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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1915
Page
2
Community notes discuss potential interurban development through Comanche County and the impact of the Robertson insurance law. The column argues for regulation to curb monopolies, encourage Texas investment, and ensure fair competition with out-of-state firms.
The Texas Legislature faces scrutiny as four senators Page Astin Gibson and Lattimore admit ties to insurance firms. The report questions Senator Lattimore Fort Worth ethics while noting rising prosperity in Comanche with strong farm yields. A local plan aims to start a canning industry to handle surplus fruit and tomatoes as school progress and athletics gain prominence.
Mohonk Lake New Jersey hosts an international arbitration conference as voices urge rationality. General Wood says soldiers are trained servants funded by war makers who should train and prepare. most wars stem from trade and sending troops untrained is murder. An open letter to Carranza and Villa notes front-page coverage and urges continuation of coverage and possible ads if they quit the war.
The piece discusses Britain's lack of peacetime conscription, contrasts Civil War draft riots in the U S with the need for sacrifice in global conflict, and critiques university funding and legislative attitudes toward higher education and journalism pay. It includes editorial echoes from the Waco Tribune.
Former Governor Colquitt calls charges that his mansion repairs money funded clothes for himself and family libelous and slanderous. Governor Ferguson forwarded Colquitt’s communication to the House, which was printed after objection. The piece also notes cattle dealings by Dibrell and a Dawson sale of registered stock and a physician's note on colds.
An advertisement proclaims dizziness vertigo and other bilious symptoms as signals of a torpid liver. It promotes HERBINE as a powerful liver stimulant and claims a dose or two will relieve bilious symptoms. Priced at 50 cents and sold by F. P. Smith.
J C Dibrell sold 157 grade Hereford cows and 2 yearling heifers to S L Henderson of San Angelo. The average price was 80.00 per head, a likely regional record for grade cattle. Dibrell has long stood as a breeder who never buys a cow, tracing lineage to a single cow named Breeze from 1888.
An advertisement notes many peevish moods stem from poor digestion and a sluggish liver. Foley Cathartic Tablets are promoted to make you light cheerful and energetic, by The Wm. Reese Co.
Grove’s Tasteless Chill Tonic marketed as a general tonic with quinine and iron. Claims to act on the liver drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the whole system. Price listed as 50 cents.
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