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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
2
Local notice lists officers and stockholders with a call to vote in the general election on Tuesday November 7. It urges voters to support the nominee they endorsed in the primary and notes a nearby article by W J Cunningham on cheap money tied to collateral standards for credit.
A local peanut industry advocate recalls past publicity that spurred crude oil plans and predicted higher demand. He notes current prices at 1.25 dollars per bushel and foresees a rising market, with peanuts becoming a valued hog feed and industry potential.
A thoughtful piece argues that farming as a lifelong vocation brings progress and stability. It contrasts the wealth chase with building a self sustaining rural life, praising land stewardship, family, schools, churches, and community for generations.
A child asks a long list of curious questions about nature and existence and his father answers with a sharp rebuke. The tale, from Ladies' Home Journal, ends with the father sending the child to bed after a brief, exasperated remark.
A sympathetic stranger greets a fallen angler in a passing show. A woman with duty remarks on the husband’s nap during a learned discourse. The exchange blends sarcasm with concern in a Dallas News vignette.
A chaotic tale of Older and Younger figures with the older Younger liking the younger Older while the younger Younger dislikes the older Older due to age. Friction grows as the elder Younger, the elder Younger and the younger Older clash over the youngest Younger, causing social estrangement among Olders and Youngers. Debutante: pondering why wedding rings were so wide in the past.
The remark laments the assumption that items or circumstances should endure a lifetime, highlighting the burden placed on those affected by such expectations.
A color ed maid Mollie tells Miss Sallie she married Jim Harris this morning and asks to keep a five dollar gold piece and all her jewelry safe. Mollie insists she trusts Jim personally but not her valuables.
A father questions whether his son should continue algebra this term, noting the boy has some exposure but doubts he will enroll. The high school teacher is identified as the instructor in charge.
Gene Neely, a one armed sophomore from Dallas, Texas, earns a varsity guard spot at Dartmouth after making the sophomore team and overcoming a hunting accident five years ago. Eastern papers hail him as the best man in the green line and a remarkable example of perseverance.
Comanche readers are advised that a few doses of a buckthorn bark and glycerine mix with Adler-ika relieve or prevent appendicitis. A spoonful is claimed to ease constipation gas and sour stomach and a short treatment helps chronic stomach trouble.
The notice promotes Laxa Tive Bromino Quinine as a superior tonic laxative with no head ringing or nervousness and urges readers to seek the full name and the signature of E. W. Grove for 25 cents.
The Wm. Reese Co. in Comanche adds two new garages alongside two existing ones. J. E. Owen opens a shop in the Lyman Russell building near the oil mill with Jerome McCarty, a pioneer auto repairer in town. A third garage will open this week in the Adams building on the square, run by H. G. Newman from Brenham and H. Goteher from Brownwood, both seasoned mechanics.
All readers with liver digestion or bowel trouble are urged to guard against dis ease germs as the season begins. The ad promotes HERBINE as a complete remedy to purify the stomach and bowels, sold by S. P. Smith.
On Thursday night October 19 a severe early frost likely the heaviest of the season, killing tomato vines in many areas. Vegetation suffered widespread damage as the cold bite touched fields and gardens.
An advert promotes BORO ZONE ANTISEPTIC LIQUID and BOROZONE POWDER for wounds on people and livestock. It claims wound purification and quick healing and lists prices 25c 50c 1.00 and 1.50. Sold by S. P. Smith.
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