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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1916
Page
5
Heavy hog shipments push many pigs to packing houses as nine cars leave on Tuesday, six by private parties and three by the Hog Growers Association. The Feb 15 sale netted 7.5 cents, with March 7 prospects around 9 cents. the next association shipment is March 21.
A patient reports refund prospects after attempting a remedy marketed for piles. The notice notes claims of cure within days and a loyalty to a treatment, with varying success and a stated refund possibility.
The Lamkin stock show invites exhibitors from Comanche Erath and Hamilton Counties for a free community event. Prizes include cash and ribbons across dairy beef poultry horse and craft categories with judging and a Ladies Department and Methodist ladies serving lunch.
Mrs A F Briggs of Eldrid Pa praises Dr Kilmer Swamp Root for kidney and bladder relief after years of illness and a severe bout of lagrippe. The Coleman Voice reports the Runnels County Democratic Executive Committee weighing majority rule and two primaries amid county debate.
A promotional slip invites readers to send 5 cents to Foley & Co Chicago Illinois with name and address to receive a trial package including Foley's Honey and Tar Compound for coughs colds and croup Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets from The Wm Reese Co.
An advertisement offers the Pennington System for piles claiming painless treatment without knives. It states exclusive state rights and cites curing over 250 Texas cases in the past year, promising patient references and assurances of commercial standing.
Jack Nabers announces an all freight truck line planned between San Angelo and Sonora to start within ten days. Nabers, agent for Overland in Menard and Sutton counties, will travel to Dallas to receive a 1916 model three ton Kissel Kar truck. He is the son of J. B. Nabers a Comanche youth making good.
Wound care antiseptic liquid and powder advertised for man or beast. Purifies wounds and speeds healing for stock, including screw-worms and cattle cuts. Packages priced 25c 50c and 1.00 to 1.50 with seller S. P. Smith.
A register lists owners and the cars they hold in Comanche DeLeon Gustine May and nearby towns. Names include Henry Little W C Mahon I Sadler J R Wood Bob Myers and C B Billingslea along with J T Landreth and Will Harbin among others.
A Fort Worth Record note credits a Harvard scholar with tracing Damn to a Persian coin used in buying cigarettes. A monument is urged to honor the find while the Honey Grove Signal adds a grim joke about men using the word as a crude curse.
For a long time Miss Lula Skel ton of Churchville New York suffered biliousness and headaches. Chamberlains Tablets were the only remedy that gave her permanent relief. Obtainable everywhere.
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