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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1917
Page
3
Local Red Cross leaders report progress with Paar appeals enabling five hundred members after Charter. Efforts span Leon, Gustine, Sipe Springs and Lamkin as donations, chairs, quilts and candy are organized for Camp Bowie and home relief. Members are urged to keep up work while servicemen are at the front.
An advertisement urges mothers to give California Syrup of Figs to purify the liver and bowels of sick children. It claims quick relief from constipation with a pleasant taste and warns against counterfeit syrups, directing buyers to the California Fig Syrup Co. product.
An ad offers battery service to revive dead units at Higginbothams and mentions Todd Randall & Co buying butter eggs and produce.
Comanche Mercantile Co. vs. W F Hawley and Higginbotham Bros. cases noted as dismissed or continued. Burks cases show judgments for plaintiffs or withdrawals. Fort Worth Rio Grande case awarded to plaintiff. several entries show continuances or default judgments.
U S Army Recruiting Station Comanche Texas lists open branches Infantry Cavalry Hospital Corps and Coast Artillery for ages 18 to 40. Soldiers may save money with earnings mostly free of necessities and four percent interest on deposits. Allotments to mothers or others are possible and sent directly by the Quartermaster Corps. An honor roll of volunteers includes Dexter G. Price James Howell Herbert H Sanford Jesse J Dixon Dwight M Brightman Richard Hi Roberts H McMahan and numbered recruiting officer notes.
A newspaper ad promotes lemon juice mixed with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint skin beautifier. It claims to whiten skin, remove freckles and tan, and soften and refine the face neck arms and hands. The recipe requires straining juice and storing the lotion for months.
A notice announces Nicarangua Hard Wheat 62 pounds test priced at 8 dollars per bushel from Burks Mercantile De Todd Randala Co to buy butter cheese and produce.
An informal notice from Atwood Brothers invites readers to trade in used furniture for brand new pieces. The message suggests a phone contact and emphasizes a barter arrangement rather than direct payment. The fragment implies a local advertising pitch.
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