Public Appreciates High Class Movie Says Town Showman
The Majestic screened Daddy Long Legs to strong crowds praising its literary value and wholesome content. Town cinema owner Mr. Caver and traveling exhibitors applaud high quality pictures, noting Comanche’s support and Dallas debut timing.
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the Majestic
Jean Webster
Caver
Dallas
Dallas Circuit and At A Price Less Than Was Charged In the City. Mr. Caver
Comanche
Public laps up refined cinema as "Daddy Long Legs" charms crowd
The public shows strong appetite for high class film fare with capacity crowds drawn to the production of "Daddy Long Legs" and the remark "I say she do" echoing in the theatre.
It Has Gotten Be Did Comanche Area Farming Appeal
The piece extols Comanche Texas as a rich farming belt with vast product variety and high demand for labor. It notes 20 percent fewer farmers than in 1917 and 30 percent fewer than in 1914 due to 1914 cotton decline and 1918 drought. It urges migration to farming, cites high wages, scarce labor, idle land, and the potential for doubled rural population to boost city business and payroll. It concludes with a call that it has to be done.
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Comanche
Texas
Industrial Campaign Aims to Attract New Residents to Comanche County
The Chief Exponent launches a fifteen week industrial campaign to showcase Comanche and Comanche County opportunities to prospective emigrants. Each weekly issue will publish an article highlighting local benefits and residents are urged to share copies with interested friends and relatives nationwide. A 15 cent home delivery offer covers the entire campaign period.
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Comanche
Comanche County
Efort
United States
Ducking Stool Urged to Enforce Dry Law
Fort Worth reader urges strong enforcement of prohibition with drastic laws for search and seizure. The writer calls for state inquisitors and local boards with powers of arrest and information gathering, backed by emergency funds and harsh devices to compel compliance.
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Fort Worth
Atticus Webb
Cranon
Webb
Not Your Heart It’s Your Kidneys Ad
An old advertisement promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a kidney health cure. It claims kidneys are essential to purify blood and lists symptoms like backache insomnia and stomach trouble. It urges immediate use and continuing small daily doses to prevent future attacks.
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Nature
Haarlem
Prohibitionist Plea for Night Raids and Inquisitors
The text urges aggressive anti liquor measures including night searches of homes and public hangings in chains to extract names of drinkers. It proposes housewives swear affidavits monthly and pay 50 cents for certificates, funding inquisitors and the Anti-Saloon League, with punishments like the ducking stool for noncompliance. The narrator endorses these methods and aligns with pro prohibition sentiment.
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Board of Inquisitors
Anti-Saloon League
Atticus
Three Children Relieved by Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy
A woman in distress credits Mayr’s Wonderful Remedy with curing severe stomach pain and restoring health to her three children. The ad claims the product removes mucus from the intestinal tract and calms inflammation causing stomach, liver, and intestinal ailments including appendicitis. One dose is promised to convince, or money back. The Wm. Reese Co. and local druggists distribute.
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California
Mayr
Wm. Reese Co
Government Printing Office Produces Four Million Cards Daily
The Government Printing Office in Washington prints four million postal cards each working day, making it the largest operation of its kind.
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Government Printing Office
Washington
How This Nervous Woman Got Well
A Christopher Illinois woman describes four years of irregularities and nervous weakness ending in improvement after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports being cured and now healthy and regular, urging others to consider the remedy. The advertisement notes common nervous symptoms and invites inquiries to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. for guidance.
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Christopher
Lydia E. Pinkham
Alice Heller
Dodson's Liver Tone Replaces Calomel Says Drugists
Local druggists report declining calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. They claim it is safer, more effective, and guaranteed by sellers. A small bottle costs only a few cents and is said to relieve liver sluggishness and constipation without gripes.
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Dodson
Printing Plant Boss Paid Less Than Small City Clerk
A world leading printing office reports a payroll of five million dollars annually while the executive head earns five thousand five hundred dollars a year. This highlights a stark pay disparity within a large industrial operation.
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Comanche Publishing Company, Publishers
Carpenter
Y. W. Holmes
Comanche, Texas
O. R. Houghton
Calomel
Siacerel
Your Land
J. R. Eanes & Company
Eanes
Moad
Waring
T. M. Pulliam
Courtes
Grove
Price
W. Grove
Martin
First National Bank
FE Adams
TR Holmsley
Ry Macon
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