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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1918
Page
2
A fragmentary diary like note portrays a mother describing a newborn baby and family news with hints of secrecy. The writing evokes Edgar A. Guest's voice as she notes eagerness for updates while delaying certain details. The tone blends personal warmth with restraint.
Mrs Malone reads a wartime letter from Pat Ghe describing France, fighting Dutch, missing names due to censor, and a wounded comrade. The playful Irish tone persists as the writer notes pain, a lost tooth, and a mystery about a red headed Irishman linked to Killarney.
Excerpt from an advertisement featuring a poem about saving thrift stamps. The playful verses describe earning and collecting stamps, then using them to buy war bonds and liberty bonds as motivation. The piece reflects wartime fund raising and youth involvement in savings programs.
At Central Christian Church the pastor invites all to join in making Bible School 100 percent efficient and to attend next Sunday for Bible School and services. The message links patriotism, liberty bonds, and church loyalty with sermons titled The Changing Order and Christ Facing the Cross. Bible School 9 45 a m preaching at 11 a m and 8 30 p m Samuel H Austin pastor.
When babies overeat the stomach turns causing indigestion sourness and vomiting. Bowel involvement with colic pains and diarrhoea is common. McGees Baby Elixir is advertised as a pure wholesome pleasant remedy for stomach and bowel disorders in infants. Price 50c per bottle. Sold by H. P. Smith.
Mrs. Dora Alexander of Cisco and W H Walker of Dallas attended the Liberty Bond Rally for Comanche county's quota. They bought bonds at the close, praising Comanche citizens for their sincerity and patriotism. Mrs Alexander is Grand Secretary of the Rebeccas and Walker is State Secretary of the S OA.
Last winter Mrs J B Roberts of East St Louis Illinois praised Chamberlains Cough Remedy for keeping her sons cough loose and easing dreadful coughing spells It is also said to work for colds and croup and is the only cough medicine kept in her house due to confidence in it.
Corporal Ros Buckler visits from Camp Bowie as others, including Jay Woods and R. E. B. Smith, leave for Camp Travis. A large crowd sees them off while Mrs. Gross hosts a send off party. School closes Friday with commencement exercises and a Red Cross fundraiser musical Thursday.
Mrs. A. Binzer of Black River Falls Wisconsin credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her organic troubles and sparing an operation. The letter extols the product for inflammation ulcers displacements backache nervousness irregularities and the blues and invites others to seek guidance from the Pinkham company in Lynn Massachusetts.
An advertisement touts La Creole Hair Dressing promising to restore beauty and lustre to gray streaked or harsh hair. Priced at $1.00, the product claims to revive hair quality.
The Copperas Prairie and Gap region endures cool dry winds with no rain. Farmers report corn and other planted crops failing while few cattle die from fever and local residents seek late feed crops if rain arrives. Local trips include Wagnon prospecting in Arkansas and Liberty Bond activities in Sidney, with several social visits and a graveyard workday planned at Stag Creek before the May fourth Sunday.
Citizens rally to ship cigarettes to American soldiers in France. Authorities, doctors, nurses, and officers support a movement to supply the trenches with smokes. Millions of Lucky Strike cigarettes go over, praised for toasted Kentucky Burney tobacco and quick satisfaction in cold wet billets.
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