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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
5
Community snippets report marriages births and visits. Charley Hulsey has a new girl and Pate Holcomb welcomes a 10 pound boy. De Leon residents attend sales, church events, and athletic practice with several trips to nearby towns for cattle and school activities.
Beattie notes ongoing dry windy weather with a call for rain. Local events include Uncle Billy Bingham visiting kin, Grandpa Reagan buried at Sand Hill cemetery at about one hundred, and residents renovating Main street frontage with Ra Vanehan and Toe Rowell in charge. Social visits include Jack Jenkins from Turkey Creek and Ivy Garrison from Comanche. Fred L. Johnson and Miss Lillian White wed at Gap. Measles affect Prof. Turner. school suspended. Fishing trip reports cool weather but good catches, and warm days with a needed shower.
Ad text fragment from Comanche Texas markets Fletcher's Castoria for children. Repeats slogan Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria indicating a local display or ad copy from an old products page.
The article notes a midweek freeze harming fruit, corn, oats, and gardens around Bryson School House. Some farmers replanted corn while others wait to see regrowth. cotton has been planted and cotton seed was shipped to the men on R. F. Carter’s place from C. V. Bryson in Plainview. Some youths attended the Fifth Sunday meeting.
R F Carter was thrown from his buggy and bruised badly the other day but is on foot at this writing in Sidney.
Miss Pearl Bond of Proctor visits sister Lillias Bond. Roger Nabors and Louisa Brightman attend church. Hugh Clark visits friends. Sidney youths enjoy a day at the Narrows. Mrs F L Little hosts Sunday school. Yay Phillips and Dollie Stubblefield visit from Oak Valley. Sidney Walker returns from Kansas City as his father improves. Dora Green of Comanche visits. Claude Wells from Dallas home for a week. TY Austin and family attend Fifth Sunday meeting. J W Kellett visits daughter Mrs F M Graham near Downing. Willie Holland and Mary attend Oak Valley school closing. Fifth Sunday meeting success with fine dinners. Nugent Graham of Gap attends church. Bro Rose of Comanche to preach at Christian church. Mr and Mrs Hardie Jones and Ethel visit home folks. Preparations for close of school, out April 11. John Roberts buys a new piano for his daughters.
R. T. Chaney of this city received a telegram Tuesday announcing the death of his son Joddie Chaney age 24 at Sheffield Texas from unknown parties. Mr Chaney left by the early morning train Wednesday to identify the scene and bring the remains home for burial.
A hot wave struck this section Monday and Tuesday with temperatures around 90 degrees. The heat is likely one of the hottest periods for the time of year, contrasting with around 75 degrees on the same date last year.
The westbound Frisco train was three hours late last Wednesday morning after the Dublin Proctor bridge burned out. It detoured via Texas Central to Alexander before reaching Comanche and then Cotton Belt. The eastbound Frisco was delayed several hours in Comanche before proceeding.
On Tuesday April 1st election day coincided with All Fool's Day and many pranks by a lively range of local boys enlivened the civic scene.
Don’t be surprised if you have an attack of rheumatism this spring. Just rub the affected parts freely with Chamberlain's Liniment and it will soon disappear. Sold by all dealers.
Cows will be driven from any part of town to a nearby pasture starting April 1 with good grass and water. Palmer Barnes invites contact. Clyde Turney, formerly of Blanket, visited Comanche en route to Dawson with his father's household goods for a future home. J Atetander completed a $1500 home addition featuring an upstairs sleeping porch. E C Carswell rushed to Fort Worth for his 80 plus grandfather's measles illness. condition described as very low.
Traveling horse Hamiltonian and Morgan Stallion will stand at the Star Wagon Yard in Comanche. Call and see him for spectators and stockmen. Informant L. J. Kittle.
J B Lynn and his son Victor returned from Sherman where Mrs Lynn remained in the St Vincent Sanitarium after a delicate but successful operation on Saturday March 6th. Mr Lynn said she was improving when he left Wednesday morning.
Three obituary notices from Texas towns report ages and dates: Louis McMillan one year, March 17 in Sipe Springs. John H. Ragwan 87, March 26 in Beattie. N. P. Dain 36, March 26 in Comanche.
The Sunday school collected funds on the last Sunday in March for Ohio and Indiana flood victims and sent $15 to the relief committee.
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