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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
3
Mr. Cart White and his family from Cisco spent Monday visiting relatives in Comanche. White, born and raised there, once worked for the Chief during Sid Thomas's ownership era and now is connected with the Cisco Daily News.
Lometa citizen D N McCrea promotes a simple alum remedy after witnessing frequent Texas snakebite fatalities during extreme heat. He claims chewing alum and rubbing it on the wound neutralizes poison, citing forty two years of Lampasas county trials with cattle horses and dogs. The Lometa Reporter urges wide publicity for this method.
Want Your Hauling. I can do your hauling promptly. Flare two trucks, and am at your service. Call phone 22, or residence phone 356. O. H. Donoho. 3tfe If you feel bad, if you are blue tired and discouraged, without apparent reason, you need Prickly Ash Bitters a system purifier. It restores action in the torpid liver, cleanses the stomach, helps digestion, drives out gas and fermented matter in the bowels, and brings back that fine feeling of strength, vim and cheerfulness which only men in perfect health enjoy. Price $1.25 per bottle. Hamilton Drug Co. and Wm. Reese Drug Co., special agents.
The Southwestern Portland Cement Company has secured 258 acres just northwest of Waco for a new cement plant at a cost of 51600. The land, purchased from Mrs. Eddie Kendrick, was inspected by company president C Leonardt of Los Angeles who found lime rock deposits essential to cement making. The project includes significant plant improvements estimated at about 3 million dollars. The site is part of a 600 acre tract formerly occupied by Richfield and the company operates eleven U S plants, with a major facility at El Paso.
A cross sickly infant suffering digestive troubles and loose bowels is treated with McGee's Baby Elixir. It is advertised to check the bowels ease the stomach and restore healthy conditions. Price 35c and 60c sold by Paris Smith.
V Jones of Sabinal in Uvalde County has been living there for twenty one years. He is visiting relatives near Sidney and attending to business matters and has many old friends and acquaintances in the area.
Senator Hitchcock as ranking Democrat on the Senate foreign relations committee signals no organized opposition to ratification of the German treaty. He says he is favorable and sees no reason it should not be ratified. Democrats broadly trend toward the same view, arguing the new treaty secures wartime gains without league covenant or special agreements. No party to Versailles objects to the separate treaty, and no issue appears to justify delay.
A jeweler offers a one year guarantee with Parker Lucky Curve fountain pens. Any breakage qualifies. present the guarantee and a new pen will be provided. J. H. Huff, Jeweler at 31f promotes this policy.
For trade 193 acres on Beat Tie and Sipe Springs road five miles east of Sipe Springs one mile west of Beattie school. 100 acres cultivated, good house and barn, windmill well. Trade for a good home in Comanche. J. R. Eanes & Co. 2-3c
Special to the Chief. Sept 7 reports a good rain in the section improving conditions as cotton picking winds down due to boll weevil damage. Local visits include Mrs. Charlie Nance from Big Springs, associations at Comanche, and teacher institute attendance. A prayer meeting draws a crowd and ministers plan a meeting with Rev W M Scott and Rev T N Carter starting Friday before the third Sunday. Elmer Dunlap and family plan to move westward. Everyone is invited.
Slightly used Ford sedan offered at $500. It features self starter, demountable rims with extra rear rim and casing, a large self locking steering wheel, and has run about six months on paved streets. Mechanical condition is perfect.
Miss Beulah Rambo has returned home following a visit in Brownwood.
The writer argues newspapers should serve the community beyond mere profits. A paper must publish current news and provide a valued community service, uphold courage to condemn and commend, maintain honesty and impartiality, and earn readers’ respect as the town’s major asset. Readers owe the paper a loyalty beyond money.
Owners of horses and blooded stock use Liquid Borosone for wounds festering sores and barbed wire cuts. Available in 80c 60c and 1.20 dollar sizes. Sold by Paris Smith.
The largest telegraph school in America, Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas, cannot meet railroad and telegraph company demand for operators. A superintendent of Union Pacific praises the program noting graduates become top telegraphers and agents and urging more students.
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