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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1915
Page
8
A fragmentary local column lists Dr. O R Houghton in Comanche with a Masonic bin, while Jim Eanes visits Fort Worth this week. Several residents travel or visit relatives in Dublin Hillsboro Belton Wichita Falls Fort Cobb and Proctor. the High School Lyceum is scheduled for February 24 featuring Brush the Great.
A verse warning about the danger of old style ads and the value of up to date promotions. It compares ineffective ads to winking in the dark and suggests cutting printers ink leads to business death by one's own action. The reader is urged to keep ads current to attract customers.
Berlin December 14 The Imperial Chancellor Dr von Bethmann Hollweg granted an Associated Press interview outlining Germanys Belgian relief stance the contraband issue how industry adapts to wartime conditions and attitudes toward enemies including America He said I did not want this war and We Germans did not cherish hate while noting strain from four and a half months of conflict and lingering confidence in final victory
Washington January 6 President Wilson declined for the sixth time since entering the White House to support a federal constitutional amendment for woman suffrage. He told a delegation of Democratic women that he regards suffrage as a state issue and repeated his earlier position after they presented their petition.
Notice to friends and customers: I am now located in the J. P. Lee home in northwestern town for dress making services. Call 220 or reach me at residence, Mrs. X. N. Meyberry.
Copenhagen report details Germans' total battlefield losses at 796044 with twenty one aviators listed as lost. The casualty update was received in Copenhagen, Denmark, on January 6.
Cut out this ad and mail five cents to Foley & Co. Chicago to get a free trial package including Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. Sold in your town by Wm. Reese Drug Co.
W Homer Lee of Los Angeles spoke to a state audience on present world unrest its causes and outcomes. The undenominational yet Christian lecture argued for careful Bible study and offered comfort to all classes, with free admission and no financial asks.
American investors in the Philippines testified before the committee drafting a broader self government bill. They opposed a fixed independence date, urged U S immigration control to the islands, and supported allowing Filipino self preference on immigration while warning that immediate U S withdrawal would be disastrous. The discussion touched on Chinese and Japanese migration and interregional relations.
Comanche residents including P Helmecke of Helmecke candy shop recall long kidney pains with relief after Doan's Kidney Pills. He credits the remedy for back pain and kidney trouble relief after use. Buffalo New York backers promote the product with a 50 cent price.
The document records assets including cash from banks and real estate loans and liabilities such as deposits and certificates. It lists capital stock, surplus, undivided profits, and various deposits with a sworn acknowledgment by President J B Gray and Cashier E B Anthony dated January 5 1915 with notary Ellen Moore and directors signatures.
R W Gray president and R R Evans cashier of the State Bank of Proctor Texas swear the above statement true to the best of their knowledge. Sworn and subscribed before J T Washington notary public Comanche County Texas on Jan 6.
Local readers are directed to purchase Crocket and Wiel Cane Syrup described as pure country quality. Ad lists syrup for sale through local racers as sellers.
The Ladies Aid held a Tuesday reception at the Pastorium and outlined a year of Bible study and monthly mission study services. Men at church discussed church development and will present recommendations next Sunday. J A Carroll and Miss Nellie Smith wed at the Carroll home. B Y P U meets Friday for a Glee Club formation. Buckner Orphans Home offering Sunday. sermon topics enlistment and Christ the Door. pastor Geo A Curlee invites all to worship.
The Bureau of Economic Geology at the University has installed a roads material testing laboratory equal to any in the United States. It can test materials from across Texas, with more than 350 specimens on hand, mostly from central and south Texas. Tests are free of charge. applicants must prepaid specimens to the laboratory.
Kearby and Kearby announce their law offices have moved to rooms No 3 and 4 on the second floor of the Masonic Temple. The notice lists the new location and room numbers.
John Johnson, solicitor in the state department, accuses Governor Colquitt of feigning praise for Republicans on tariff and currency issues to gain anti Democratic favor. He claims Colquitt uses a Republican creed on policy and aims to undermine the Democratic regime in 1916. He denies England dictates on cotton shipments, noting cotton has not been treated as contraband by belligerents.
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