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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
8
County Agent Luker advises farmers on grasshopper control using poison bran mash. The recipe includes wheat bran sugar and lemon juice with white arsenic, mixed to a moist mash and applied along fences or across fields. full effect appears within 24 hours.
Mrs W Payne credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing back pains and dizziness from weak kidneys after housework. The ad notes 60 cent price and availability at dealers, produced by Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY. It also promotes Herbine for bilious constipation with similar offerings and price.
Mr and Mrs A A Carlton of near Beaumont plan to attend the Coryell County Fair in September using an air ship under construction to fly over Gatesville and nearby areas. They expect many old-timers to return by auto, rail, and airship for what they call the greatest show in central Texas.
Miss Joel Ray who led the song service at the Baptist church and visits with her sister Mrs J F Highsmith left Menard at the start of the week for her home in Brownwood. An accomplished vocalist and charming figure she charmed listeners during a solo and won many friendships during her stay.
Will Homan, a well known Gatesville area resident, was bitten on the finger by a rattlesnake while feeding stock at his crib near Flat before daylight. He was taken to Temple for treatment and was improving at last accounts.
The week highlights major projects including a $300,000 mill at High Point North Carolina a bleachery and dye works in Lanett Alabama a $1 million sale of cotton mills at Opelika Alabama a projected $500 000 mill at El Paso Texas and water power development in Polk County North Carolina A Alabama firm plans 7 to 8 million for hydroelectric plants while Galveston expands its seawall and dredging is under way in addition a $10 million Atlanta hotel project a $500 000 heating contract and a $500 000 Jackson Mississippi office building are noted along with new asphalt and phosphate ventures in Florida and Alabama road work dominates with Kentucky and North Carolina bidding hundreds of thousands more.
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