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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1923
Page
6
Mr and Mrs Thaxton have leased the Colonial Hotel and will take charge by October first or next week. Mr Thaxton will remain district manager for Mistletoe Creamery Company, while Mrs Thaxton handles hotel management. Mrs R B Coleman, previously in charge, will move to Lamesa to join her husband who runs a gin there.
Alma Atwood is named among eleven nominees for the Comanche County Fair Queen in the Chief report. The list remains open for further nominations and recognition of local young ladies.
J. N. Redwine of Comanche on the New bury road was married in 1930. After the ceremony he subscribed to the Chief and has been a regular subscriber ever since, already well into the latter half of the fifty year period.
Editor calls for stronger advertising of Comanche County Free Fall Fair urging coverage in Texas papers and county outlets. Plans a big event for November first through third with posters banners and signs to inform all Texans.
Newport News aviation innovation sends a complete new motor by airplane from Langley Field to Charlestown West Virginia for Lt Cole and three mechanics after their Martin bombing plane developed engine trouble during a flight to St Louis. The crew were reported missing and feared to be off course before the motor arrived.
Madison Mills promotes direct factory sales of Better Made shirts with no capital or experience required. Claims easy selling and big profits and offers free samples from 503 Broadway, New York.
The Bishop Confectionery installed a new electric refrigerating cabinet this week keeping ice cream hard frozen without ice. The cabinet is a Detroit invention in its first year with few south stores having one. J. R. Kanes & Co. advertise two tracts offered for sale this week.
London reports twelve killed and fifteen wounded during a food price protest at Soran in Brandenburg Province. Police clashed with demonstrators, as the Central News dispatch from Berlin notes. The item also includes a real estate note about land and a stock farm marketed by Oscar Callaway.
The article notes Dena Lou Cox, daughter of Armstrong Cox, arriving in Comanche and choosing to stay with Mr. and Mrs. Cox, delighting Armstrong who says mother and daughter are doing fine. Local business activity with Higginbotham Bros. is mentioned during the recent days.
Typewriter paper offered for sale at the Chief office. Prospective buyers may inquire at the office desk for specifications, quantities, and pricing.
J. R. Eanes & Co. urges buyers to act now for farm land, warning delaying will cost five to ten dollars per acre. The terse sales pitch emphasizes immediacy without scolding.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a two part treatment for nasal catarrh. It claims an ointment used locally and a tonie that acts on mucus surfaces to build up the system and reduce cold susceptibility. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by F. J. Cheney & Co in Toledo, Ohio.
Rev. W. Victura of Augusta Ga reports severe stomach pains and left side aches affecting the whole body. After using Fo ley Cathartic Tablets he says he has not been troubled since. A wholesome physic. Refuse substitutes. Sold everywhere.
A brief notice inviting readers to visit the Chief Office to obtain typewriter paper. No further details provided.
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