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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1921
Page
6
An editorial urging society to treat prisoners with mercy and support rehabilitative programs, citing Colorado as a model and stressing continued responsibility for public safety. The piece notes Gayle Talbot, Lometa Reporter editor, seen in Comanche about returning to the newspaper business.
J H Huff promotes Herbine as a system purifier claiming one or two doses improve breath appetite and mood. Advertises price and sale by Paris Smith at Hamilton Drug Co with a light informal tone.
The Allied ultimatum forces Germany to accept paying vast reparations and to forgo warlike powers. Berlin faces a massive national debt near 40 billion dollars, with repayment lasting decades and heavy postwar economic strain on the German people.
Phoebe K. Warner argues that rural women's labor has no cash value, driving restlessness crime and even death. She questions whether a fair exchange for their home labor could yield better, happier homes and urges recognition of their unpaid work.
Mrs. F. E. Todd of Comanche testifies that Doan’s Kidney Pills relieve severe back pain and shooting pains tied to kidney disorders. The ad urges readers to use Doan’s Kidney Pills, priced 50c, available at Hamilton Drug Co. and Wm. Reese Co. Also promoted is Prickly Ash Bitters for biliousness, sold at 1.25 per bottle by local agents.
Special to the Chief from Brysonville Texas reports a fine rain last Monday that aided crops. Residents attended an exhibition in Whitville Friday night. Sam Graham and family planned a trip to Concho to visit his father. George and Mrs. Stewart visited Silas Smith’s family, Ruth and Esther Smith called on Lou Taylor, and prayer meeting was sparsely attended due to bad weather. Everyone is invited to Brysonville next Saturday night and Sunday.
A series of testimonials from women in Providence Ohio and Bloomington praising Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female troubles and backache after childbirth or long illness. The notices urge women to request the company’s free private text book and repeat the medicine’s reputation across decades.
Weather notes show continued rainfall shortages in the energy community with a few showers to date. Local updates include births, visits, court plans, illness recovery, fishing trips, and a call to bring clean cotton rags to the Chief office for sale.
The community notes a needed rainfall from Saturday and Sunday. Attendance at last Sunday's singing was good. Billie Kerley and Aunt Mandy Kerley visited their son Wil Kerley near Sardis. Charlie Marshall and family were visited by Mr. Tom Marshall. A birthday dinner for Mandie Lee Kerley was held at Soad Kerley’s. Ellis Marshal from Des Moines visits Archie Patton’s family.
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