberlain's Tablets as remedies for indigestion and stomach distress. Claims target of stomach, liver and bowel discomfort with emphasis on relief from heartburn and gas. Product presented as beneficial for families and everyday health issues.
Fragmentary text from a Texas public notice references a legal process or deadline but lacks readable specifics. The readable portions imply an official action requiring response or participation before a stated date. No names, places, or concrete details are extractable from the fragment.
Property chain survey details describe boundaries and corners for a 178 acre tract and a 60 acre excluded parcel. Descriptions reference S W corner and S E corner of the NW 1 4 and other sections with varas and lines to a stake, mound, and corner points. The deed records, patents, and set as example for identify purposes are cited, with the case to be heard at the next court on Monday.
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