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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1913
Page
7
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a quinine and iron tonic strong against malaria chills fever weakness and debility. It promises benefits for nursing mothers pale children biliousness and low spirits with liver activation and blood purification. The copy urges guaranteed quality by your druggist and lists a 50 cent price.
Planning to move, readers evaluate rents for greater home comfort and space. The classifieds highlight how the right rental ad can influence upcoming housing decisions and life quality.
The oil mill in Comanche conducted the season's first run last Saturday testing machinery that operated smoothly. Manager Reese predicts a shorter season due to seed scarcity, though the mill remains a leading local industry paying the highest market price for seed.
A passage extols progress through cooperation and effort in city building. It urges self reliance and civic responsibility, rails against passive bystanders, and frames success as the product of mutual work. It quotes L. M. Ward of the Texas Commercial Executive Association on unity and efficiency.
M. E. Gebhart of Oriole Pennsylvania reports relief from a diarrhea attack after using Chamberlain's Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy. He claims one dose cured him and others he gave it to. The ad notes the remedy is sold by all dealers.
A reflective meditation on marriage reform religion and gossip noting that cheap lives and reform first are misguided and warning against narrow self interest in judging the church while praising unity and brotherhood. The piece uses aphorisms about wolves in love and daylight hypocrisy.
Denison Texas reports rising Spanish peanut production with plans for over a million bushels this year. The Denison mill raises capacity to 4 000 bushels daily and will start around October 1. If local demand slows, crop shipments may go to St Louis main plant.
Tax collector announces tax collection sites and dates for October 1913. Listed towns include Energy Lamkin Wilson Hazelsdell Gustine Proctor Theney Sally Roberson DeLeon Rucker Dus ter Indian Mountain Zord Sipe Springs and Shrum with collection days from October 6 to October 27.
The Comanche Indians begin the season with a Saturday game against Stephenville on the high school grounds. The squad shows strong play in practice and will move the Country Club Park grandstand to the site to provide seating for supporters.
Historic notice lists multiple farm offerings in Comanche county with acreage 40 to 164 acres. Locations include 3 miles south of Hasse, 8 miles east of Comanche, and 6 miles north of Comanche. Descriptions mention cultivation, timber, water wells, wind mill, barns, and improvements. Includes two-room and four-room houses and quality land suited for crops and livestock.
A real estate ad from NEELY HARRIS CUNNING HAM CO offers farms for sale with near market pricing and extended payment terms. Purchasers may offer good young horses or mules as part of cash payment. No First Mondays considered.
Weiser light and power crews string three copper transmission lines between Dublin and Hico this week to test profitable single-plant supply for both towns and Hamilton. If successful a large central plant may serve Dublin or Hico and Hamilton, delivering light and power to all three communities.
The Dublin Progress reports plans to extend a power line from the main plant toward Ton and other nearby towns with farms along the route. If built, a wire would reach Walnut Springs to supply that city and points between there and Hico, with similar arrangements already in use elsewhere in Texas and with mills and gin machinery operated far from the power house.
Indignant women clerks at the Treasury Department oppose an order by Assistant Secretary John Skelton Williams forbidding handbags lunch boxes and other packages in the building. About eight hundred women threaten a formal protest arguing the rule erases the powder puff and aims to keep women’s appearance out of sight. Some suggest carrying powder and puff in stock. They note men are present in every room and fear ridicule.
An old remedy advertisement touts Porter's Antiseptic as curing foul sores and severe pains. It promises rapid relief and healing with a wonder solution claimed to treat worst cases regardless of ferocity.
W. C. Lansford relocated his family from his Logan's Gap farm to a residence in the northwest part of Comanche. He will spend part of his time on the farm while his children attend the town's splendid schools.
Real estate brief notes that home-hunters watch daily for worthwhile offerings and that ads attract buyers. The property described would likely suit those looking for good odds in the market.
An old advertisement promises one hundred dollars reward for an incurable catarrh case and endorses Hall's Catarrh Cure with testimonials from local banks and doctors. It notes internal action, price of 75 cents, and availability through druggists alongside Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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