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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1917
Page
4
Report of Exemption Board appears with general notices about malaria remedies Grove's Tonic and Belle of Wichita Flour at Burks Mercantile. Multiple carloads of Bran Shorts and Chicken Feed advertised, plus a found gas cap notice and local entertainment listings for Knight in Boonville Ramp and Knight in Boonville Kamp.
Uncle Lark Farley, a long time Thomaston figure, credits Tanlac with restoring his health after decades of hard work. He started as a poor country boy, built a store, then helped organize the Bank of Thomaston. He predicts wealth awaits a healthy man and urges readers to try Tanlac, with local price points and retailer mentions included.
A short cryptic notice reads We Pay Cash For Eggs And Better followed by a quirky line A Knight in Boonville Kamp. Details are unclear but suggest a local buyback or playful ad in Boonville.
Fort Worth residents Mr and Mrs Jim Hudson and children visited O C Thrasher and family. Mrs Hudson and children stayed a week. A F Blue left for Denton after quarantine on sheep scab lift. Burks Mercantile promotes African Java coffee and Stoves. Belle of Wichita Flour advertised by Carroll's Drug Store and Slider Lacy.
A wartime appeal explains that the government needs eighteen and a half billion dollars in the first year and suggests lending money via government bonds rather than heavy taxation. It urges citizens to invest through bonds or bank advice, stressing Uncle Sam’s promise to pay and the adviser role of bankers.
Readers are urged to inquire about an Adle ika remedy advertised at Carroll's Dry Store as relief from abdominal discomfort. The notice frames it as a treatment option for sufferers of suspected appendicitis.
Texas organizes to raise 35 million for Y M C A war work to aid morale of soldiers at camps posts and fronts. Under L A Coulter Dallas leaders plan conferences statewide through November with a Dallas gathering October 22 and fundraising through July 1 1918. The effort emphasizes morale as a key factor alongside Red Cross support.
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