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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1914
Page
5
W D Lewis president and Peter Radford national lecturer urge diversification and cooperative action to solve marketing and acreage problems. They criticize bank driven pledges to cut cotton, advocate 6 percent loans on cotton, and call for national coordination beyond Texas.
At a Dallas meeting of the Texas Bankers Association and the Farmers Union leaders urged holding the cotton crop and diversifying next year. W. D. Lewis said bankers should finance diversified crops as firmly as cotton and urged farmers to withhold sales until they fetch at least 10 cents a pound. The joint statement called for reducing the 1915 crop by at least 50 percent and expanding cooperative lending for corn, wheat, and oats.
A successful farmer is described as needing three core virtues honesty energy and economy. The statement highlights ethical conduct diligence and prudent resource use as essential to farming success.
A quotation envisions a future where markets replace battles and minds embrace new ideas. It foresees votes over shells, arbitration by a great senate, museums housing cannons, and a united US and Europe extending fellowship across oceans.
Mrs J B Cook of Indiana Pennsylvania praises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for a winter croup case in her family. She credits the medicine with easing the phlegm and relieving coughing fits and says it saved her child. For sale by all dealers.
The article stresses drainage as the key to durable roads in rural areas. It recommends permanent culverts, proper road crown to prevent washouts, and emphasizes not over widening beyond about twenty four to thirty feet. It urges swift dragging after rains with properly angled blades and organized labor to maintain surfaces and reduce ongoing costs.
The article notes water should run to side ditches and dragging timing with soil moisture. It argues drivers learn local conditions to best manage roadwork. Automobiles create road enthusiasm while road drags deliver improvements to country roads.
Comanche residents recount kidney ailments and cures using Doan's Kidney Pills. Farmer W Carnes describes years of irregular kidney secretions, back pains, and fatigue before relief with Doan's Kidney Pills. Price 50 cents at dealers, Foster Milburn Company Buffalo NY the makers.
The Farmers' Gin advertises it will pay the highest market price for remnant cotton. The notice invites growers to bring leftover cotton to the gin for competitive valuation and rapid payment.
Three houses available for rent. One rear dwelling of J. F. Long with five rooms halls bath and conveniences all new and in good condition. A second four room dwelling with bath in front of J. P. Hoff residence. The third is the Baptist parsonage where Anthony currently resides with possession given December.
Special offer feature from Holland's Magazine highlighting Farm and Ranch topics. Includes promotional note for readers and potential subscription benefits.
A sales blurb advertises second hand sewing machines priced from 1.50 to 10.00 and promises good work and satisfaction. It also urges selling remnant cotton to Farmers Gin.
Classified notices advertise a furnished blacksmith shop dwelling and acre lot with barn water and orchard, offered by W. R. Lewis of Prickly Texas. Also a listing from European Mutual Colonization Co. seeking farm and ranch land of any size for colonization, with no commission and owner-set terms, based in Houston.
A rare one year bargain for Fort Worth Record readers offers seven days a week delivery at $5.00 and chief exponent rate $1.00 monthly, with November Bargain Rates for new or old subscribers. Offer ends November 30th with orders to Comanche Chief Exponent.
In fine shape and ready to do good work, items priced from $1.50 to $10.00 await buyers. Do not purchase elsewhere before visiting Tate Bros Store for the Money-Saving Sale.
Farmers are urged to bring remnants for sale at the Farmers Gin. The notice invites local growers to participate in the disposal and sale of agricultural byproducts and leftover materials.
An advertisement touts K W Grove as creator of a remedy for colds with claims to stop cough and headache and cure in one day. The copy urges readers to seek the full name and signature of LARA TIVE BR QUININE for verification.
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