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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
12
The notice promotes folding beds and old style wooden beds redesigned into modern Ario styles by G H Ferrell at Furniture Hospital. It mentions dressing tables from wash stands and highlights transforming older furniture into current designs offered by Ferrell.
Miss Jeanette Reese returns from Denton to continue schooling. Russell Horner mustered out after army service and back home. Carnegie hero medal sought for Baron Carmichael's child after Mrs Carmichael burned. Will Rancier, ex Comanche resident, visits. Dick Stone, once of Comanche, visits from Waco. Dr V Bryson of Plainview on business. A R Poole moves from Estancia to Comanche to work for the Abstract Company. Emma Brown visits her mother Mrs M W Carroll. Wmn Coughlin, R L Hamilton, and S L Spencer of Waco work on the county courthouse annex. L L Norwood report eight-pound girl born. Dick E Moore, son of Sol Moore of Energy, discharged and returns home. Eugene Cameron discharged and retired. Good shelled corn at Comanche Milling Company.
Mrs O Connor recalls Max riding in a wine colored barouche near Grosvenor Square amid an aristocratic entourage. The cabmen and guards maintain their stern calm as Max enjoys the grand scene and then exits unnoticed by the pompous entourage.
Resolutions from Hasse High School dated January 28 1919 express sorrow for the death of Ber nell Odell a student. The document notes his death darkening the school year and honors his character and work. Copies are to his grandparents Mr and Mrs J E Odell and his aunt Miss Pearl Odell and the Chief Exponent. Signed by Hattie Gill Ethel Tubbs and Luther McNutt. Also a local ad notes seed potatoes for sale at the Farmers Store and mentions Ario design in bed furniture by Ferrell Furniture Hospital.
Advertises Laxative Quinidine Tablets to cure head colds and severe headaches. Claims use for La Grippe. Lists price at 25e and urges remembering the remedy.
Mr Bowman the impersonator performs at the High School Friday night at eight o clock. Old style bureaus make a real nice vanity, noted by G H Ferrell of Furniture Hospital.
An old advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a 200 year remedy for kidney liver bladder and urinary tract issues. It urges daily use three to four capsules and promises renewed vitality with refunds if unsatisfied. The copy stresses watchful care of kidneys and claims the product purges poisons to restore health.
In a New York Evening Post account two men disputed time saved by express and local elevator service in a downtown club. The local car left first but the express rider reached bottom after paying his elevator man to skip stops, letting the other man win the bet.
An elderly colored woman misidentified her stop on an Illinois street car twice, asking to get off at Washington and Illinois streets. The conductor corrected her, but she insisted she meant Illinois and Washington, highlighting a route confusion reported by the Indianapolis Star.
A court scene quips that a pumpkin pie theft was not petty larceny but justified by the Christmas spirit. Officer Carey testifies the pie was abandoned on a windowsill on Marguerite Street, prompting the judge to question the defendant and accept the colorful assertion of “justifiable adoption.”
A Buffalo Times item notes that more than 40 percent of Americans now reside in incorporated towns reflecting urban growth. The statement emphasizes the continuing move of people from rural areas to city environments as populations concentrate in municipalities.
A clipped, cryptic note asks what counts as a practical poll in sorghum terms and references a refortified backslide remark. The language hints at agricultural measurement or opinion in a historical farming setting.
In a promotional plea the 5e 10e and 25¢ Rowland’s store invites newcomers to Comanche. The cash-only shop promises low prices with a broad line of groceries and household goods and plots a friendly, value driven welcome for arriving residents.
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