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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1923
Page
5
Regular correspondent notes corn and cotton in good condition after recent rain. Threshers nearly finished, gates open as farmers eye watermelon patches. Local visits include Onstott, Ewell, Scott, and Brittian families. revival and preaching scheduled. electric plant to power store and home.
Thresher hums as growers report bumper yields led by Henry Redwine with two acres yielding 62 bushels of wheat. Oats run 25 to 40 bushels. A large all day singing drew a record crowd. Community notes mention travels, visits, illnesses, and church events from Throckmorton to Brownwood and Comanche.
June 27 report notes Arb Wlanagan improving after two weeks of illness. Funeral service for Grandpa Smith of Brownwood held at Zion Hill cemetery. Opal Betty visited Isabelle Greatt. Flba Beaty spent weekend with Rosa Flan Willie and Lloyd Gressett visited kin in Inkel and Santa Anna. Ben Scott and family from Brysonville visited last week. Homer Collins and Ory Beaty drove to De Leon Sunday. Myrl Gibson of Thurber visited.
Jaivy S. Rev. Berry Smith of Brownwood filled his regular appointment at the Baptist church here Saturday and Sunday. The reunion last Thursday drew a large crowd with ample food and a sense of importance. Attendees from Hasse Gum Springs Democrat and Logan Gap joined locals for a Sunday service and a Comanche band concert viewing.
July visit by Mrs. Couch to her son in Hamilton. Miss Leona Couch visits aunt Miss Vera Couch. Woo S Beene and family travel to De Leon to spend time with Mr Beene s sister Mrs Lloya. Mrs Rheim and sister Mrs Hilliard visit brother George Ripley and family. Averill Skinner continues residence there.
Comanche reader W A Robertson testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills ease kidney distress and restore vigor. Ad urges readers with backache dizziness and irregular kidney secretions to use the 60 cent remedy from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo New York.
A Boston reader Mrs J C Perkins says her daughter suffered a lame back and could hardly move until Foley Kidney Pills cured the trouble. The advertisement promotes Foley Kidney Pills for backache rheumatic pains kidney and bladder issues available everywhere.
A child regains strength after worm infestation with White's Cream Vermifuge. A dose or two restores vitality. price 35e. Sold by Ss. P. Smith.
Prominent financier T. J. Cole of Waxahachie and Dallas reports using Ferrasal for indigestion and acid stomach and calls it the best remedy he has tried. He notes relief from acidity related digestion issues and kidney trouble. Hamilton Drug Co distributes the product.
A collage of pithy sayings and jokes from various papers quotes Roosevelt on partnership of capital and labor, shipboard satire, and wry observations on society. It includes quips about envy, manners, motors, jazz dancers, and a 1926 prophecy, ending with a car tire joke from Oregon.
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