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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
7
A compact reflection on how society names pay for injuries. It contrasts military pensions with similar compensation terms for industrial and domestic harms, noting shifts in language from battle to everyday life.
Story filled his regular appointment at Graham Chapel this Sunday and Sunday night. The local school opened October 16 with Miss Agnes Botts as principal and Miss Martha Wetzel as assistant, drawing larger attendance than in previous years. Several residents visited relatives or hosted guests including Mr J H Purvis and daughter Clara Rev Story and son Mrs Gilpin and daughter. W A Luker shipped a car of oats this week. Edna Hill visitors W T Murphy and family called on Claude W H McKelvey and family from Theny weekend.
An advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs as a safe laxative for children with coated tongues and constipation. It claims quick relief, promotes an inside cleansing, warns about counterfeit syrups, and directs asking for a 50 cent bottle with clear directions on the label.
Posting reads that hunting fishing woodhauling and any trespass are forbidden on all land of Mrs. J. H. Brysen. Applies to everyone.
Rucker News reports breathing weather slowed peanut digging and thrashing. Obituaries note infant of Frank Grisham buried at DeLeon cemetery. Mrs. E M Alsup dies after fourteen weeks illness. Rev E L Springer led funeral. Mr Brick Allsup and daughter visit. Local visitors include Liles, Harry Johnson, and Tom Hale. A rainfall event bathes the area after a dry June.
An advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a pleasant vegetable liquid substitute for calomel. It claims the product cleanses the liver without sickness or salivation, suitable for children and adults, and promises improved energy and digestion with no biliousness or headaches.
Suez wins prizes at the Comanche fair with Carnes Poynet on a pig and Lizzie Alice Johnson on the jellies. Mr Martin visits DeLeon to meet his wife from Coranburry. Uncle John Johnson visits Tom Johnson family. Several local visits noted across households including Steyfhenson Mull Stephens and Jeffrie. Health of the community is good.
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic claims to drive out malaria enrich the blood and build up the system. The advertisement targets both adults and children and lists a price of 50 cents.
The district court met in regular session on Monday October 16 with Judge J H Arnold presiding District Attorney Gib Callaway Official Stenographer B W McKenzie Sheriff Jack Cunningham District Clerk W D Carroll and a grand jury named for the October Term. Several divorce suits were granted judgments for plaintiffs were entered in titles and lien foreclosures while other vendor notes and petitions were decided for plaintiff.
Mothers neglect of children's colds leads to nasal inflammation that becomes chronic catarrh a lifelong burden. Many remember frequent colds at the time of contraction. A bottle of Chamberlain's cough remedy used early could have prevented this. Obtainable everywhere.
The text asks whether souls in Hell become angels immediately or must undergo many tests before life. It reads as a fragment exploring afterlife concepts with no concrete events, names, or organizations.
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