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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1913
Page
14
The Headlight notes Rev J R Fagan has accepted the Baptist church call and will preach Sunday. The school opening is postponed to the first Monday in November due to heavy rains delaying cotton harvest. Miss Robbie Harris moved her piano to town this week expecting Monday’s start.
Mr Granger and Mr Pollen of Burks-Simmons Co report a vast flock of field hawks migrating along a road to Brownwood. They describe thousands perched on trees and fences, with exhausted birds arriving the previous evening. Doves and other birds mingled with the hawks, and no explanation is offered.
The writer condemns the paying of 3000 dollars weekly to Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw for a suggestive dance and calls for stricter stage censorship. He pleads for wholesome entertainment and rebukes sensational performers like Thaw and Deslys, contrasting them with historic actors.
A Sipe Springs resident who moved from Williamson County reports sixty five acres of peanuts yielding over twenty bushels per acre and predicts at least ten bales of hay worth five dollars each. Including nut prices, he estimates about twenty five dollars per acre, arguing peanuts beat cotton. He notes livestock will eat the nuts and vines, cotton cannot be eaten. Plant more peanuts.
A Comanche Texas user testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved rheumatic pains and prevented recurrences after years of suffering. The letter urges others to try the remedy for backache dizziness and nervousness linked to kidney function. Foster Milburn Co. markets Doan's nationwide at 50 cents.
From Sipe Springs reports say Comanche Oil Company Well No 1 shows stronger gas flow as drilling advances and has reached such volume it must be cased. Additional oil is said to be found with flow increasing, and directors and stockholders expect a paying well soon.
The Texas Cotton Palace at Waco secures a $50,000 Texas Traveling Men's Museum as a major draw for the exposition running November 1 to 16. The collection includes coins and medals aged 500 to 3500 years, rare stamps, antique furniture, and arms from notable figures. August Heintz began collecting in 1865, building one of the nation’s finest displays. Visitors will also see new zoological and botanical gardens and a 10,000-flower Chrysanthemum display plus a beauty show.
A pharmacist endorses Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe liver remedy for bilious attacks or constipation. The advert promises quick relief for adults and children, with a 50 cent bottle and money back if not beneficial, urging buyers not to use calomel or imitations.
Rev Lassater suffered a painful lip wound after using carbolic acid mistaken for listerine while treating a sore last week. The injury was serious but not life threatening and doctors cautioned on chemical mixtures.
A local advertisement promotes fine flour at 1.25 per sack with a guarantee against any other flour sold in town. C F Williems backs the offer to attract customers.
Willie asks what a diplomat is and the father replies a diplomat is a man who recalls a woman's birthday but forgets her age. The anecdote frames diplomacy as tact and guarded information.
An insurance agent asks an applicant if they ever had appendicitis. The reply notes an operation but jokes about whether it was actual appendicitis or professional curiosity.
A school discussion ends with a boy answering that the animal with the greatest fondness for man is woman. The girl confirms humans feel affection, prompting a light moral joke from the teacher.
A Kansas visitor surveys Western Kansas and notes the drought impression. A local farmer replies, saying he has lived there only five years, so cannot gauge rainfall history, reflecting sparse rainfall observations in the region.
A conductor trips twice over a small boy and blurts a remark about awkward children. The mother retorts with a sharp reply noting the conductor’s own mother had one, turning the exchange into a quick domestic jab.
A boy who had angered his mother fled, with her in hot pursuit for some distance. Finding it was useless to continue, he kept running as the chase unfolded with tense urgency.
A clergyman's young son overhears friends mocking his father's sermons. The next Sunday the boy tosses pebbles to stay awake during the preaching. The minister scolds yet the boy quips that the sermon is why he remains awake.
At a luncheon gossip centers on social prestige as Mrs. D, wife of a rich merchant, reveals her father was in the police business. She answers the question about her father’s work with cool emphasis, noting the family’s efforts to conceal background.
A vintage advertisement claims Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil cures old sores and many remedies fail. It promises pain relief and healing simultaneously with price points of 25 cents and 50 cents.
Hog raisers alert announcing shipment of hogs to the Fort Worth market on October 21. Robert T. Jahe invites those with hogs for sale to visit him for arrangements.
A good roads meeting occurred in Gustine on Saturday. Attendees discussed ongoing efforts and observations of the Good Roads movement, with the event noting emphasis on progress and community impact.
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