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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
2
The state departments fret about the effect of a legislative inquiry, wondering if investigations serve information gathering or political aims. The remark recalls Fuller’s appointment to the committee and questions the purpose behind it.
The piece notes mutual distrust between Mexicans and Americans despite official friendship. It cites Mexican hostility to the Gringo and Texan schooling that teaches hatred of "the hombre" while recounting a banquet in a Mexican city where toasts praised the Kaiser and Germany, yet diplomacy keeps US Mexico ties intact.
Last week J. W. Quirl reported a stray mule that escaped enclosure prompting a public notice in The Chief Exponent. Residents were urged to contact Quirl with any information or sightings of the animal.
A muddled tale shows a mule wandering between Ben Loftis and owner Mr. Quirl. Quirl placed an ad in The Chief Exponent, Loftis later found paper, and the mule’s owner chased the animal after reading notices. The piece laments delays in advertising for lost stock.
A Texas legislative committee recommends a constitutional convention to draft a new state constitution. The editorial doubts the move, arguing the current constitution has faults but is not wholly bad and cautions that a new document could carry as many flaws as the present one. It contends reforms should be measured, not a wholesale rewrite by untried theorists.
A letter from Eunice New Mexico shows a customer recalling the Brin reputation and ordering as advertised in The Chief Exponent. The note praises long time readers in Comanche and the paper’s advertising reach and reliability.
The notice promotes The Star-Telegram subscriptions, highlighting early delivery on rural routes and urging readers to subscribe before the bargain ends. One year for 5.65 dollars including daily and Sunday, or daily only for 4.25 dollars.
Gentral Christian Church shared a Sunday night sermon by Brother Randolph Clark titled We are Laborers with God. The talk praised the influence of Sgr Nighiladan Wispeen and urged continued righteous work for another year.
The church reports strong finances and spiritual progress despite war and drought. Members praised for loyalty and consecration, with plans to do more in the coming year. Bible school at 9:45 a.m. and sermons at 11:00 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Guest invitation extended by Pastor Samuel H. Austin.
An Advertising style snippet promotes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic. It claims to support the liver aid malaria drive and enrich the blood and whole system using quinine iron and other ingredients.
J F Lane hauled a two horse load of peanuts to Comanche last Saturday. The whole load sold for $194.96 and weighed 3080 pounds. Lane notes the crop was part of rent from a sandy land farm and that only his two black horses could move it along the rough road.
An old advertisement touts a quick cold remedy claiming fast relief with Bromoine and a general cure under a generic drugstore brand. It mentions W. Grove and a promotional claim of curing symptoms in a single day.
A Baltimore woman, already mother to twenty, recently gave birth to triplets totaling nineteen pounds in weight. The question asks why the Colonel-Ex remains silent on the matter.
A letter dated September 5, 1917 from Jesse R. Holman in France details relief at being in operation there, plans to work from a city office, a Paris trip, local fruits and climate, a note on preferring home news over distant conflicts, and requests for The Literary Digest and weekly clippings for Red Cross work.
A Cincinnati authority notes women suffer from corn and callus pain from tight high heels. Freezone, obtainable as a quarter ounce from drugstores, dries quickly and lifts out the corn root with a few drops. It relieves soreness without inflaming surrounding skin. widely used amid everyday community life.
Mrs P O Stuchell of Homer City Pennsylvania recounts giving Chamberlains Cough Remedy to her son Ellis during a winter cold. She says the medicine helped at once and broke up the illness, praising its safety and pleasant taste after years of use and widespread trust among thousands of people.
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