Corporate Officers and Stockholders List
Editor and Manager Officers J R Eanes Pres W H Carpenter Sec Treas Geo Sullivan Vice Pres Directors W H Carpenter J R Eanes Geo L Sullivan G A Cunningham E W Harris 8 P Smith Stockholders D H Cunningham T J Cunningham W H Carpenter J R Eanes Oscar Callaway 8S P Smith E W Harris T J Williams L T Cunningham G A Cunningham J R Moore Mrs 8 J Thomas Geo L Sullivan
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J. R. Eanes
W. H. Carpenter
Sec.-Treas
Geo. Sullivan
Geo. L. Sullivan
G. A. Cunningham
E. W. Harris
P. Smith
D. H. Cunningham
T. J. Cunningham
Oscar Callaway
Seed peanuts demand and wartime talk draw rural debate
TheWatering down of seed peanut supply and rising wartime anxiety feature in rural discourse. Prominent voices urge seed corn and dwarf maize ads, criticize militarism, and note mounting war costs. The Comanche Lyceum program receives praise and calls for broader support. Residents push for road repairs on the Hasse road.
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Mr. Smedley
A Timely Warning to Prepare for Death
A ominous wartime style admonition urges readers to accept mortality and prepare for the end times. The text warns of a falling star and the world's impending doom while urging readiness and caution about daily struggles. It blends religious fear with fatalistic guidance and calls for spiritual preparation.
Cost of Armies and Navies in 1891 and 1915
A Fort Worth Record summary notes U S regular army growth from 25 450 in 1891 to 92 000 in 1915 with hospital corps rises, plus 1891 6 6 million and 6 9 million fortifications spending and 1915 98 4 million army and 11 8 million fortification appropriations. It compares world military expenditures 1901 1912 and cites criticisms of German militarism and calls for efficiency and restraint.
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Regular Army
United States
Philippine Scouts
Congress
Congressman Mendell
Wyoming
House
Germany
Great Britain
Fort Worth
Boy Agrees to Deductions for Horse Loss
An agitated boy tells Mr Brown he did not mean to cause harm and will compensate for the horse. The boy offers to deduct the payment from his wages next week, while Mr Brown questions the arrangements and seeks repayment.
A Fat Girl's Reason for Starving Herself
A quotation from Elizabeth Jordan in Woman's Home Companion reveals a girl’s refusal to starve herself for anyone but Dickie and her feeling about crowds at their church wedding. The note reflects social pressures and individual choices in marriage contexts.
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Dickie
Elizabeth Jordan
Prosecution Asked Over Hog Theft and Taft Opinion
A neighbor explains a case to a judge claiming to prosecute for stealing nine hogs. The man admits longstanding ties and church connections with the defendant, but cites political differences with Taft as the real motive to bring the matter into court.
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Taft
Big Feed in Prospect
A Chicago woman tries to train a new butler with strict meal announcements. Her test dinner ends in comic mispronunciation when the butler loudly proclaims breakfast and luncheon as well as dinner, revealing his confusion over duties.
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Chicago
Harper’s Magazine
Rastus Johnson and the quarter loan tale from old Missouri
The narrator recalls a remark about U S defense readiness and compares it to Rastus Johnson asking for a loan to buy food. While clerk of the probate court in old Missouri, he asks why Johnson does not work for money, and Johnson's shy reply reveals his hunger.
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United States
Rastus Johnson
Mizzou
Rastus
Unable to Work Without Food Says Local Worker
A local worker voices extreme fatigue and hunger saying he cannot work until he gets something to eat. The statement highlights hardship among laborers awaiting meals to sustain effort.
Little Drops of Bloodshed and Kaiser Bill Verse
A poem excerpt dramatizes German aggression in World War I with vivid lines about shelling Belgium and imperialist aims. It references Kaiser Bill and the impact on Belgians, then shifts to a fragment about a woman asked a question by the Rhine, hinting at wartime sentiment and censorship.
Valuing Horseflesh Provokes Odd Election Tale
In Canton Ohio Congressman Robert M Switzer recalls a groceryman with the state's most emaciated horses. A delivery boy drove a nag too hard prompting the horse to collapse and die, triggering a local uproar over the value of horseflesh.
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Robert M. Switzer
Canton
Ohio
Pape's Diapepsia Promises Fast Stomach Relief
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest safest indigestion remedy. It claims relief from indigestion gas belching heartburn and stomach upset within five minutes and urges readers to keep a 50 cent case at home for quick aid day or night.
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Pape
Laughing at Judgment Hall Echoes in Barroom Faith
A colorful line imagines God listening to a hearty laugh at a great round-up before judgment. It notes coffin faced fellows as they stand, with the divine question of what hurts them and the idea of continuing canes in definite.
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Judgment
Jack Crawfo
Tate Bros. Service Offers Cheerful Customer Help
Local mail and phone orders encouraged. Last week highlighted Ladies' Tailored Suits Waists and Skirts, with customers responding generously through purchases and thanks.
Window Shade Care and Noise Reduction Technique
A Woman's Home Companion tip explains how to mount a shade with screw eyes and a slat to prevent flapping when windows are opened. By threading a cord through top and bottom eyes the shade operates smoothly, raising and lowering with ease and avoiding damage.
A Specific Against Colds
A sleeping porch or open bedroom and a cold sponge bath each morning help ward off colds. When a cold occurs especially during epidemics Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is said to aid in rapid relief and is obtainable everywhere.
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St. Trust
Woman Praises Foley Kidney Pills for Quick Benefit
A Rocky Mount reader, Mrs. A. G. Wells, writes of relief from kidney pains after using Foley Kidney Pills. She reports strong improvement in a short time and credits the product for the positive effect. The message appears in a consumer notice from The Wm. Reese Co.
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Olen
A. G. Wells
Route 5
Rocky Mount
N. C
Foley
Wm. Reese Co
Lest We Forget The Garden’s Role In Good Living
The Progressive Farmer urges readers to tend the garden as a major part of a good life. It notes crops should be underway by month’s end, especially in the lower South, with corn kale parsnips and other staples already starting.
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Lyceum
Comanche
Holloway
Keep Your Bowels Regular Says a Village Ad
A local advertisement urges using Chamberlain's Tablets after supper to correct bowel disorder. It claims the box is the sewerage system body and stresses daily movement as vital, noting availability everywhere.
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Comanche Publishing Co., Publishers
Texas
Omanche Cotton Oil Company
Brownwood Bulletin
Plain Citizen
Wall Street
Michael Monahan
Oklahoma Farmer
Washington
Martin Dies
Cato Sells
Wilson
Hasse
Hasse Road
Empire
Hohenzollern
Tate Bros
Biankes
Kehoco
Aes
Jnc
D. Waring
J. R. Eanes & Company
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