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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 22, 1918
Page
5
Guaranteed blue bug killer and egg producer. Martin's Blue Bug Killer will kill the blue bugs. Martin's Egg Producer will make your hens lay more eggs. We guarantee both remedies and will refund your money if not satisfied.
Dry and windy conditions prevail. Mr and Mrs Jim Hoover visited Ed Hanson on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Leonard Garner visited Dave Garner. J F Bond and daughter attended church at Pleasant Home. Ester Doggett has been sick but improving. Mobley family of Brownwood visited daughter Mrs Dave Garner. Bill Doggett and F Cather traveled to see oil wells at Renger Friday.
An old advertisement touts Casearets tablets as a cure for headaches biliousness sick stomach foul breath and constipation. It promises overnight results claiming the product cleanses the stomach removes undigested food and toxins from the liver and bowels and leaves the user with a clear head sweet stomach fresh breath and rosy complexion.
Deaths reported include Charley R. Day of Lamkin and Clyde Phillips of Comanche. An ad promotes Ballard's Horehound Syrup for hoarseness and coughs, priced 25c, 50c, and $1.00, sold by S. P. Smith and Slider & Lacy's. Also notes two large shipments of popular priced misses and girls hats at Slider & Lacy's.
A female veteran is praised for enduring more engagements than her father, General Blank, in a light exchanged scene. The Boston Transcript notes the claim about her extensive wartime experience and her relation to the general.
Mrs Rattlepate repeats her departure from a social visit, claiming she must go yet enjoying conversation with Mrs Bearit. The exchange plays on wit as both women tease the idea of headaches and chat.
An American traveler intoxicated on a railway journey misinterprets a guard’s ticket request. The guard calmly repeats the fare as "Five and six" and then clarifies with "Eleven," prompting the drunk to move on to the next day as the exchange ends.
Mrs Scatterbrain laments her fate as her husband, famed for a memory so poor he forgets every instruction. A single instance shows his failure to follow her bidding, prompting a joke from a friend about a note dated a week ahead. The exchange appears in the Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph.
The poem extols a citizen who hides no food hoard but stands ready for government inspectors. Edmund J. Kiefer lauds a patriot who calmly welcomes inspection, claiming he aided the country by conserving resources and showing steadfast resolve.
In a border district tribunal a shepherd’s reply to a question on a woman taking his work sparked a light moment. He recalled a prior attempt by a woman who “made a mess of it,” naming Bo-Peep as the offender in a playful exchange reported by Tit-Bits.
Comyn Sunday attendance at Sunady school and church activity noted. Mrs Bert Spruill visits Mrs Hammond midweek. Men and boys travel to Ranger for work. Miss Mae Painter returns from Sipe Springs. Mrs Shelby visits Mr Elmer Spruill. Slider Lacy offer stock remedies and faster millinery advertised.
Readers find a wide selection of shirts at Slider and Lacy with varied styles and price points. The local shop advertises multiple knit and woven options suitable for casual and work wear.
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