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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1920
Page
3
Sipe Springs Tex July 10 The Craven Oill and Refining Co today showed a sand at 401 feet in its first Rauhut tract well with gas and likely flow once sand is drilled. Carlton and Van Loan completed No 6 at 286 feet for 35 barrels.
Crops look good despite a heavy rain damaging fields. Miss Grace Smith returned home from Comanche. Locals attended an all day singing in Sidney. Uncle Jim Culbertson died Friday after eight weeks ill. Mr J A Land and Mrs Ella Barton traveled to Comanche yesterday en route to Dallas Monday.
Announcement praises Judge William Pierson of Hunt County as candidate for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Ad promotes herbal remedy Herbine as bowel regulator sold by Paris Smith, claiming it purifies the system and vitalizes the blood.
Purifies and enriches the blood to restore vitality and energy. Claims strengthening and invigorating effects. Price 60 cents.
Saturday remarks on corn and cotton prospects amid weevil risk. Family visits include R Q George party at Newbury and C J Graham group to May, Blanket and Comanche. An oil rig begins on J M Hood tract near Gap and Belcher land rig shifts to Sipe Springs field. Mug Hanes dies after leg injury. Joe Tailor’s baby dies. Easey family from Vernon visits. Denny family visits Comanche.
An old ad touts GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC as a blood purifier and energy booster. It markets iron and quinine as essential, claims improved appetite and vitality, and notes a long history of use, with a price of 60 cents per bottle.
Floyd Carpenter notes a nearby shop run by etzger Bros next to the Produce House offering eggs butter chickens turkeys hides furs pecans and related goods to customers in the area.
The Texas sheriff commands weekly publication for ten days in a Comanche County paper. Guardianship of minor Thurman Jordan and estate of Alvis Owen Elrod and Monny Fay Elrod is to be confirmed at the next court date in October unless contested.
A mother describes severe stomach illness forcing her to consider leaving her three children. She credits Mayr's Wonderful Remedy from a California cousin for restoring her health after a course of treatment. The remedy, sold by Wm. Reese Drug Co., claims to remove mucus and inflammation in the gut, with money-back guarantee.
In damp chilly weather demand grows for Ballard's Snow Liniment due to its relief of rheumatic aches and pains. The ad notes Paris Smith sells the remedy and Slider & Lacy offer leather goods and horse collars.
An advertisement touts a $0-cent bottle of LAX-FOS WITH PEPSIN a liquid digestive laxative. It claims relief from indigestion constipation and biliousness and presents Paris Medicine Co as the maker of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonia.
Fragmentary OCR fragment noting wood work and work items with vague phrases about tires and claims, associated with W. B. Tarner’s, lacking clear events or details.
Mayo Studios Kodak Dept offers to develop films at 10e per roll and prints from 1e. Free enlargements available and a 16x20 Honor Roll souvenir picture of the Great World War. Boys who served may want and keep it. Mail a roll for instructions. Brownwood Texas.
An advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as a medicine for men that cleanses the stomach liver and bowels and restores appetite and vigor. Priced at $1.25 per bottle and sold by Hamilton Drug Co and William Reese Drug Co as special agents.
A fragmented notice notes concerns about workers health risks. It mentions kidney and liver issues among laborers and references safety or industrial conditions. The text is unclear but points to occupational health matters affecting diligent workers.
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