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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1938
Page
2
The notice lists second class mail matter status for Comanche and Remat with subscription price of $1.00 per year in Comanche and adjoining counties and $1.50 elsewhere.
Comanche adults discuss politics with Jim Ferguson platform remarks and Allred term fears. Hico star Dan Holladay to appear on WBA radio. state figures note Texas growth since 1917. Census of local wildlife, Baldness remedy, and housing program contracts also listed with regional notes.
The excerpt mentions Austin securing a loan of $640,000 and references various local and personal quips. It includes a 1938 Comanche letter correcting a federal work week misconception, a jail board bill note, and satirical remarks attributed to public figures.
The National Industrial Conference Board reports a drop last month in foodstuffs 2.3 percent rents 0.5 percent men’s clothing 1.1 percent and women’s clothing 0.7 percent. Gas and electricity costs remained unchanged. The shift suggests the dollar will stretch further this spring.
The piece surveys Austin streetlights on tall towers with blue glows, cites quirky signs from Houston Dallas and Fort Worth eateries, notes Wayne Sellers entering the Legislature, and paints East Texas spring scenery from Lufkin to Nacogdoches and the Angleton Bay City road with dogwood and blossoms.
Court House News lists multiple deeds recorded on March 24 including transfers from O. Watson to E. A. White and others, covering 77 acres in the D and D Asylum Survey and 1157 acres, with stated sums. Additional land trades include W G Barker to Carl Eas, Clarence Lightfoot Jr. to Jim Norton, and more, with values ranging from 17.50 to 1425 dollars. Birth notices report Imogene Newsome in Comanche and John Clyde Gillentine in February, and marriages of Wayne Williams to Edna Merle Gunn and others following in Comanche County.
Zela Comanche and Geo Dastion were married on March 10 in a simple ceremony. The couple publicized the nuptials in the local community notice.
The State of Texas issues a citation by publication to several defendants in Comanche County for a real estate dispute filed March 17 1938 in the District Court case No 8280 with plaintiff W W Bradford and defendants including Glen McDonald Jimmie Colvin Vida Heelin Patsy Clark Clarence and Lillian Melugin and D W Braden. The notice requires appearance at the next term on April 18 1938 and demands compliance with court orders regarding cancellation of a lease and related filings and removal of a cloud on title.
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