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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1917
Page
5
An advertisement touts Pape's Diapepsin as a quick, safe remedy for fermentation and acidity. It claims relief within five minutes, enabling diners to eat freely again for 50 cents a package at drug stores. Also notes a court adjournment and juror scheduling for November 1917.
Macksville residents report several relatives visiting Mills county families last week. Zelma Watson left for Hamilton to visit kin while Mr. and Mrs Roe Daniel of Hockley called on Wyche relatives. The Petersons from Isher county visited W D Peterson's parents. Multiple family trips to Dallas, Carlton, Lamkin, and Comanche are noted among local households.
Advice on dieting by age and occupation to keep bowels regular. When feeling uncomfortably full or constipated, take one Chamberlain's Tablet for relief.
The brief notes report a busy peanut threshing period, the school starting Monday November 5, and local happenings. It mentions Mr and Mrs J O DePriest as teachers, Rev Garrett's regular sermon, Miss Ruth Evans improving from fever, and a singing event next Sunday night with invites.
An old health advisory urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative to clear constipation in sick children. It promises quick relief, notes potential counterfeit products, and instructs to buy from the California Fig Syrup Company with printed directions for all ages.
An old warning touts using Reno vine and Reno ving as the heart’s cure. It warns delay incurs a penalty and lists a price of 1 dollar and 50 cents for the remedy.
For good L Coal at $6.00 phone No. 2. J. C. Henderson. Extra dry Michigan Salt, the ideal salt for putting up your meat, Burks Mercantile Co.
Burks Mercantile Co offers bran shorts cotton seed meal and chicken feed with special prices on leather goods harness and other supplies. Atwood Brothers advertises feed options and Burks pays cash for eggs. Stider and Lacy also listed.
Fragmented ad-like text promises a quick cure for a cold and cough. The readable bits reference a remedy or product sold with unclear terms and stray capitalization. No identifiable people organizations or places are legible.
A call to residents urges spending at home to protect Comanche's economy. It argues mail order shopping drains taxes, stores, and schools, while promoting Higginbotham as the best value and community supporter. It emphasizes local loyalty and mutual prosperity.
An old advertisement promotes a lemon skin whitening tonic using orchard white and lemon juice. It claims to lighten freckles tan and redness when applied daily to face neck arms and hands, promising a smooth clear complexion. The drugstore product is marketed as harmless and affordable.
Newton W at Marke Mercantile Co sells a Belle of Wichita Flour and a brand new automobile at Burke Mercantile Co with advertised notices listing sales and items in a local commerce column.
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