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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
5
R T Janes secretary reports the Hog Growers Association will tag all hogs for sale after testing tags in scrapers. Members may get name tags or numbers. The association will arrange shipping to get best prices, urge buyers at yards, and advise on feed, lice control, and disease prevention to protect profits.
Auction will be held Monday at 2 p m at the Courthouse selling two ponies a wagon and harness to the highest bidder Jerome P Kearby lists the sale as public notice
An advertisement claims women can end troubles after using Femiena, promising relief from suffering. It lists price as 50e and 1.00 dollars and presents the product as a simple remedy for female ailments.
Louder Milk denounces a Comanche Vanguard article titled What About Our Representative as grave and heinous. He denies boycotting the paper and threatens to expose alleged misrepresentations unless given space for his biography and legislative record.
Article warns that poor cleaning spreads disease as dust stirs germs. It stresses disinfecting carpets, rugs, and building surfaces before cleaning and recommends using Ross Dead Quick spray. Sold in Comanche by The Wm. Reese Co.
Lamkin and Mark Willis attend court in Waco. Lana Clayton returns from Stephenville where she visited her sister Mrs. M. D. Callaway. Cliffie Boggis of Stephen ville visits Mary and Lana Clayton. Mary Brandt visits her sick brother C. W. Day in Hamilton. Prof Len Dalton and wife visited in McGregor. J. M. Miller of Comanche visits her parents the Glasgows. Berta Kelley the primary teacher visits Comanche. F T Ewell shops in Hamilton. Lamkin notes stock show day at Carlton. Rev J D Smoot holds a meeting locally. F D Nieslar returns from Arkansas on business. W T McCarty of Carleton on business. Florence Hail visits home folks in Proctor.
T M Pulliam sold his prize colt to E E Denny for 200 dollars. The 11 month old gelding stands 15 hands 3 inches high and weighs 1100 pounds. Sired by a Canadian stallion owned by Lee Butler, the colt is touted as possibly the best horse shown in Comanche and may bring the highest price for his age locally. A yearling at 200 dollars is considered a good investment.
An advertisement touts Laxa tive Quinidine Tablets priced at 25e claiming relief for head colds La Grippe and severe headaches. The copy urges readers to remember the product as a remedy option.
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