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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
5
Republican leaders in Congress outline a tentative policy to repeal excess profits taxes and replace them with a system of direct sales taxes. Senator Watson of Indiana leads tariff and finance legislation, aiming to lower living costs by reducing excess levies while studying the exact form of new sales levies.
An old advertisement touts Danderine as a quick cure for hair loss and dandruff. It claims a few cents buys a small bottle to rub into the scalp, with results described as hair stopping loss and becoming thicker longer and shinier.
A vintage medical ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a child laxative. It urges mothers to look for the California label on the package and promises harmless relief for stomach liver and bowels with a fruity taste and clear dosing directions.
An advertisement touts Freezone as a cheap Cincinnati invention that instantly removes hard and soft corns and toe corn calluses with a few drops. It claims the solution causes no soreness or irritation and requires only a tiny bottle for all corn types.
Henry Howard of King Hill Idaho says Tanlac gave rapid relief from twelve years of rheumatism and indigestion. He reports weight gain and renewed appetite after six weeks and notes he can walk without a stick. Tanlac is sold in Comanche by Hamilton Drug Co. and local druggists.
A South Dakota farmer walked into a country editor’s office and offered to buy weekly space for a year. He explained the plan would save him trips to town and ensure regular advertising, noting that steady ads yield results.
Advert says Nasty colds vanish with two hourly doses of Papes Cold Compound. First dose opens clogged nostrils and head passages, stops runny nose and headache, relieves feverishness and sneezing. Claimed as quickest relief, inexpensive and quinine free.
Poem fragment from William Watson’s The Purple East urges American readers to answer the plea for aid. The speaker laments famine and naked hunger in Armenia and calls for charity to prevent a day of reckoning.
A reader notes that colds weaken the lungs and invite serious diseases such as pneumonia and diphtheria. Quick relief reduces risk, with Chamberlain's Cough Remedy praised for treating colds. The column also covers British views on President Wilson and Adriatic diplomacy.
A medical ad notes pneumonia risks from a neglected cough or cold and promotes Mansfield's Cough Balsam for 50 cents or 1 dollar as a remedy.
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