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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 25, 1921
Page
2
President Wilson issues a holiday proclamation for March 4 as Washington prepares for the inauguration. Harding communications indicate White House luncheon and matching public events, while ongoing efforts to improve cotton quality and a new Washington State Press Association code of ethics are noted.
Doctors endorse Calotabs as the first step in treating colds and influenza to awaken a sluggish liver. One tab at bedtime purges the system with no nausea, restoring appetite and energy by morning. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents, money-back guarantee.
Washington reports Represer vative Mason charges Baruch made more than 50 million in copper as War Industries Board chairman and accuses a corrupt conspiracy. Wingo asks if Mason tried to indict Baruch after March 4. Also notes Rider Randolph Chirk visiting family in Stephens ville and an injured, recovering friend in Comanche. Comanche orchestra plays for American Legion bill in Desdemona.
Advertisement from El Paso dated February 23 invites teachers to apply to the Chihuahua state government for teaching posts in Chihuahua City and surrounding areas. Government pays transportation. salaries listed for superintendent and teachers across grades. Also promotes Prickly Ash Bitters with drugstore agents.
Instructions on brood coop setup feeding and welfare for chicks to layers. Notes include warm quiet housing, a sturdy run, dry conditions, continuous access to bran and grit, gradual space increase, and shelter from wind rain and sun. Strict cleanliness and calm handling emphasized.
Eastland Texas February 21 Tris Speaker the famed player manager visited friend Val Horn recalling a football injury that nearly cost him his arm. Doctors considered amputation to save his life but Speaker chose life over a "one wing" and kept the arm which later became a prized asset in baseball.
Mr and Mrs G T Sloan and their son Felix of the county's northeast region visited Comanche on Wednesday to renew their subscription to the Chief. Sloan says he has read the paper since its first issue and cannot do without it, noting his father was an early subscriber and felt the paper like family.
Austin society reports a meeting of Traveling Men from Texas forming an organization to combat alleged exorbitant hotel and railroad charges. W H Boothoof elected president JW Reeves of Sherman as vice president and WooH Woes of Austin as secretary treasurer. The group calls for rate reductions and accuses carriers of exploiting travelers.
Austin February 22 Annie Webb Blanton superintendent of public instruction declared she has no plans to run for governor of Texas though recent letters from across the state prompted the release. Mrs Earnest Carpenter returned from a visit with her father J Davis at Carbon.
A bolt of Nehming high voltage fractured a power line in Ranger on February 18 injuring a passerby and killing Mrs Maud Stotts who stood near a clothes line in her yard. The accident occurred as the current jumped to her, causing instantaneous death.
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