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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1923
Page
6
Regular correspondent reports a spacious Baptist association in Comanche County with attendees from across the county and beyond. Rain delays cotton picking, other local news covers deaths, arrivals, farm sales, school consolidations, resignations, and community visits.
Weather dampened plans as Sunday school attendance lagged yet people gathered for prayer meetings. Notices mention visitors from Cole man county and Comanche, a singing and preaching event at Fellowship, and plans for the next singing on every third and fourth Sunday.
Sept 5 notes report Everly Smith’s regular church appointment at the Baptist church with Sunday services, attendance at the Sidney Baptist association, and plans for a Van Dyke meeting next year. Updates cover illness, a spider bite recovery, travel to Waco and Gustine for work and cotton picking, rain, and a speech by Hadaway of the Farm Labor Bureau for farmers.
On September 5 Harmonys reports J M Hadaway organized a parish bureau and spoke on forming a local group. A follow up meeting is set for Saturday night at the church as unresolved questions linger. Floyd Gober returned from Tahoka with three cotton pickers for Luther Rogers still at Tahoka.
Farmers report higher than expected cotton yields while the new Lamkin gin has ginned several hundred bales. A child is injured by a car wheel but not seriously. locals update on relatives’ illness travels and institute attendance across Comanche Brownwood and Lubbock warnings.
A reader recounts long kidney trouble and sleepless nights ending after using Foley Kidney Pills. The testimonial claims renewed strength and relief, urging others to refuse substitutes and choose Foley Kidney Pills.
A Saturday fire at Gatesville damaged the Cotton Bell freight depot and three box cars, with one car partially destroyed and a carload of lumber lost. Three men Frank Wilson John Hearn and Kit Bridges sustained severe burns while fighting the blaze that started during fueling of automobiles. The depot’s passenger section escaped major damage and losses are described as heavy for the town’s best equipped depot.
Comanche residents warned to protect kidneys urge use of Doan's Kidney Pills. J H Rogers farmer recounts pain and mobility loss from back trouble, says Doan's restored health after a few years prior attack. Sold 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Winnie Watkins of 3816 Second Ave Dallas credits Ferrasal with curing her kidney disease after doctors warned removal was needed. She says the product neutralizes excess stomach acid and offers a money back guarantee with price per box of 5 shillings.
A Pound Wisconsin resident reports a peony bush bearing 125 full blooms owned by four women sharing the plant among them.
Andrew White of Nashville Tennessee describes two years of back hip and leg pains before using Foley Kidney Pills and feeling like a new person. The ad urges readers to refuse substitutes and notes the product sold everywhere.
WILT MARTIN and J. D. SMOOT publish a notice forbidding trespassing or hunting on their properties. The sign warns individuals to stay off the land to protect rights and safety.
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