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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
3
A group of Hamilton county citizens endorses S. R. Allen for District Attorney. They cite his local roots and 15 years as a county lawyer and former county attorney from 1906 to 1910. The letter lists numerous signers from law, medicine, business, and journalism.
A wartime letter from Robert S. Carwile in New Jersey dated June 1918 to Bill describes travel plans across the United States and overseas work. He notes leaving California, viewing America First, and hopes to reach the front. The letter mentions military service, air raid precautions, uniforms, pay days, and Liberty Bond and Red Cross campaigns.
Rainy week boosts crops though two to three weeks late. Baby of Ellis Donaho buried at Pendergrass cemetery. L A McDaniel to Fort Worth for Pat O Brien speech. Will Chastain on furlough from Camp Travis. Ada Thomason ill at Gap. Tina Everett and Veda Jones visit home. Gap crowd dampened by rain during Sunday singing. J P Crocket visiting west relatives. Cleve Moore family and Roy to Brownwood. Roy to get artificial eye. Party at Will Guthrie’s. Roy Rasberry and others attend. Veggie feast now common. melons soon. Claude Wells visits Sidney. Cody Donaho, candidate for tax assessor, mingles in Gap. Hilley’s house being painted. Audie Colley visits Oran Graham. Heavy rain hail in Gap with minor crop damage. Large crowd at Lusk home party.
An ad praises Lax-Fos With Pepsin as a pleasant liquid laxative for digestion issues. It is produced by Paris Medicine Co., makers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic, and sold in 50 cent bottles for quick use.
A notice states services will be held at the Presbyterian church next Sunday at the usual hours. A separate ad seeks to buy a horse for buggy and saddle purposes with bargain terms, advising applicants to apply at The Chief Exponent.
Storage batteries for sale charging renting rebuilding and related services offered by Higginbotham Bros. & Co. in this advertisement. The notice outlines a full range of battery services including sale charge and rental options.
A wartime health feature urges hydration and a specific tonic Anuric to protect kidneys and back from rheumatic risks. It praises American youth in service and advises milk and vegetables with limited meat, plus regular water and a Dr. Pierce trial offer.
A customer reports severe rheumatic knee pain and a bad back after loading wood. After taking two packages of Anuric Tablets the pain vanished. He claims the tablets cured him and helped a neighbor as well.
An advertisement touts Pep Systemic Pills with iron claimed to improve blood and energy. It urges using the product in spring fatigue and lists S. P. Smith’s as a place to buy, with a note to accept no substitute. The rest of the text contains local community notices from Center Point about visits and gatherings.
Gen Green visits most residents as rain arrives and crops stay healthy in the community. Several locals from Grapevine Waco Comanche Brownwood and Center Point visit family friends attend singing at Gum Springs and Chautauqua in Comanche. Red Cross eggs donated and members listed as ill with two sick lists.
An ad touts Laxa tive Bromo Quinine as superior to ordinary tonics, claiming it provides tonic and laxative effects without causing nervousness or aging of the head. The promotion urges finding H. W. Grove signature on the product.
Local druggists report calomel sales drop as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. The vegetable remedy is praised as safe and effective for liver sluggishness and constipation, with a money back guarantee and easy nightly use.
The Egg a Day Club announces new members Katharine McCrary Mrs J W Preacher Willie May Killian J D Jackson Mrs S G Walker Mrs A R Gore Mrs Jess At wood Miss Velma Herring The club notes proceeds go to Red Cross and that the produce man buys eggs each Saturday at selling price with no profit.
Science notes nasal catarrh signals body weakness and local snuffs and vapors offer little relief. For true correction, enrich the blood with Scott's Emulsion, an oil food and building tonic free of harmful ingredients. It is helping thousands. Try it. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N.J.
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