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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1918
Page
2
An exhortation urges every person with a relative in the American Army to form a one person committee to support the Red Cross Campaign. It calls on mothers with sons in service to pray for the campaign and highlights the Red Cross work to protect service members and care for them.
A speaker urges readers to involve themselves in the Red Cross effort. They note those without family in service should feel the cause and appoint themselves as a committee of one to recruit others to help. Supporting the humanitarian effort benefits one’s own son husband or brother.
Statistics show social diseases among U S troops in France are fewer than among civilians at home. The record reflects well on the American soldier and counters reports of immoral conduct. The YMCA contributes to maintaining this record and supports soldiers abroad.
The piece contrasts two patriotism types the talking kind and the working kind. It urges readers to join thrift stamps Red Cross Y M C A campaigns and Liberty Bond drives, praising the latter as essential to victory and calling for active workers over mere boasts.
A light moment among troops in a captured village when several Northumberland Fusiliers attempted to haul a large wooden egg-box they believed was for their dug-out. An officer revealed it was the general's roll top desk, prompting amusement.
An incorrigible bachelor Geo Ade told a wedding breakfast crowd that the single man is worse off than the married man. He quipped that the married man fears only one woman while the single man fears them all as ladies applauded.
A young boy carries a small parcel into a shoemaker shop and explains the item is his mother’s shoe with a nail in the sole. A passing lady praises the boy, but he notes the real reason is that his mother spanks him with the shoe.
A humorous exchange shows Johnny reciting the Golden Text but twists it to Whatsoever a man sows always rips. The moment occurs as he repeats the familiar line on the way to Sunday School and again in class.
A Western man recalls a six-footer who appeared at a town house asking for light housework while convalescing from typhoid. She says she had been digging on a Wyoming ranch making postholes to regain strength.
A home remedy mixes fresh lemon juice with orchard white to create a facial lotion. Strain the juice to remove pulp and bottle with three ounces of orchard white for a quarter pint of skin whitening cream. Applied daily to face neck arms and hands it is said to bleach and smooth skin at low cost.
In Los Angeles on May 3 the story notes old map tracings ending their railways office life and being repurposed as surgical dressings. A linen gauze shortage was noted and brought to the attention of Thomas W. Bulpin, chief engineer of the Los Angeles railways, who with deputies reviewed the tracings.
The Red Cross states that over sixty pounds of tracings can be washed to remove starch and ink yielding 648 square yards of linen. After washing and sterilizing, this material is ready for use, described as the finest grade for tracings.
The article counsels a diet tailored to age and occupation, notes that those with weak stomachs should eat slowly and chew thoroughly, and maintain regular bowels. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets to ease constipation and improve digestion, praising their ease of use and pleasant effect.
A community report notes a fine rain Saturday evening that brought relief to crops and left fields looking healthy. Residents say nearly all crops appear thriving after the shower.
The piece notes planting cotton as a focus and reports a well attended singing event Sunday with visitors from Comanche. It states Mrs. Sawyer and her child have measles and could not attend Sunday school. Miss Lillie Allen and Mr. Sam Young wed Sunday at the bride’s parents home by Rev. Ferguson. A horse fell on Judge Montgomery last week and injured him severely.
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