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Newspaper

Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1913

Page

2

Comanche Public Company Informs Subscribers Of Address Changes

The Comanche Pub Co publishes in Comanche Texas and lists officers directors stockholders and a notice urging subscribers to report missed delivery and to provide old and new addresses when changing locations or addresses. Editor and manager is Tom H Bell with D H Cunningham Paris Smith and others as officers and directors.

D. H. Cunningham J. R. Eanes T. J. Cunningham Tom H. Bell J. R. Fanes Paris Smith FE. W. Harris W. H. Thadberg Oscar Callaway E. W. Harris T. J. Williams V.u. Thadberg L. T. Cunningham G. A. Cunningham K. F. Cunningham

Market and Grocery Screening Urged Over Food Safety Concerns

The call advocates comprehensive screening of all markets and grocery stores to prevent contaminated food from reaching consumers. Emphasis is on preventing fly-borne poisoning and protecting public health.

San Antonio Beauty Sought for Uncle Sam’s Currency

A San Antonio beauty is proposed to be pictured on Uncle Sam’s currency which would make the currency more desirable.

San Antonio Uncle Sam

Greeks and Bulgarians in Balkan Row Over Blouse and Head

The dispute centers on a Balkan blouse issue and a Greenman head incident. The wording implies linked tensions between Greek and Bulgarian groups, with both items cited as sources of friction in the regional quarrel.

Comanche County Seeks Better Roads and Schools

Comanche county urges improvement of roads as a path to stronger schools. Officials argue improved infrastructure will enable easier access to education and raise community prospects.

Comanche County

Dublin Merchants Offer Free Matinee Tickets to Attract Trade

Merchants in Dublin adopt a plan to give free matinee tickets to motion picture theatres to customers, hoping to boost business and encourage patrons to dine and shop locally.

Dublin

Question on restoring riverfront lots after fire

Local resident asks for safe, sane reasons to delay cleanup of the northeast square lots damaged by a fire. With visitors for upcoming religious conventions, the plea seeks a presentable condition before events in the next month.

The Man Who Keeps On Keeps On Against Adversity

A compact aphorism notes that the beaten man in life’s game loses early while the successful man endures. It emphasizes persistence and resilience in the face of obstacles.

Comanche Public Schools Close for Diploma Day

The Comanche public schools close this week and twenty three graduates will receive their diplomas. The speaker urges graduates to remember their purpose in life and to seek service to others over accumulating wealth.

Mrs O B Colquitt Leads Texas Tuberculosis Fight

Mrs O B Colquitt wife of the governor heads the Anti Tuberculosis Association in Texas urging cities and counties to establish hospitals for the sick and injured and to prevent the spread of contagious disease.

O. B. Colquitt Anti-Tuberculosis Association Texas

Comanche Urged to Build Hospital by County and Town Leaders

A local appeal urges Comanche County and the town to investigate health needs and, if advisable, construct a hospital as several neighboring counties have done. The suggestion follows prior progress already seen in other areas.

Comanche

Selfishness hindering town building and local support

The author argues money drives evil and selfishness harms the public good. Those who prosper in a community should contribute back, or risk being a drain on local trade, becoming a human vampire upon the town’s life and commerce.

Buttermilk Beauty Fad Ridiculed by Texan

The piece mocks a Honey Grove man named Jim Lowry for championing buttermilk as a beauty aid and prunes as a course. It ridicules his appearance and warns the public against the unlikely beautifier claims while noting prunes are disliked by boarders.

Jim Lowry Honey Grove Texas Lowry Buttermilk

Comanche to Trim Newspapers to One

The Brownwood Bulletin notes that Comanche’s chief newspaper faces three rival papers, an unsustainable situation that will cause financial losses for all three papers and the town.

Comanche Brownwood Bulletin

Comanche Chamber Offers Prizes for Butter Fat Per Cow

The Comanche Chamber of Commerce offers three prizes totaling fifteen dollars for the farmers who send to the new creamery the greatest pounds of butter fat per cow during the coming month. Prizes are funded as an incentive to meet the guarantee goods and support local dairy effort.

Chamber of Commerce Comanche

Real Life Poft Pays Brownwood a Visit

Harry L. Marriner pleads guilty to manufacturing the daily poem, a crime described as awful, in a Brownwood appearance noted by local press.

Real Live Poft Brownwood Harry L. Marriner

Truth in Advertising Declared by Hollas Su

An editorial asserts honesty in local advertising, arguing deception is profitable only briefly and that merchants in the paper are honorable, truthful, and good businessmen whose success depends on truthful statements. Readers are urged to trust the advertisements.

Wade

Marriner Travels Brownwood Area For Travelogue Poems

The Dallas News correspondent Mr. Marriner tours Comanche and Brownwood this afternoon and comments on local hotels and meals. He notes Comanche hosts Ridgway and Colonial as highly regarded and defends local hotels against slander from the Bulletin while promising further poetical pieces during his western sojourn.

Dallas News Brownwood Marri Ner Comanche Marriner Brownwood Bulletin Texas

Dairy Business Growing in Comanche County

Dairy business expands after local creamery setup in Comanche County. Census counts about 9 000 dairy cows with expectations of substantial increases in two to three years as farmers buy more cows and install separators. Neely Harris Cunningham Co has shipped 26 Sharples Tubular Separators as silos boost output. The rise in dairying is tied to good pasturage and water, signaling regional growth.

Comanche Comanche County United States Neely-Harris-Cunningham Company Great Southwest North Central States Max Miller

Emancipation Hope Through Silo and Dairy in Comanche County

A historic Texas excerpt envisions a future where every Comanche county farm owns a silo a dairy herd and hogs reducing cotton reliance. It argues silos and dairy empower women and children freeing them from cotton patch labor and eradicating harsh credit systems with broader regional prosperity.

Comanche County Texas

Advertising and enduring business wisdom in local papers

A collage of editorials and metaphors stresses persistent advertising as essential to business success. It argues that advertising builds trust, counters mail order price claims, and should be a constant, not a cost. Also notes social humor about sleep talk and a light remark on trust in marriage.

Home Insurance Company Continental Insurance Compa Hartford Fire Ins Aetna Insurance Co German America Insurance Insurance Co N. A J. R. Eanes I. D. Waring John Wanamaker de Leon Free Press

Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets Boost Appetite

Advert asks readers that poor appetite signals impaired digestion and claims Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets will strengthen digestion and improve appetite. It notes thousands benefited and that the product is sold by all dealers.

Chamberlain

Printing That Pleases Is Our Hobby Ad

An ad from The Chief Exponent promotes printing services with a slogan Satisfaction guaranteed. It lists contact as Telephone No. 2 and notes a circulation figure sworn over 3 000 indicating broad reach.

Telephone No. 2

Mrs. W. P. Payne Dies in Sidney Community

Mrs. W. P. Payne died at her Sidney home Sunday morning after months of illness. Funeral services were held at the Presbyterian church with burial by the Rebekah Lodge and local members assisting. Survived by her husband and three sons, she was highly esteemed in the community. Rebekahs from Sipe Springs attended the service.

W. P. Payne Sidney Sidney Rebekah Lodge Payne Sipe Springs Rebekahs L. A. Burrows Lucy Brewer Ottie Williams Sallie Jay Eunice Rhymes Vernon Joe May Morgan Carrie Childress Jeff and Sam Morgan

A W Cathey Dead

A. W. Cathey dies at his Dublin home after 113 days illness. Brother of A C Cathey visits from this city and funeral held at 4 30 pm with Christian church pastor presiding. He leaves a wife and a nine year old son. Cathey was a traveling salesman and well known to many in the area.

Co. F. Cathey A. W. Cathey Dublin Saelsman Sipe Springs Justice of the Peace A. C. Cathey

Sipe Springs Site To Host First Comanche Oil Well

The big boiler for the well drill passed through Dublin last week on the way to Sipe Springs where the Comanche Oil Company will soon begin sinking the first well in the district.

Dublin Sipe Springs Comanche Oil Company

First well to be drilled on Goss lease near DeLeon

Judge Kirk president of Comanche Oil Company announces drilling will start this week on the Goss lease a few miles from DeLeon with an expert driller in charge. Indications are favorable for a strong oil field and a solid oil supply once the first well is completed.

Judge Kirk Goss DeLeon Comanche Oil Company Dublin Telephone

Guarantee Promises Quick Refund on Dodson's Liver Tone

The article praises a strong dealer guarantee from Paris Smith on Dodson's Liver Tone. It asserts buyers can get a full refund within moments if unsatisfied, claiming the product safely relieves constipation and replaces calomel without habit or diet restrictions. It contrasts unguaranteed substitutes as inferior.

Paris Smith Dodson

Herbal remedy touted as liver stimulant

An advertisement claims Hepburn or Herbin as a powerful liver stimulant that cures bilio symptoms. It asserts dizziness vertigo and related ailments arise from an inactive liver and promises relief after a dose or two. The price is 50 cents and it is sold by Paris Smi.

Paris Smi

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