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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 27, 1920
Page
5
The February note reports the local school reopening after a two week dismissal due to illness. Health in the area is improving and residents visit relatives at Mercer's Creek. Multiple families including Johnsons, Ritchies, Dickeys and Millers are mentioned with visits and moves into the community.
An old advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to children to “remove poisons from stomach, liver and bowels.” It highlights the product’s fruity taste, full directions on each bottle, and instructions to look for the name California on the package.
The advert claims Freezone lifts corns and calluses with a few drops. It asserts the treatment is painless and leaves underlying skin soft and healthy after application on toes and the bottom of the feet.
The article notes Bayer is the genuine Aspirin brand with the label Bayer Tablets of Aspirin in Bayer packages. It claims physicians prescribe Bayer for nineteen years and lists directions for Headache Cold Pain Neuralgia Lumbago and Rheumatic. Tin boxes of 12 tablets cost a few cents and Asyirin is Bayer’s trade name for monoacetylsalicylic acid.
The advertisement promotes LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN as a prepared syrup laxative for constipation. It claims prompt relief and a regulated action within 14 to 21 days, describing the product as pleasant to take and effective in inducing bowel movement.
Feb 24 reports Bill Chastain of Sipe Springs visiting relatives in Sidney. Absentees at Sunday school due to illness. Reese Neal traveled to Arkansas with Richards children. Grandma Chastain staying with Reese Neal. Miss Woods to Comanche on business. Scott Vancleave and family from Gap passed through Sidney toward Comanche. Homer Alexander of Blanket visited. Keener preached at Methodist church. Walker Johnson visited Chastains. Prayer meeting at Baptist church every Wednesday. Next Sunday singing evening. new books in. Ola Vancleave (Newburg) returned home after school visit.
Copperas Prairie reports a warm spell with many planting seeds and spring oats. Miss Zona Vancleave and sister Ola visited relatives. DeWitt Ashinhurst and Cloud Clary stayed with Mrs. E. S. Vancleave. Health concerns include Mr Hood ill and Grandma Gleaton with flu. a blizzard struck town.
Illinois physician B H Elder of Peoria with 410 Schradzzki Building lauds Tanlac after treating stomach trouble and rheumatism for decades. He credits one patient’s recovery and reports dramatic personal improvement from Tanlac, noting he prescribes it for rheumatism kidney bladder disorders and run down conditions for relief. Tanlac sold in multiple towns across the state. Near East relief drive expands across 117 Texas counties with state HQ in Dallas and aid to Armenia and Syria under congressional act.
Promotes energy and appetite by purifying blood with iron and quinine. Describes tonic as non patent medicine, popular for malaria and strength since over thirty five years. Claims easy flavor loved by children and availability in drug stores at 60c per bottle.
Mrs Pearl Hill of Knoxville Tennessee reports chronic back pain and fatigue ending after taking Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She praises the medicine as a reliable woman's remedy and urges others to try it for female troubles.
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