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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1912
Page
8
To the Public of Comanche County a music store opens in the town after receiving numerous inquiries about pianos prices terms and quality. The letters from this section prompted serious attention and decisive action to meet the demand.
K F Cunningham writes of farm camps transforming from corrupt past to orderly communities. He notes 260 workers, improvements since 1912, and emphasis on merit, religion, and education. He defends reform, praises board integrity, and urges openness to visitors.
The claim asserts Hunt's Cure will positively and permanently cure any form of skin disease. It guarantees one box to cure and one application to provide relief, as stated in a plain vigorous tone.
An ad for Dodson's Liver-Tone at Paris Smith Drug Store promotes a vegetable liver remedy as a safe calomel substitute with a money back guarantee if it fails to act as claimed. It highlights use for constipation and inactive liver, plus a general bowel health pitch. Also mentions White's Cream Vermifuge for worm treatment and a note on Ohio capital punishment abolition question.
District Court actions include F B Voss versus N T R Co for damages 12500 for a fatality at a turntable, jury hung. May Slack versus Moss for property division continued. State of Texas versus L D Todd incest guilty plea two years. Ila Mae Scales incest case dismissed. Louretta Johnson versus G A Johnson divorce granted. Chamber of Commerce directs purchase of a small canning outfit for Girls Tomato Clubs to be moved between schools for demonstrations by Mrs Larry Kittles. James R Palmer US Government Agent announces a new Bureau to assist farmers in dairying silos and dairy herds. information available from Palmer or the Chamber of Commerce.
Classified item notes a furnished room for rent to either a couple or two gentlemen. Also includes brief testimonials and ads for nails description, Hunt's Cure, a large ice box for sale via E. Greer at Comanche Mercantile, and La Creole Hair Restorer advertised by Carroll's Drug Store.
Eld R G Bell president of Thorpe Springs College will occupy the pulpit at the Church of Christ on the corner of Cemetery and Walkers tomorrow at eleven o clock.
Mrs Mollie Norris of Colbert Oklahoma states her husband, troubled by rheumatism for over two years, bought Hunt's Lightning Oil and reports great relief and belief in a cure, claiming neuralgia is also helped.
A Brown county notice lists a new line of paints for furniture and buggy use from W. W. Kilpatrick on the north side and announces a soon shipment of Blee's buggies. Following a Cross Cut game last Saturday a fight occurred between Tom Stacy and Bev Gunn with Gunn slashing Stacy with a knife.
A column on modern young women quoted from Exchange criticizes their self centered behavior. It contrasts past polite girls who engaged elders with today’s bored, indifferent attitudes and warns of the loss of pleasant manners and gracious conversation.
A dialogue contrasts female strength of resistance with male comfort in freezing weather. The man argues thin stockings and short trousers leave feet and ankles exposed, questioning whether a warm muff would prevent pneumonia or provide comfort. Both sides debate practical warmth and gendered perceptions.
A customer tells his barber prices should drop in hard times. The barber replies that prices cannot fall because people wear long faces, giving more surface to shave. This wry quip reflects a humorous encounter in Life magazine.
Maud and Jack vow to marry if enduring plans change, while Ethel suggests a ministerial shift as a possible path. The exchange hints at contested intentions and future choices within relationships.
A courtroom exchange reveals the husband Mr. Sagg-Uh-hare admits he is married to his wife, answering a judge during questioning about the motive for divorce. The odd phrasing and dialect reflect a dated newspaper transcription of a domestic case.
Cape Himan ma canal and Alaska high-grade coal fed a debate about foreign shipments and pricing. The fragment mentions two fields supplying coal to be transported for a thousand more and hints at a political or economic struggle behind the trade. A separate exchange mocks a faulty ice cream freezer claiming poor performance.
A humorous dialogue notes a woman's demand for a cook who can endure heat. The employment agent argues summer is over and heat won’t be needed, while the woman insists hot breads demand high oven temperatures. She uses herself as a thermometer to explain why a heat sensitive cook fails with hot dishes.
A witty exchange from Tit Bits features a lead lawyer boasting he never used medicine and claims strength as two patients. The physician retorts he never studied law yet is as rich as two dozen clients, highlighting a humorous duel of professions and self-perception.
Senator Sorghum quips he does not want to be a pioneer of thought but aims to be one of the fellows who come along after pioneers have cleared the way as organize syndicates set to pay.
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