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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1919
Page
18
Luckey Well Shows Gas and Oil Indication South of Comanche
The Luckey well south of Comanche reveals gas and a shallow oil showing at 1500 feet with no water encountered through 250 feet, suggesting strong production potential. Drilling has progressed beyond 1600 feet with expectations of deeper oil sands and possible big sands within the next 500 to 1000 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luckey
Comanche
Rept
Graham
Ed Robertson Dead In Comanche County
Ed Robertson aged 48 died at his home north of Comanche last Monday and was buried Tuesday at Taylors Chapel. He was son of W L Robertson and survived by wife and two children along with parents and siblings. A Methodist and Woodmen of the World member, he was well liked for his genial disposition and many friends. The community offers sympathy to his bereaved family on this loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. A. F. Robertson
Comanche
Taylor’s Chapel
Sanders
W. L. Robertson
Comanche County
Methodist Church
Woodmen
Card of Thanks and local ads from Harris area
Card of Thanks thanks neighbors for kindness during illness and death of husband Mrs George Elliott. Advertisement invites bringing old flash lights to Slider Lacy and promotes fruits with a “What are you waiting for Get in now” tagline and directions to A 8 Harris south side upstairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Elliott
Harris
South Side
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Fortifies Against Winter Ills
Advertisement asserts health and vigor against colds grip and influenza through Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic. It claims blood purification, iron and quinine benefits, gentle on the stomach, with a strengthening invigorating effect. Price listed as 60c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Comanche County Oil Rig Locations Summary
Comanche County oil rig positions listed for multiple companies. Waxahachie Stock ton No 1 and Stockton No 1 rigs on 20 acre tracts under several surveys. C H O’Brien Roxana and Deaf and Dumb Asylums lands locations noted. Moving in rigs Maxwell Ertel Montgomery No 1 on Montgomery ranch south of Comanche.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waxahachie Oil Company
Stockton
Stockton Farm
Plains O. & G. Co
Stockton No
William de Moss
Cosdon C. & G. Co
Roxana Petroleum Company
C. H. O’brien
Deaf & Dumb Asylums
Union Oil Company
J. N. Cogburn
Maxwell & Ertel
Montgomery
Montgomery Ranch
Comanche
Rig
Miss Zoe Grimm Dies After Influenza Relapse
Miss Zoe Grimm of Comanche died at home in Comanche on Thursday afternoon after relapsing from influenza and developing pneumonia. She was buried Friday at 3 p.m. in Oakwood Cemetery, and friends and relatives mourn her loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zoe Grimm
Fred Grimm
Comanche
Zoe
Oakwood Cemetery
Farmers Preparing Land for New Crop Season
Farmers are busy readying land for another crop. Many residents went to White Point Sunday expecting Bro. Ferguson to preach, but he did not appear. Mrs. Silas Smith, previously ill with flu, has recovered. Ernest and Gussie Tupin of Mercers Creek visited relatives here weekend. Mr. Charlie Bryson and family visited his mother. Mr. Parker Tupin had business in Indian Creek last Sunday. An ad urges pooling small investors through A. S. Harris at the south side square and Brin's store location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Point
Bro. Ferguson
Silas Smith
Ernest and
Gussie Tupin
Mercers Creek
Charlie Bryson
Mr. Bryson
Parker Tupin
Indian Creek
Sipe Springs Well Drilling In Black Lime
Drilling resumed at the Sipe Springs well after a day idle due to a fishing setback. The crew works through hard black lime rock over an oil sand, encountering a gas fissure that sends gas flow from half a million feet, while opinions about productivity remain varied.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sipe Springs
New Oil Firms Organized In Comanche This Week
Several oil firms organize in Comanche this week led by J C C Martin, O O Brightman and W G Baxter forming a lease brokerage partnership. Hoff Mills opens at Oil Exchange in F and M Bank building with Ray Hoff and John Mills handling oil stock brokerage. W D Jenkins and A S Harris join to form a general lease handling firm noted for public confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. C. Martin
O. O. Brightman
W. G. Baxter
Comanche
Hoff & Mills
Oil Exchange
F. & M. Bank
Ray T. Hoff
John Campbell Mills
Ww. D. Jenkins
A. S. Harris
Harris
Jenkins
Automobile Tax Enforcement Tightened by State Directive
State Department orders all county officers to prosecute, after January 25, anyone who has not paid auto tax. The crackdown targets overdue licenses and vehicle taxes statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Department
Oil game promises profit to the small man says Harris
A. 8. Harris of the south side claims that discussing it together will prove how the small investor can profit from oil. The message invites dialogue as a path to earnings in the oil business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Harris
South Side Sq
Harris
South Side
LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN Promoted as Digestive Aid
An advertisement touts a 50 cent bottle of LAX FOS WITH PEPSIN a liquid digestive laxative. It is described as pleasant to take and made by Paris Medicine Co the creators of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Medicine Co
Grove
Machinery Arrives for Montgomery Well
Machinery for the Montgomery well arrived Thursday and will be unloaded and moved in to place as soon as weather permits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Pep Systemic Pills Offer Energy and Health Boost
An advertisement urges readers to fight fatigue and low motivation with Pep Systemic Pills three in one tonic. It promises to rebuild energy, improve mood, and renew vigor by building blood, liver function, and nerve nourishment with iron in Blood's Mass form. Available at Paris Smith's and other aisles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Smith’s
Aris A
Think It Over Think It Over
A fragmented patriotic blurb extols American courage and victory against evil forces across the pond. It emphasizes strength, manhood, and duty to God and humanity, with garbled nearby text suggesting wartime rhetoric and a call to perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
God
Also Mentioned on This Page
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Luckey Well
ED Robertson
John C. Mills
Comanche, Texas
Slider & Lacy
Comanche CO
Miss Zoe Grimm
Brysonville
Brin
South Side Square
Atexas Wurder
Sipe
M. P. Sanders
Dodge
I. M. Cochran
Farmers& Merchants Bank
W. B. Cunningham
John Cattles
Proctor Texas
C. W. Meadows
Carrollton
Texas
South Comanche
J. Helmsley
Jacktephen’s
A. Layman
Tower
Higginbotham
Stair
W. B. Cuingham
Luther Dion
T Kodak Man
Houston Ste Exchange
Foster Ding
Houston
Register Roe Boar—Oil Mill
Edgar Haney
Texas State Bank Build
Fort Worth
BARIN
West Side
W. D. Jenkins
Blanket
Janes
Sidney
Rowland’s
Met Rowland
Ceana
Eid
Jef
Sam
Rowland
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