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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1914
Page
5
Local items note residents moving about Comanche and nearby areas. Miss Grace Evans earns a position in Proctor public schools. Mrs Fred Kilpatrick hosts from Ennis. Isla Jay visits Jno Jay family. Mary and Rita Harris return from Dallas and Fort Worth. W. W. Kilpatrick & Son promote VELSE paint buggy gear and durable horse collars.
Local advert promotes Velie vehicles with Kilpatrick & Son as the selling agents. It emphasizes quality and value in a concise retail notice.
The page lists services and personal notices: Blue of Wetzel's shop offers quick tailor work with satisfaction guaranteed and delivery by phone 149. Miss Eula Clarke visits Denison relatives. Palm Beach suit care advertised, no acid bleaching. Let Wines offers parasol umbrella repairs near Harris Meat Market. Miss Bessie Egbert returns from Hon ey Grove and Paris. Mrs. Laura Andrews of Wills Point visits relatives. J R Eanes Company offers hail insurance. Miss Clara Moore hosts a seven o’clock dinner before a skating party at the rink.
The item lists assorted social visits from Dallas to Cameron and Abilene, including C Findley, Mr. and Mrs. Mason from Menard, Miss Hope visiting Mrs. Ollie Trippe, and others. It notes Palm Beach suit cleaning advertising, local trades like Wetzel's shop, and assorted town news, visits, and upcoming travels.
Dr and Mrs L M Hall of Comanche are spending the week in Rising Star while he fills his regular practice and she visits friends. Their many friends here are glad to see them. Judge W C Jackson of Fort Stockton visited his father in the Bible community. He once served as county judge and, after leaving in 1906, went west to grow up with the country. He says Fort Stockton country is in good shape. No need for calomel with its nauseating effects Liv Ver Lax is happy in results. The Wm Reese Co Druggists.
Miss Morna McNeill returned from Carlton where she served as bridesmaid for Miss Wandle, a Howard Payne College classmate. Art Hall and family plan a month long Western Texas outing, with Hall managing insurance work on site. Ollie Allen reported $112 millet earnings from three acres, comparing favorably to cotton. Mrs Neely and family head to Colorado Springs for summer, with Audrey Addiker joining and Eugene set for Colorado summer school and Boston prep next fall.
Fort Worth mayor R F Milam spoke at Sipe Springs last Thursday and Gustine and Proctor Friday night for his congress bid. Oscar Callaway, seeking reelection, addressed Sipe Springs picnic last Thursday and Gustine Friday for his campaign.
Paul Gaines of Hillsboro and W R Allison of Houston are guests of friends in this city. Gaines is the son of the late Tom Gaines, founder of the Pioneer Exponent.
John and Erastus Gage report Denton rapidly expanding with twenty five or more houses under construction. They will return Saturday night after visiting home folks and attending a reunion. Rev Geo W Shearer, recently operated on for appendicitis in Dallas, resigns here and is expected to accept Coggin Avenue Baptist Brownwood pastorate. G W Jessup Frisco agent attended west road agents meeting in Menard and Dublin area. meetings discuss railway business practices.
The publication urges boosting home industries and offers tailored advertising copy to ensure every business in town gains visibility through a carefully censored newspaper promotion.
An old advertisement promotes Citrolax as a mild, lemon flavored laxative for children and adults. It claims gentle action, thorough cleansing, and suitability for sensitive systems. Sold by Wm Reese Co.
Advertisement extols Hot Springs Liver Buttons as a cure for liver stomach and bowel troubles and constipation, claiming it replaces calomel and purgatives. It touts benefits for sick headache sallow skin and dull eyes and states druggists sell them for 25 cents in Comanche via The Wm. Reese Co.
An ad advises anxious readers to avoid alcohol or drug tonics and instead take Scott’s Emulsion. It claims the emulsion provides pure nourishing strength, creates new blood, refreshes the body, and builds the nervous system without wines or drugs.
Classified notes show multiple sales and a lost item. Jersey cattle and calves offered by P Moodie and others, including 41-3 herd entries, along with a well finished five room house for sale near West Side School in Me. Collum contact details listed. a diamond stick pin was lost and reward offered for return to Jim Slack at Smith's Drug Store.
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