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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1922
Page
3
A local notice describes a girl troubled by irregularity and constipation and fragile health. It recommends resting when overwhelmed, avoiding overwork, and using E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a safe aid for headaches back pains nervousness and sluggishness.
The Dallas Times-Herald piece portrays inmates passing time in a crowded county jail. Readers learn of Scrivner who devours 200 books, Gaines who clips pictures of movie stars, May who jokes about luck, and Robinson who sings for neighbors. Jail routines, writing home, and occasional art reveal varied coping rituals amid confinement.
A prisoner alleged embezzlement by an Alabama bank and said he finds satisfaction from letters home. He also described Sunday meals and church services as helps to bear life in prison, with visiting day on Tuesday noted as easing monotony.
A large Sunday school crowd assembled for fellowship. Local families including Will Wilsons and the Tinneys shared visits with friends from Holcomb and Comanche. Cotton picking is nearly complete as residents note ongoing social visits and small movements among households.
Miss Vera Beene departed for Newburg last Tuesday to assist Mrs. Cathey at the Newburg school. The note recalls Mrs. Cathey as former Cot ton Grove principal and praises Vera as popular. Odessa Johnson plans Dallas Fair attendance and will soon help at Downing school. Mrs. Foster and Mrs. Dobbs visit Sipe Springs.
A devotional poem reflects on friendship and a divine friend who shares sorrows and leads through death toward an eternal home. The piece ends with an addendum noting Sunday evening programming at Central Church and a homiletic word picture by Bro Klingman before a picture show.
The Grand Lodge of Texas Masonic Education and Service Committee schedules a Brownwood meeting to review bulletins from the Masonic Service Association. About one hundred programs have been shown across Texas since March, with the Grand Master ordering the event to organize the district.
Classified notice offers a No 10 Remington typewriter for sale in good condition. The seller invites calls to 218 or a visit to Mrs E C Wiesendanger. ad bears 6tfe date shorthand.
Readers may obtain a free copy of Reliable Recipes by writing to the Home Economics Department Calumet Baking Powder Co 4100 Fillmore St Chicago IL The 76 page illustrated book offers recipes and tips for daily menus and kitchen equipment questions with no charge for the service
Catarrhal deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation causing rumbling and impaired hearing. The ad claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine can reduce inflammation and restore hearing, noting forty years of success and sale by all druggists. Manufacturer F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
The community health is good as Mrs. McDaniels recovers from illness. Daughters from Brookesmith return from cotton picking. Preachers and families attend services, with Sunday schools held weekly. John Starr moves to town, cotton farming continues, peanuts are in fashion, and school resumes next Monday. An injury occurs to Mrs. Adams while securing a hog.
Advertisement notes City Hotel adjacent to the post office offering pleasant meals and short orders. No other details provided.
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