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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1917
Page
4
Classified notice in Comanche County Texas seeking a party moving to Oklahoma or Arkansas to arrange joint use of a car for shipping household goods. Contact Howard Kilpatrick in Comanche. Also notices of property sale and deed description tied to a 1919 conveyance and a 1917 judgment.
A pea nut threshing outfit with a new John Deere 10 HP engine is offered by B L Adams of De Leon. Also listed are 60 acres of cultivated sandy land six miles east of Comanche and two miles from Hasse near National Highway, plus an Underwood No 5 typewriter for sale by Jerome Kearby at the Masonic Temple. A 160 acre farm two miles southwest of Beattie with 75 acres in cultivation is offered by a Texas seller Ronté 2.
A local pawnbroker shop burns while onlookers gather. An elderly woman cries out in despair explaining her husband’s suit is pawned there and he is unaware, highlighting personal losses amid the blaze.
An advertisement touts a product named Femenina for women with various disorders. The offer lists a price of 50 cents and one dollar, marketed to readers seeking female health relief.
Public notice of two sheriff sales in Comanche County Texas. First sale on December 4 1917 involves about 95 acres of land in Comanche County tied to Union Central Life Insurance Company versus D M Campbell. Second sale on December 4 1917 concerns Stock Cert No 56 ten shares of State Bank of Sipe Springs tied to M M Graham and M F Graham to satisfy a $1340.62 judgment for The Bank of Carbon.
Prominent Texas figures praise Tanlac with Judge G W Kyser of Austin sharing that the medicine revived his health after years of illness. He cites improved appetite sleep energy and reduced rheumatic pains. Tanlac sold in several Texas towns by local druggists and merchants.
The notice proclaims a closing out sale of grocery stock and a large assortment of 5, 10, and 25 cent goods. It emphasizes wholesale cost pricing and savings for customers with many grocery items still available.
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