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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1916
Page
3
Local druggists report falling calomel sales as Dodson's Liver Tone gains popularity. It is described as a safe pleasant tasting vegetable remedy with a money back guarantee, promising a clear head and regular bowels by morning.
Farmers report cotton and corn yields will be light due to inadequate rain. A peanut crop also looks poor unless rain comes soon. Local meeting led by Revs Collins and Langley drew large crowds with 18 conversions and 18 additions. Nearby visitors from Throckmorton Dickens and Hasse counties attended services.
Mr. and Mrs. Bob Reeves and children of Trent visited the Ross home Friday night. Rev. Gardner of Comanche conducts Methodist revival here this week. Mrs. Ella West and her daughters visit the Gill home in Sidney. John Bartlett travels to Mexico this week.
Ants harm food plants and poultry areas and are common in homes. The spray gives instant death to ants and other insects, leaves no soil marks, and is sold in Comanche by The Win Reese Co.
A note touts a claimed remedy named Brom quine with signature FE. W. Grove. The product promises to cure a cold in one day and stop cough and headache, asserting effectiveness in treating cold symptoms.
Five tracts near Comanche Texas priced to move for homes and farming use. Tract 1 offers 60 acres with 50 cultivated, a 3-room house, well, fencing, near Hasse. Tract 2 has 66 acres with 45 cultivated, a 5-room house, barn, good water, and hog proof fencing. Tract 3 is 56 acres unimproved with 40 cultivated and hog goat fencing. Tract 4 includes 168 acres north of Comanche with multiple improvements and a strong school nearby. Tract 5 has 80 acres with 45 cultivated and timber, near Comanche and Bibb. One-third cash and the rest on long time at 8 percent.
Mrs. S. F. Stapp of Comanche testifies to relief from rheumatic pains headaches and urinary ills after using Dean's Kidney Pills. She repeats her endorsement in 1915 and urges others to try the remedy priced at 50 cents from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Advertising copy for Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic touts malaria elimination, blood enrichment, and system strengthening. Claims a true tonic for adults and children priced at 50 cents.
A Brownwood man drank large amounts of mercury solution in a hotel attempt to end his life. He survived thanks to heavy intoxication, and is expected to recover. The item adds a sardonic aside about Brownwood eateries and body wellness notes urging laxative use to ease constipation.
Marriage license records show Ed Weems and Etta Talley, Andy Seitern and Ola Singleton, Joe L. Land and Eva Wilson, Delma Singleton and Lizzie Glover, C. C. Moore and Mary Odell, G. W. Rollins and Effie Self, R. P. Stephens and Eudell Martin, J. T. Henderson and Willie Moore.
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