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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1913
Page
2
Community notice lists officers directors and stock holders for a Comanche newspaper. It urges subscribers to report undelivered papers and to include old and new addresses when changing location. A New York legislature note on direct popular election of U S Senators is added.
The note cites Prof. Holloway at the Chamber of Commerce annual meeting urging farmers to increase forage production and to “sell it on foot” to move stock quickly.
Mrs. Henrietta King of southwest Texas, owner of the world’s largest ranch, has contracted for forty five silos and plans to enter cattle feeding operations. This move marks a broad agricultural expansion for the famed rancher.
The article urges combining dairying with diversification and limited stock raising to escape ruin from the credit system. It promotes raising more horses hogs hens and heifers and bringing goods to town to sell as the path to success.
The Chief Exponent invites Comanche business and professional men to consider purchasing 1914 calendars and novelties. It notes calendars are costly and inferior advertising but promises to offer savings and better results through alternative advertising options.
The piece urges merchants to promote rural parcels post as a convenience for rural residents. It notes customers can phone orders to their merchant and have items mailed the next morning if under eleven pounds and within72 inches in length, accusing local merchants of losing business to mail order houses.
The Chief Exponent invites correspondents from every community in Comanche county and offers stamps, stationery, and free delivery of the paper. It aims to expand a countywide feature through local assistance and partnership.
The paper reports that a new linotype machine will arrive soon to accelerate handling of live material. Editors describe previous delays and the aim to improve dispatch in publishing.
The piece urges Comanche to unite for civic progress including a new city hall, street lights, sidewalks, and shade trees. It favors a bond issue and tax hike if needed to fund the improvements, arguing the plans will boost the town’s attractiveness and standing. It notes the local congressman supports showing the public will via a post office primary.
The University of Texas grants full four year scholarships to eight winners from the 1912 Texas Industrial Congress prize crop contest. Annie Lou Darby of Pittsburg is the sole female recipient. Winners include Alford Branch Overton Rusk County first prize in Texas Corn Club and Emil S. Kovar Fayetteville second prize with yields and profits listed. Additional recipients include John R Henderson Birthright Hopkins County Henry Kovar Fayetteville and H W Kloppenburg Sublime Lavaca County, among others with various prize amounts and crop yields.
The widely known Comanche resident "Uncle Cape" Switzer died last Monday at his son’s home in Mangum Texas. Born in South Carolina 82 years ago he moved to Texas in 1865 and lived here since 1871 serving as the village blacksmith for many years. He married Eugenia Yeargan in 1857 and fathered eight children. His remains were buried in Oakwood cemetery in Comanche with Rev M K Little presiding. He was a longtime Methodist and attended services whenever able.
The Texas Cotton Club reports a 1912 yield of 2.38 bales by a top producer for net profit 8540 and lists prize winnings for Raymond Baca of Fayetteville and E S Kovar. It notes 1913 prize offers of 10000 dollars, reduced Class A farm size, and expansion of Texas Corn and Cotton Clubs with a two-event combined prize of 500 dollars. Applications from Texas schools are invited via the Texas Industrial Congress in Dallas.
Wanted cows to pasture at The Lee Pasture in Comanche Texas. Morris Eanes advertises the pasture at a rate of 1.50 dollars per month seeking owners with livestock tools and space for grazing.
The Cotton Belt railway demonstration train visited Monday morning from 8 to 10 50 aiming to boost agriculture and rural development. Farmers and schoolchildren toured exhibits from Missouri Arkansas Texas and North Louisiana showing orchard garden and farm products, machinery, dairying gear, and a model country kitchen. C M Evane spoke on good roads diversification and dairying.
An advertisement touts Vinol cod liver and iron tonic as ideal for elderly people, claiming it rebuilds wasting tissues, boosts digestion, and fortifies against colds and pneumonia. It features a grandniece of Alexander Hamilton praising Vinol and offers a money back guarantee if no strength is gained.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a one hundred dollar reward for an incurable case. It features testimonials from F. J. Cheney & Co. and the National Bank of Commerce in Toledo, Ohio. The copy claims internal action on blood and mucous surfaces and lists price and drugstore availability.
Jud MecCerty has moved to Kingsville and entered the jewelry trade. He praises Kingsville and the entire southwest as a land rich with milk and honey.
Comanche Texas proprietor P Helmecke praises Doan's Kidney Pills for kidney and back pain relief. He notes two years of use brought relief from shooting pains dizziness and blurred vision and says he keeps a supply on hand. Sold by all dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY sole agents. Remember the name Doan's.
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