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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1914
Page
9
A second notice promotes Baxter Bros. Clean-Up Sale Vests. The item highlights a continuation event from the prior sale, inviting customers to view discounted vests at the store location during stated hours. The notice emphasizes limited stock and bargain pricing.
A district voters' appeal lauds Judge Ocie Speer from Montague County for his decade on the appellate bench. Endorsements from numerous county bars, high opposing scrutiny from a Tarrant County opponent, and a call to re elect him on merit. Also notes Y M C A appoints R D Coley state boys work secretary with duties starting Sept 1 to boost boys in smaller towns.
A Plainfield New Jersey reader credits Chamberlain's Tablets with curing months of stomach distress and constipation. After trying the tablets the writer reports she can eat almost anything now and urges others with similar troubles to try them. For sale by all dealers.
Notice to rent one hundred acres of land to a hustler. Possession available now. Location three miles southeast of Newburgh. Landowner W. H. Cunningham. Instrument appears informal and of early type.
The writer and W H Thodberg joined Gov O B Colquitt on a Saturday auto trip to Dublin. Thodberg, a 25 year Comanche county resident, said the corn crop is the best he has seen. Cotton appears strong and promising. a hard shower between Comanche and Dublin aided the crops.
W H C Fritz, an early reader who came with his father in 1872, recalls wooly times and has followed the Chief since G A Beeman and the Exponent since Tom Gaines started. His name is on the paper's honored faithful roll and he plans to keep reading as long as he wishes.
A Granbury gathering of the Central West Texas Firemen’s Association elected R. C. Graham of Comanche as Fourth Vice-President and re-elected Geo. L. Sullivan as Secretary-Treasurer. Other officers named were E. M. Yantis of Granbury President W. A. Shelton of Stephenville First Vice-President W. P. Hallmark of Dublin Second Vice-President and A. E. Hampton of DeLeon Third Vice-President.
Local commerce notice invites readers to trade at the McNeill store next to Ellis & Son in Comanche Texas. Call in for prices and be convinced.
Attorneys for Bill Carter, charged with the murder of Clyde Graham in Sipe Springs, argued for a new trial before Judge Arnold. The motion was refused at a recent District Court session. Carter was sentenced to 25 years in prison and gave notice of appeal.
Ad promotes Laxa Tive Bromo Quinine claimed to cure a cold in one day and stop cough and headache with a signature by E. W. Grove. Price listed as 25c.
Salaries at numerous Texas post offices were adjusted effective July 1. Comanche cut from 2200 to 2100, Granbury from 1700 to 1600, Gorman increased from 1500 to 1600, with other offices affected.
M. W. Carroll reports many friends as Comanche people benefit from Adler-i-ka a simple mixture of buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients. The remedy famous for curing appendicitis serves as a bowel cleanser affecting both lower and upper bowels. One dose relieves constipation and gas on the stomach almost immediately.
The State of Texas Comanche County sheriff sale notice under an alias execution issued by Hamilton County District Court on June 25 1914 in case S J Hicks versus Otto Ridgeway No 1911. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in August 1914 at the Comanche courthouse door. Property described as a tract of land in Comanche County Texas.
In Comanche Texas the N W quarter of block 102 is described by field notes with specific varas measurements beginning at the N W corner. The land was deeded by D. Wright and wife on December 22 1874 and by J A Holman and wife to J J Campbell on November 24 1891. The land is levied on as the property of Otto Ridgeway to satisfy a judgment of 3111.75 plus costs in favor of S J Hicks. Sheriff Jack Cunningham dated June 27 1914. 3-4t.
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