Woman Sufferer Praises Lydia E Pinkham Compound
Illinois women share testimonials praising Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for menstrual cramps irregularity and displacement. Mrs Jessi Schaar of Grayville and Mrs William Tully of Chicago recount improvements after using the remedy and invite others to seek confidential advice from the Lynn Massachusetts company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grayville, Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jessi Schaar
Main St
Grayville, al
Chicago, Ill
William Tully
Ogden Avenue
Lydia FE. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
First Monday Trade Day Draws Notable Crowd and Strong Business
A large crowd attended First Monday or Trade Day with merchants reporting solid sales and a busy market atmosphere. Local merchants noted healthy demand and steady turnout throughout the day.
Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a cure for old sores and a remedy that relieves pain while healing. It markets a 25 cent bottle and a one dollar size as best for long standing conditions.
Cleaning and Dye Service for Suits by Bob Stanton
Your Friend Bob Stanton advertises cleaning and pressing to restore old suits and dyeing options. He offers new suit orders for $15.00 and invites calls to view services at South Side Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Stanton
South Side
Cotton Seed for Sale at Huse Old Cotton Yard
Advertises pure Maben cotton seed for sale with first come, first served terms and a $1.00 discount. Mentions Tom Nabers as contact and At Huse old Cotton Yard as the location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Nabers
Huse Old
Storewide Sell Day by Day Details in Local Review
A local outlet provides full day by day notes on selling events spanning routine promotions to special supporter driven activities. The report catalogs dates, featured items, price points, and shopper response across the store calendar.
Deafness Cure Claim and Catarrh Cure Advertisement
A promotional notice claims deafness stems from inflamed mucous lining of the Eustachian tube and cannot be cured by local means. It offers $100 for any catarrh related case cured by its Catarrh Cure, and advertises Hall's Family Pills for constipation, with Toledo, Ohio sender F. J. Cheney & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. J. Cheney, & CO
Toledo
Cva
Hall
Good Roads Days Planned by Comanche Officials
On Tuesday and Wednesday October 21 and 22 Comanche County Commissioners and the Chamber of Commerce designate Good Roads Days. Businessmen and residents along the Comanche Rush Creek road will join in improving travel conditions with city graders plows scrapers and teams lent by Comanche authorities under county supervision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Chamber of Commerce
Comanche
Comanche-Rush Creek
City Building Notes Promoting Local Boosters and Development
The piece urges readers to be city builders and boosters, condemns town knockers, and argues for home factory patronage and cooperative progress. It frames prosperity as earned through local effort, budgeting, and supporting home enterprises.
On the Right Track and City Streets
The city street force has done good work on main streets this week using a drag. After every rain a drag should be used to prevent loose dirt from burying the graveled surface, which worsens streets in wet weather. More frequent drag use could restore streets to better condition.
Land sale in Comanche county listings
Several farm properties are described for sale across Comanche and nearby areas. Listings note acreage from 40 to 164 acres, varying cultivation, timber or valley land, wells and wind mills, houses, barns, and water tanks. Locations include Gustine, Hasse, Comanche, with distances given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gustine
Hasse
Comanche
Comanche County
Farms for sale with favorable terms and trade-ins
The NEELY HARRIS CUNNING HAM CO offers farms at near market prices with long terms and small cash payments. They accept good young horses or mules as partial payment. No First Mondays accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neely-Harris-Cunning
HAM CO
Postal Receipts and Local Improvements Hopes
Postal receipts for the local post office for the quarter ending September 30 show $2,021.02. Comanche seeks free mail delivery and, with street lights, better walks, and streets, hopes for progress before year’s end. Watch the label on your paper as the Chief Exponent is cash in advance. remit $1.00 if your paid date has lapsed to avoid discontinuation.
Right about face in Champaign as merchants and paper unite
A reporter recalls a central Illinois tour showing how Champaign’s Chamber of Commerce and a rival newspaper bridged years of hostility. By meeting, forgiving past quarrels, and agreeing to work for the town, merchants and press improved civic spirit and local trade. The story then moves to Taylorville to continue the observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Champaign
Decatur
Taylorville
Pana
Litchfield
Alton
Gillespie
Chamber of Commerce
Cessars
Advertising and Local Merchants Refuse to Support Taylorsville Press
A visitor notes Taylorville’s potential as a farming and mining hub but laments merchants’ failure to advertise locally. He cites two daily papers with 2,500 circulation each and claims merchants tolerate a tacit out-of-town advertising pact, driving customers to Springfield and Decatur. Local papers must be funded by home merchants to sustain the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Piristian
Decatur
Springfield
St. Louis
Taylorville
Pana
Hillsboro
Litchfield
Aristocracy and its costs in a Texas family tale
Claude Callan in Ft, Worth Star Telegram argues aristocracy offers status but is costly to sustain. A Virginia family after the Civil War relocates to Texas, one member becomes a notary, and the essay mocks the vanity of maintaining appearances. Bankers care about repayment, not lineage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Virginia
Texas
Enele
James Madison
James
Norfolk
Claude Callan
Worth
Star-Telegram
Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil Advertises Dressings
To Prevent Blood Poisoning apply at once the wonderful old reliable Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil a surgical dressing that relieves pain and heals at the same time Not a liniment 25c 50c 1.00
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porter
United Effort Leads to Great Accomplishments
A Texas Executive Association leader urges teamwork, saying progress comes from collective effort and steady work. He notes a team that is pulling together remains strong, while one that is not struggles to advance. Local business leaders are encouraged to unite for success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Effort
L. M. Ward
Te. Man
Texas Commercial Executives Association
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City Building Notes
Posits
Uncle Sam
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Comanche, Texas
Thedford’s
Chas. A. Ragland
Madison Heights
Thedford
Fletcher
Castorisa
Scott
White
Jwan
Waples-Platter Grocer Co
Dallas — Denison
Hot Springs
Ark
Wm. Reese Co
Drugegits
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