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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1915
Page
3
An advertisement touts Peruna as a remedy for gas and stomach distress claiming it removes fermentation and restores appetite. It cites Mrs Emma Bell of Fort Pierce Florida who recovered after using five bottles and gained twenty pounds despite initial doctor refusals and severe symptoms.
Falls County resident Dr. C. L. Allen reports Texas fever is widespread in the area. He warns farmers that cattle raised where there were no ticks are just as susceptible as those brought in from elsewhere.
Rev. C. M. Knighton of Havanna Florida writes after three months of severe kidney and back pain that Foley Kidney Pills relieved the pain. He claims recovery and feels much younger claiming the medicine added years to his life. Reese Drug Co. distributes the pills.
Mrs Delia Black celebrated her 55th birthday with twelve children and thirty one grandchildren at McPherson's park. The group dined together and had photographs taken. A shower of presents delighted all, and the occasion was enjoyed by everyone present.
For indigestion never take preparations containing pepsin or other digestive ferments. The article promotes a route like Chamberlains Tablets to enable the stomach to perform its functions naturally and notes they are obtainable everywhere.
Instructions describe combining parts and one chocolate to create a marbled mixture then steaming for forty five minutes. Vanilla Sauce is made by boiling two cups sugar with one cup water six minutes, adding two tablespoons butter and vanilla. KC Cook's Book offers 90 recipes free with a colored certificate from KC Baking Powder. request form asks for name and address.
An old advertisement promotes Cascarets for headaches coated tongues and upset stomachs. It touts overnight cleansing of stomach and liver, easing of constipation, and a ten cent box suitable for adults and children. It emphasizes a pleasant taste and no griping.
About 200 head owned by Thompson and Shipman died in the Oklahoma City yards after arriving from San Angelo Texas for shipment to grass lands near Hardy Kay county. The cattle were dipped while hot in Texas and loaded for transport, the dip blamed for the deaths. Loss estimated at 10000 dollars. Thompson and Shipman control 10000 head in Texas and Oklahoma.
A promotional slip offers a trial package from Foley & Co. in Chicago Illinois. Send five cents with name and address to receive Foley Honey and Tar Compound Foley Kidney Pills and Foley Cathartic Tablets. The Reese
Jim Bryson from Sydney visited Shamrock merchants on Saturday to trade. District Attorney Gib Callaway of Comanche arrived the same day in town on legal business per the May Messenger.
About two years ago chronic stomach trouble and constipation plagued Mrs. John Newton of Irving New York. She reports rapid improvement after using Chamberlain's Tablets and says after four or five bottles her health has been fine. Obtainable everywhere.
Miss Mary Hawkins returns to Belton to attend Baylor College for another year. Her roommate Miss Elizabeth Chilton of Comanche visits occasionally and remains popular with local young people in Stephenville.
An advertisement promoting Foley Kidney Pills from Reese Drug Co claims kidney support improves efficiency by strengthening kidneys and aiding filtration to remove waste, addressing backache headaches stiff joints and fatigue.
The label proclaims its formula of Quinine and Iron in a tasteless form. Quinine drives out malaria while Iron builds up the system, urging readers to take the old standard to improve health.
A United States Department of Labor bulletin by Frederick L. Hofman estimates 25 000 fatal industrial accidents annually among American wage earners, with railroads and agriculture causing about 4 200 deaths each year. The report notes reporting gaps and varying state laws hinder full statistics.
Kansas City report of Cecil Lattimer aged twelve and his brother James Edgor ten, sons of J J Lath mer of Independence, taking a wolf scalp to the county clerk to claim a $3 bounty. They say the wolf was trapped on the Frazier farm southeast of Independence and driven into a sack after a gunny sack was placed over a hollow log opening.
Census bulletins show 2,240,000 men aged 18 to 45 in New York state ready for service. The June count lists 250 officers and 6,800 enlisted at army posts, 60 officers and 1,300 in naval militia, and 1,000 officers and 16,080 in the national guard.
Topeka reports show twenty of one hundred five counties lacking poor farms or indignant poor. The state board of control notes self supporting farms in others and care for paupers totaling about one hundred in the year ending July 1. The Winfield Hospital for the Feeble Minded construction adds more insane and feeble minded patients, with ten more inmates at poor farms than last year.
Geneva reports Swiss hotel keepers facing ruin due to war. They seek government relief including a mortgage system on inn furniture and a two year postwar grace on interest payments. Switzerland hosts about 4000 tourist hotels employing 438000 people with vast capital tied up in the trade.
Julia Delo of Quebec identifies the eight year old held since March 5 as her son Carroll, who vanished at age four. Carroll and the man FE. 8. Carroll traveled the country with conflicting stories. Officials plan to charge Carroll with abduction and held the boy for custody proceedings.
Rome Georgia Rev T R Hanson, living five miles from Cave Spring, reports to Ordinary Johnson that he has just solemnized his five hundredth marriage during his residence in the county.
The governor proclaims October 9 as state fire prevention day urging cleanup of rubbish to reduce fire risk. Mayors should issue proclamations and schools conduct fire drills. Fire marshal warns fires in dwellings rise from unsafe flues, urging inspection before colder weather and noting hurricane damage on the gulf coast region.
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