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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 14, 1916
Page
6
Report describes a Dallas march by free volunteers for preparedness that drew crowds yet did not raise actual enlistment in the army or navy. The piece contrasts grand streetside procession with the toll of potential combat along the Rio Grande.
The Dallas News urges spending Trinity river project money through Dallas labor and firms, arguing it benefits Dallas financially. It accuses Callaway of opposing Dallas interests and warns he will be slapped for resisting the Dallas agenda despite broader Texas or national welfare concerns.
The Ft Worth parade is described as an advertising scheme. In Dallas 1200 Sears Roebuck workers marched not for loyalty but to advertise. Washington shop girls faced a choice to march or lose pay while U S department clerks faced similar pressure. A few remain convinced by mass patriotism.
The text argues that readers tolerate merchants and bankers but regulate editors in beliefs. It suggests readers accept business without moral inquiry yet demand binding editor ethics. It underscores irony in modern press roles and public expectations of newspapers.
Claude Kitchin Martin Dies and Os Car Callaway faced strong opposition in their re election races for opposing a five year naval program and a war tax. Kitchin’s renomination battle is decided. Callaway and Dies face backlash for defying big business interests in a political contest marked by pressure and loyalty from voters in their districts.
Collier's notes critique of policy during border actions, challenging involvement in Mexico and urging clear alignment with U S aims. It asserts no property protection motive, condemns Carranza for drift, and argues against supporting rival factions. War actions in Texas New Mexico and Arizona are cited as government-tolerated hostilities.
The Navy bill moves $270 million for a peacetime fleet, more than any nation. Critics say bigger forces and conscription breed militarism and fear of neighbors, fueling a cycle toward war. The piece condemns exaggerated preparedness rhetoric and promotes restraint.
A boy walking through a ploughed field is warned by a farmer that there is no road. The boy coolly replies that he sees the ground but will not likely pass here again, turning the moment into a playful quip from Tit-Bits.
Newspaper quips from The Sun and Boston Transcript feature rustic humor about hasty fashion, water mishaps, and smoking stumps. The banter centers on Tommy shedding clothes to avoid wetness and lines about stump smoking.
In a terse note the parties acknowledge years of separation and look toward an unresolved future amid fading ties and shifting loyalties.
In a twilight moment Mary and Sandy meet at an old stile and recall their youthful days. They share a tender exchange about their memories and each other as a distant plane passes overhead. The scene carries nostalgic sentiment and a gentle promise of connection.
The Sun notes a proverb style reflection on defeat as retreat and fear of returning home. It frames defeat as the enemy driving you back, and lateness as a sign of not daring to go home. The piece uses a terse, aphoristic tone characteristic of editorial reflections.
The judge asks why sentence should not be passed. The prisoner answers with a remark about previous speeches failing to help him, as reported by the Detroit Free Press.
Advertisement claims the tonic strengthens the elderly and the weak to endure summer heat. It purifies blood, enriches the system, and comes at 50 cents per bottle.
A tense street moment captures a man with a black eye as bystanders urge silence to spare him. The scene suggests a social incident or misfortune witnessed by locals and overheard in passing.
H. W. Ireland of Louisville Kentucky recounts a severe 1888 cholera morbus episode. Two physicians failed to help, a hotel porter bought Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, a double dose restored sleep and strength, and by five the next morning he was aboard a train as a well man. Obtainable everywhere.
The writer surveys Mercers Gap Texas noting abundant crops oats corn and cotton and a landscape of thriving farms. Threshers work six weeks while stock mares and calves symbolize wealth on every farm. Farm homes sturdy and progressive mark the area as content and rooted in rural life. Women at home appear joyful and pivotal to prosperity.
A. S. Harris secretary of the Y M B L calls on farmers to bring samples of oats, wheat and barley for a Comanche Fair exhibit and a subsequent state fair showing in Dallas. He urges strong community effort to make Comanche’s exhibit the best in Texas.
A testimonial from Edward Craft of Elba New York says Chamberlain's Liniment eased rheumatic pains stiffness and soreness in the knees after last winter. The product is obtainable everywhere.
A fragment questions why brokers issue confident market forecasts and why they fail to use the information privately to profit, suggesting misalignment between published letters and private actions. The text critiques forecasting practices and the incentive to profit from privileged information.
Morgan E Hall appeals to Comanche County voters for July 22 primary support. He cites twenty years in the county and four years as an officer with an open record and asks for continued trust and votes.
An advert warns against calomel hazards describing it as mercury and causes of illness. It promotes Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable alternative that starts the liver without side effects, cannot salivate, and is gentle for children.
Miss Della Stevens returned home from a visit in Oklahoma. C W Day of Hamilton visited at the Brandt home. Mrs B B Carlton of Gatesville visited J A Stevens. Mrs 3b G Davis is seriously ill. Mrs Win Appleton of Taylor county visits this week. Elders Webb and Sorrels preached here Wednesday night. A large crowd enjoyed the 1Sth of July on the creek. M W McCarty went to Dublin to see sick B M Steerback. Dr and Mrs J H Eargle of Marlin visited B Anderson family. Miss Otha Miller of Comanche is Mrs Glasgow. Mrs J D Stevens was here from Carlton one day last week. B W Clayton attended a picnic at Stephenville. Mr and Mrs H Stevens of Gentry Mill visited mother Sunday. Mrs M W McCarty was in Comanche Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs M D Carmichael was in Comanche Saturday and Sunday.
An advertisement touts LAXA TIVE BROMO QUININE as a tonic and laxative superior to ordinary quinine. It claims no nervousness or head ringing and directs readers to seek EH. W. GROVE’s signature, priced at 25 cents.
In every home with a baby there should be a bottle of McGeer’s Baby Elixir for sour stomach wind colic diarrhea or summer complaint. It is a wholesome remedy with no opium morphine or injurious drug. Price 25c and 50c per bottle. Sold by S. P. Smith.
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