The Comanche Chief Editor VSJ IX months note
The Comanche Chief notes editor Vavis Ko Doyle serving about one year and ix months. The item highlights his tenure and role with the paper as he continues duties at the editor’s desk.
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1924
Page
4
The Comanche Chief notes editor Vavis Ko Doyle serving about one year and ix months. The item highlights his tenure and role with the paper as he continues duties at the editor’s desk.
A Brookside column laments ego eclipsing reverence and urges unity for a real county fair. It argues politicians must uphold principles over policy, calls for support of local candidates, and stresses community collaboration to inspire towns and farms.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports Robert Cowie cites Texas growth potential as greater than Germany’s former empire and urges Texans to view state as a future major national force. He notes extensive U S business travel and endorses lyceum programs and Lions Club event themes in Comanche.
A discussion on home talent programs leads to a note on fruit and nut profitability. J P Hoff notes fruit trees on his farm and the shift of fruits from knick knacks to valuable tools. Subkist orange shipments and a 12 year advertising campaign show consumer demand doubling and Americans eating nearly twice as many oranges.
A survey of women roles shows diverse positions from pioneers and leaders to laborers. Notable items include Julia Marcum as the sole woman in a Grand Army of the Republic unit, Miss Edna Pilkington as a pioneering weather forecaster, and Rosita Forbes described as the only white woman to cross the Sahara, plus mentions of women in diplomacy, industry, and public service.
A column by J. R. Manes critiques liars and the Coolidge era, arguing that demagogues mislead the public while urging awakening to protect republican ideals. It laments predatory wealth, stresses fellowship, and warns against partisan schemes in religion and government.
Frank Morton in Adventure Magazine describes opal varieties from the mesmeric girasol of Mexican fire opal to Muller's glass and hiyalite. He notes opal’s glassy, porous qualities and superstitious uses, including pledge stones, talismanic qualities, and marriage symbolism.
The text criticizes the old system where sellers set prices and urges farmers to organize into cooperatives. It claims cooperatives can lower middleman costs, enable bulk sales, and empower farmers to control supply and prices. It laments labor exploitation and calls for Southern farmers to unite against commercial slavery. It cites crepe prices with large regional figures.
Theater program notes HL Payne presenting a stage piece titled See the Poor Married Man at the high school auditorium Tuesday evening.
Jim Rees of Comanche set a conference mile record at the intra mural meet in Austin Texas by shaving three seven and s off the prior mark while Haggard also broke a conference record in the high jump. The Longhorns won the meet and Jackson was top point getter.
The following marriage licenses were issued since March 28: Chester Horn Midleton and Miss Jehnnie Velma Reese, Grady M. Hatehtine and Miss Josephine Langston, A W Griffith and Miss Gladys Mae Metardy, Robert Guy Hunt and Miss Conneail Audia McNeil.
Geraldine Stewart infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Leland Stewart died Monday after a protracted illness. An attack of measles followed by pneumonia proved fatal. Funeral services were held at the cemetery this morning by Rev J R Morris. The bereaved parents have community sympathy in their first great loss.
A reader questions tariff protection for farmers noting rising wheat tariffs yet falling wheat prices. The letter, signed by R A Luker from Proctor Texas route 2, cites economic irony and recalls a joke about going broke on a good hand. A political ad mentions a school auditorium event and local shop pricing.
A fragmented OCR list shows candidates across county and district races including State Senator Walter Woodward Coleman. J R McClellan Coryell for district judge. Jor H Eidson Hamilton, Mark Callaway Comanche. district clerk Garnett Gore. representative Rolton Renfro Mullin and Carroll. county judge Bob Mc Campbell. Tom Reese re election with Luxer and Stewart. sheriff T M Edwards. Montgomery Dyson Harrison Gilbreath. county clerk Littles Joun. tax collector Jookie Burks Strickland Williams. tax assessor Lacy Hensley Wilhelm McGuire Leon. county superintendent Renfro Gantz re election. commissioner precinct 1 Morris Jackson Payne Rankin Wilson. commissioner precinct 2 Moody Masters Bowman Braziel Montgomery Rutherford Moore Depriest. precinct 2 Ester Johnson. justice of the peace precinct 1 Graham re election.
A vintage advertisement promises money value for sending the notice to Foley Co at 2855 Sheffield Ave Chicago. Readers are urged to write name and address to receive a ten cent bottle of Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound for coughs and Foley Pills and Catarrhal Tablets.
Two toned porty acres farm of 240 acres on a public road and 1.5 miles from a high school. In a top community, priced to sell within weeks. J K Eanews & Co handles sale.
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