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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1915
Page
3
An advertisement notes heat can make people feel dull and sluggish and claims Foley Cathartic Tablets relieve indigestion and constipation. The product is attributed to The Wm. Reese Co.
An ad praises LAXA IVE BROMO QUININE for tonic and laxative effects without nervousness or head aging. It urges remembering the full name and seeking the signature of KE W GROVE. 25e.
Mr. Eaton will terrace farms in the county during August for interested landowners. He cites soil conditions and fair weather as ideal, noting Stubble land as especially suitable for the work. Available dates will be arranged with those who inquire.
The Federal Reserve Bank at Dallas urges banks to promote warehousing of cotton and to encourage farmers to store their crop in state warehouses. This would allow banks to discount warehouse receipts, easing financing and preventing distress prices at harvest.
In Tiorence South Dakota a woman describing severe monthly bearing down pains and backache credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after using it for several months. The ad promotes the product as a standard remedy for female ills and offers confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Massachusetts.
A traveler recounts a severe cholera morbus attack in 1888 with two doctors deeming survival unlikely. He bought Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from a hotel porter, used a double dose per directions, slept, and awoke well enough to resume travel, writing from Louisville Kentucky.
North Carolina officials fear a new illicit drink called Meal Beer or Rip Hizzard threatens to undermine strict prohibition laws. The invention, claimed by the Sons of Hyde County, is described as highly intoxicating with a potent additive nicknamed licker, reputed to cause extreme inebriation.
A newspaper notice details a cheap home brew called Rip Gizzard made from meal water sugar and dried fruit. The method involves boiling a mix of meal and water then fermenting with sugar, with variations using apples peaches or molasses. Anti-Saloon League and W C T U push to halt this new liquor traffic in North Carolina as production and private sale rise.
Insect stings and bites cause swelling pain or itching and require prompt care as they may be poisonous. Ballard's Snow Liniment counteracts the poison and acts as an antiseptic and healer. Available in 25¢ 50¢ and 1.00 per bottle from P. Smith, 38.
Advertises an 80 acre farm in Comanche ready for trade for a house and lot. The seller notes the farm is unencumbered and would not exchange for an encumbered property. The offer would accept a house worth up to £1000 with a long-term difference in value.
Mrs. Mary Faulkner aged ninety two years six months and eleven days was buried in Comanche County after living much of her life there. She died while living with her daughter north of town and is survived by nine of her eleven children, with only one daughter attending the funeral.
Advertisement claims herb ine purifies the body by curing an inactive liver. It strengthens the liver, cleanses the bowels, and restores health. Price 50 cents. Sold by S. P. Smith.
An old advertisement promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a malaria remedy and tonic. It asserts the formula contains Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form and urges purchase for 50 cents.
The Cisco Chamber of Commerce signed a contract with J. P. Montgomery to manage and finish cultivation of his cotton crop for half the proceeds. Montgomery, long-time county resident, faced boll weevil losses but the Chamber stepped in to prove a successful crop can be produced. Work began Thursday afternoon with ongoing updates promised.
The farmers short course at A M College will run July 26 to 30 with special travel rates of one cent per mile and one third the usual rate to College Station and return. County participants should inform Mr. Eaton to aid arrangements. Attendees start Sunday morning. The college has four nationally renowned speakers addressing poultry soil building dairying and agronomy topics.
Advertisement touts Foley Kidney Pills as a remedy to cleanse kidneys and relieve backache rheumatism and other kidney and bladder troubles. The Wm Reese Co markets the product to improve health and energy.
In a July American Magazine extract David Grayson recounts a town editor Nort advising grocer Graham to advertise the store as one of the best smelling places in the community. The dialogue lists various smells from coffee to codfish and ends with the slogan sniff then buy and low prices.
Comanche Texas July 18. Comanche county has the largest corn crop in its history in yield and acreage. Acreage about 50 000 with a 20 percent gain over last year. Yield near twenty five bushels per acre with demonstration plots around forty bushels. Farmers improving seed bed preparation and seed selection. White and yellow Dent varieties dominate. Some peas or peanuts planted in alternate rows to boost land value and yield. Hot winds and dry weather hinder but most corn is past danger. County to export much corn this year.
Edward Craft of Elba New York says last winter he used Chamberlain's Liniment for rheumatic pains stiffness and knee soreness and that nothing did him so much good. Obtainable everywhere.
Mr and Mrs M K Witt returned from a Dallas trip by car last Monday with a near accident near Weatherford when Mrs Witt unfamiliar with the road rounded a corner driving the car. Mr Witt and the baby were thrown clear but unharmed aside from a scare and bruises for Mr Witt. Mrs Witt lost her place as driver.
An advertisement touts Herb ine as a tonic to cleanse the body. It claims to stimulate the liver tone the stomach and purify the bowels with a price of 50 cents sold by S P Smith.
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