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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1915
Page
7
A Berlin sourced dispatch notes seven British merchant ships sunk since blockade began, while claims from neutral reports say seven German submarines have been sunk. The German Admiralty and the Exchange Telegraph report no submarine losses.
Readers are amazed by results from a single 25 cent ad in the Chief Exponent classified columns. Advertisers can reach 2200 families the same day to rent land sell seed or buy seed.
At the Texas Cattlemen's convention in San Antonio the delegates voted solidly in favor of the quarantine imposed earlier due to foot and mouth disease. The action aims to prevent spread and protect herds statewide.
County Judge McMillan and commissioners convened to approve farm purchases, tax reductions, and inmate care payments. Actions include reducing Daniel Barnhill land taxes, authorizing 1914 tax collection at ten dollars per acre, appointing a public weigher in Precinct No 2, and reallocating funds for road, bridge, and fence projects.
An advertisement touts Knowlton's Danderine as a cure all for neglected hair. It claims daily use softens hair, clears dandruff, invigorates the scalp, stops itching, and supposedly grows new hair within weeks, urging readers to buy a 25 cent bottle.
An old advertisement touts Laxa Tive Brom Quin ine as a tonic and laxative that avoids nervousness and head ringing unlike ordinary quinine. It instructs readers to remember the full name and seek the signature of E. W. Grove. Price 25e.
W Dunlap transfers undivided interest in north east quarter of block 10 Comanche to Comanche National Bank for 1500 dollars. L A Huet sells two acres out of Jesse Mercer survey to J R Lewis. Mrs E J Lakey sells 206.5 acres out of Lampasas County Three League survey to J A Rogers. W A Waldrop sells 513 acres from John Duncan survey No 2 in Comanche to John M Evans for 2300 dollars. B W Ayers sells Lot 1 block 1 Lowe and Ayers addition DeLeon to B J Pittman for 803.05 dollars. J C Dikes sells 100 acres out of James Thomson survey to R S Crawford for 2100 dollars. W D Carroll sells part of block 26 Comanche to Lora Mitchell for 2000 dollars.
W. M. Calhoun and Miss Mattye May Dodson announce their marriage ceremony. The couple plans to reside in the city and begin their life together after a formal wedding event.
A list of birth announcements from Desdemona and surrounding towns notes newborns by parent or household. Names include Barton Shelby near Desdemona with a girl, John Rasberry near Desdemona with a boy, Daniel Tomlin in Duster with a boy, and multiple births in DeLeon Gustine Comanche and surrounding locales.
Notice advertises Chuck Pitts providing trunk and baggage transport with prompt service. He guarantees satisfaction and price, offering round trips at 15 cents and requesting customers not call phone number 3, with contact via numbers 337 and 149.
The ad promotes Grove's Tasteless Chol tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to act on the liver, relieve malaria, enrich the blood, and build up the whole system in a single health tonic.
An endorsement from Mrs. Matte Haery of Danville Virginia praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Liver Pills. She reports relief from female troubles and better sleep after limited use, urging others to try the remedies and contact Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential advice from a woman.
Brigadier General Hugh G. Scott chief of staff will go to the Piute Indian retreat in southeastern Utah on March 6 accompanied only by an old Navajo warrior. He aims to secure peace with Polk and Tse-Ne-Gat without fighting after a 50 man posse failed to capture the Piute leaders and their followers.
An advertisement promotes HERBINE for indigestion claiming quick pain relief and bowel expulsion of fermented matter. The cure is priced at 50 cents and sold by Paris Smith.
Jack Johnson has won his argument with promoter Jack Curley. The Johnson Willard heavyweight title bout, set for today in Juarez, Mexico, will take place in Havana the first week of April, Curley announced.
A Houston correspondent praises Cardui the woman's tonic after suffering from long term illness. She reports weight gain and ability to perform housework after two bottles. The ad urges other women with common female ailments to begin Cardui and contact Chattanooga Medicine Co for guidance.
Texas hay bound for allied war horses is being concentrated in Galveston and loaded for steamship transport. W. K. Edmondson of Houston and the Liverpool Hay and Grain Company of Alvin manage a $2,000 ton program with an initial 3,200 ton shipment. Four steamers including Crown of Toledo and Saveric are slated to depart for Galveston. first export cargoes of hay from the United States.
A remedy for chest congestion combines Herrick's Red Pepper Porous Plaster and Ballada's Horehound Syrup. The bargain includes a plaster free with every bottle, sold by Paris Smith.
Western railroads applying for higher freight rates report a revenue drop of 40 million dollars per year due to rate reductions since 1901. The figures were presented today in testimony before Interstate Commerce Commissioner W. M. Daniels.
A pain in the side or back that catches you when you straighten up calls for a rubbing application of Ballard's Snow Liniment. It relaxes the contracted muscles and permits ordinary bodily motion without suffering or inconvenience. Price 25e 50e and 1.00 per bottle. Sold by Paris Smith.
A note from Bob Carver claims control of Chuck Pitts by purchasing him, noting Pitts was barred from return for two years but returned. Carver promotes general delivery services and affordable clothes hauling, signing as Bob Carver.
Application received for loans from 100 to 10000 on improved and unimproved town property and farm lands. Interest 8 percent payable annually or semi annually. Time one to ten years. County representatives wanted to receive applications and appraise property. Attorneys or real estate men preferred. Provide two charter references and postage for blanks. Southern Office Atlanta Ga.
Advertisers urge early Peruna use at first cold symptoms and after onset to prevent worsening. Testimonials from Baltimore and Ossining residents claim Peruna stops colds and benefits children, with warnings that a bottle may be needed once symptoms appear.
Austin reports President Wilson will cooperate with Texas to suppress cattle theft and brigandage on the Mexican border. The cabinet will consider bearing expenses for 30 additional border rangers as General Hay coordinates cavalry support from Fort Sam Houston and the border patrol.
An advertisement claims Foley Cathartic Tabs ease early day tiredness overfull feeling bilious breath indigestion and constipation. Mr L L Levy of Green Bay Wisconsin endorses the product saying it does not gripe and works quickly and surely from The Wm Reese Co.
Austin March 6 Woman suffrage failed to pass final on a constitutional amendment in the Texas House by 90 to 32 with four votes short of the two thirds. Burmeister whose resolution authored voted no to move and reconsider and spread on the journal for another vote.
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