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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1917
Page
8
J M Cochran D D S and Lester M Hall D D S practice dentistry in Comanche Texas with offices over the F and M Bank and phone numbers 418 and 456 respectively.
A list of residents and guests includes H Burks heading to Oklahoma on business and Dr C W Ory visiting Brownwood. Others: Dr A J Gray in Dallas, Mr and Mrs J P Kearby to Brownwood, Arthur Taylor of Marlin visiting Comanche, George Isaacs from Oklahoma, and Miss Rose Wilson off to San Saba for a new job.
Frankie returns to Atlanta after a month away. W R Carpenter and family from Hot Springs Ark visit Comanche. Mrs W D Montgomery leaves Waco for Dallas home. Athens visitors see W Bruton and family. Mrs Neely to study music in New York while Mr Neely attends Yale. Coleman county folks visit Mrs Jim Ashmore and daughter Vita remains for school. Comanche moving plans for Fort Worth. Armstrong visits from Sherman. Ruthven with Texas Power & Light in North Texas project. Frost sails to Meridian for Roberson Brothers stenography post. Bowling family from Paducah reforms acquaintances. crops vary. Mrs Wm MacClanahan travels to Waxahachie after brother's death in Dallas. Editor Jackson of Coleman Democrat Voice in town. road meeting in Wichita Falls to pursue the national highway North Texas bound.
A local note invites buyers for eggs and direct purchase and mentions Big Chief Flour available at Dexter Wallings. The brief emphasizes straightforward transactions and a brand reference.
The agency states it is selling farms and offering farm loans and insurance. It urges owners to turn over farms for sale and to consult for loan and insurance needs.
Barber offers shaves and haircuts in the front part of a pool hall. Minors allowed since shop is separated from the pool area. Shave ten cents and hair cut fifteen cents.
Reverend H. B. Clark performed a morning double ceremony uniting Joe Ross with Geneva Bartlett and, after a sudden request, Marion Wallace with Agness Walker. The couples and their families hail from Sidney and county. Congratulations extended to both pairs.
Mrs. W. G. Dingus hosted a Friday afternoon party in pink and green for her sister Miss Rose Wilson who departs for San Saba. Guests enjoyed a forty two game and knitting, followed by tea and sandwiches amid warm conversation with friends and family.
The week saw properties exchanged through J. R. Eanes & Co with C. M. Albin selling the Todd home to J. W. Webb and George Montgomery selling the DeWitt home to Mrs. S. F. Davis. Local births include a boy for Mr. and Mrs. George A. Barkert near Proctor and girls for J. L. McClatchey Proctor and Jas Anderson Selph Lamkin and Cecil Boatwright Lamkin. The item notes strong town properties and sales activity.
An advertisement touts LaxaTive Brom Quin ine as a tonic and laxative with no head effects. It claims the product is superior to ordinary quinine and avoids nervousness or aging in the head. The copy urges readers to look for the signature of E W Grove.
Deaths reported include infant child of Mr and Mrs R E Haynes Democrat Mrs Mary E Wilson of De Leon and Mrs Mary Ann McDonald near Hasse. Also an advertisement announces gingham for sale at 8 4c 10c and 12c by Shider and Lacey.
U Can Save 5 10 and 25c Store promotes cash-only shopping with daily bargain goods. It pledges low prices on a large new stock and invites customers to see savings, stating values in everyday merchandise.
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