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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1916
Page
3
Sunday visitors and visits across Blanket Comanche and Gustine as families attend church activities and institute sessions. New church members noted. Cody Donaho moves to Comanche for a bookkeeper post. Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised for pain and swelling relief.
Chamberlains Coke Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is recommended for immediate relief from sudden diarrhoea and colic. The ad stresses prompt treatment before a physician arrives and claims nationwide availability and a strong reputation.
Industrious man to sell lubricating oil grease and specialties on commission until able. Permanent position with wide field when qualified Riverside Refining Co. Cleveland O.
The Baptist meeting closed Sunday afternoon with two additions to the church. Prof. Sparks closed a singing school at Suez Saturday night with the largest attendance ever known there. Rev Stewart returned home Saturday. Stetson Bingham returned home for holiday at Beattie. Stetson attended the singing school here and is invited back anytime. Miss Beatrice Robertson visited R. C. Thomas and family last week. M. W. Haney Ferman Thomas and John Lightfoot attend the institute this week. Prof. J. E. Thomas of Ft. Worth attended the closing Sunday night. Irvin Warren went to Beattie Sunday. Frank Cox seen at Suez Saturday night. many thought he was dead. Prof. Sparks started a singing school at Harmony Tuesday night.
Advice stresses leading by example to encourage others. Observers imitate your recovery using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, a well established product with a long standing reputation and wide availability.
A tonic marketed as boosting the system and fighting malaria targets adults and children. It claims to strengthen health, with a tasteless formula and widespread benefits. Available for 50 cents.
A formal appeal from Walter C. Woodward of Coleman Texas to Dallas area Democrats urges funding for the National Democratic Executive Committee to support campaigns in key northern and eastern states. The notice lists H Burks as county chair and asks remittances to Comanche Texas, promising receipts with Wilson and Marshall images for $1 or more. Also included is an Ohio notary affidavit promoting Hall's Catarrh Cure with a commercial endorsement by F J Cheney & Co.
News brief lists several births in the DeLeon area. The Dabney family welcomes a boy. I. J. Seay reports a girl. J. F. McKelvey records a boy. M. E. Mahan a boy. and T. E. Harper a boy, all near DeLeon.
Fleas injure dogs causing mange and other diseases. They are carried into homes by dogs. Ross Dead Quick spray is promoted as a remedy for fleas on dogs or in the home. Sold in Coaneche by The Wim Reese Co.
Five farms must sell to farmers desiring homes offering one third cash and the remainder on long time at eight percent. Farm No 1 covers 60 acres with 50 cultivated, sandy soil suited to peanuts fruit and truck, with a 3 room house and fencing. Farm No 2 has 66 acres, 45 cultivated, heavy sandy land, a 5 room weatherboarded house, a well, wind mill, tank and fenced improvements. Farm No 3 is 56 acres, mostly cultivatable, hog and goat proof fenced and adjacent to Farm 2 at half its value. Farm No 4 totals 168 acres six miles north of Comanche with 100 acres in cultivation and pasture fencing. some tight land for grain. Farm No 5 details not shown. Visit for full descriptions and prices.
Describes multiple farm improvements including a four room house with windmill, cribs, and wells on 68 acres in good land. Also reports Farm No. 5 of 80 acres with 45 cultivated, timbered balance and a three room house near a good school. Located nine miles northeast of Comanche, accessible from Bibb, offered by Neely Harris Cunningham.
By alias execution issued from the District Court of Scurry County on September 20 1916 I will sell at public auction on the first Tuesday in October 1916 before the Comanche County courthouse door the property of W W Smith described as a lot in John Duncan survey No 1 abstract 256 in Comanche Texas. The sale raises $637.67 to S P Smith with deductions. Sheriff Jack Cunningham signs.
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