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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1923
Page
2
County Auditor W. D. Carroll explains a proposed May 26 special road tax not to exceed 15 cents per $100. It funds only in the voting precinct, cannot be used for bond debts, and can be reduced or eliminated by voters. He notes precinct 4. De Leon territory maintains two crews while others struggle to maintain roads.
Indianapolis May 16 The American Legion appeal for an endowment to maintain annual decoration of 82000 overseas graves gains national traction as Memorial Day nears. Michigan leads gifts followed by Pennsylvania New York and Virginia. A group of wounded veterans at U S Hospital No 60 ward 18 donated their small compensation in coins, with a poem about forget-me-nots.
The Sabano crossing steel bridge on the De Leon Sipe Springs road is torn away and moved two miles from town to be erected over a ravine. The gas line from Desmona to De Leon lies along the Victor road, and workers will lower it to safe depth before road grading continues. Commissioner Nabors highlights progress, state highway meeting notes, and interest in the Rawhide road mixing dirt and asphalt innovation.
By authority of the president the Stag Creek Cemetery Association calls a meeting for the last Friday in May 1923 to clean up the cemetery and attend to other business. President T E B Wilson and secretary J M Vancleave sign.
J T Green of Cleburne Texas and Gulf, Colorado Santa Fe engineer says Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills cured his indigestion neuritis and sleeplessness after years of stomach trouble. He reports eight hours sleep and renewed energy. Tanlac sold by druggists with over 30 million bottles sold.
A bespectacled elderly woman browses a large curio shop and asks the price of a prominent Japanese idol near the door. The assistant answers that it is valuable, then reveals the idol is the proprietor himself.
Poultry keepers urged to spray Taroline tar oil to seal cracks and keep bugs out of the hen house. An insect remedy for poultry feed named Martin Blue Bug Remedy is advertised with a money back guarantee from Hamilton Drug Co at 83.40 cents.
A playful exchange notes a summer resort booklet praising Lampdale on the Marsh with air like wine and jokes about high prices or bringing your own. The Philadelphia Record records the quip.
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