TIPPITT PREPARING TO RESUME DRILLING Monday
Six inch casing for the Tip pitt Armstrong number one has arrived and will be moved to the ground today. Drilling into the oil sands will start as soon as the casing is set. If productive, storage tanks will be erected to prevent oil loss and local and oil interests watch the test with keen interest. Downing well resumes after a week’s pause with bit advancing toward the sands and a predicted show of gas or oil within about a hundred feet.
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Armstrong
Tippitt
Comanche
Abstract Companies Incorporation Unites Local Title Firms
The Wilson Abstract Company and the Home Abstract and Title Company complete their incorporation forming the Home Abstract and Title Company. Officers include H L Stewart president S Mode rh secretary treasurer and J P Kearby Bierbower directors. Holcomb joins as manager and Abstracter with prior work at Anson Brownwood. Tentative plan keeps two plants but under one banner.
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Wilson Abstract Company
Home Abstract & Title Company
Aeropany
H. L
Austin
Uy. Ne
Heart
Comb
J. P. Kearby
Bierbower
Ate
Beard and Link Well Near Duke Discovery
The Beard and Link oil well, about three miles southwest of the original Duke find, shows oil in good quantity and is expected to yield a gusher when drilled deeper. If confirmed, a new pool could emerge and the surrounding area may fill with derricks as Duke field has.
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Beard and Link
Duke
Thanking Friends for Kindness During Illness and Death
A family expresses gratitude for the kindness shown during the illness and death of their wife and mother. They thank friends for prayers and for the many beautiful flowers. Signed H. F. Kemp and children.
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H. F. Kemp
Farmers Store drives quick sale value at Dexter Walling deal
The notice praises the Farmers Store for low prices on seeds groceries and feed. It argues Dexter Walling’s rule of quick sales small profits spot cash and no pretended free delivery is a square deal and a winner.
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Dexter Walling
City of No Regrets Slogan Chosen By Chamber of Commerce
The Chamber of Commerce selected The City of No Regrets as its slogan and awarded Miss Lizzie Carwile of Comanche five dollars for submitting the winning phrase. The prize honors clever community branding and invites Comanche residents to live up to the motto.
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City OF NO Regrets
Chamber OF Commerce
Lizzie Carwile
Comanche
Carwile
Comanche Home Oil Co Begins Rig Site Work
The Comanche Home Oil Company of Comanche moved timbers on site at the A C Brown farm in Erath County near the Duke well and will start drilling in about two weeks. The company has purchased its own tools and casing and investors show strong interest as stock remains in demand. Messrs Hickey and Sheldon receive praise for organizing the firm and protecting stockholders’ interests.
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Comanche Home Oil Company of
Comanche
A. C. Brown
M. Cronocon
Erath County
Duke
Varas S
Varas
Comanche Home Oil Company
Ivestors
Hickey
Sheldon
Copperas Creek Oil To Spud Next Week At Roxana Location
The Copperas Creek Oil Association plans a drill near Comanche on the A L Fisher farm. The Roxana location sits on a structure outlined by Roxana geologists and will attract keen interest among wildcat wells.
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Copperas Creek Oil Company
Copperas Creek Oil Association
A. L. Fisher
Comanche
Roxana
Wild Cat
Cosden Well Produces Fifty Million Foot Gas Gusher
The Cosden well in the Duke field is a fifty million foot gasser, adding the fourth heavy gasser to the field with one fifty million and two thirty million foot wells nearby. It yields rich casing head gas and is expected to boost gasoline production and possibly extend the Duke field toward Gorman if it becomes an oil well.
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Cosden
Duke Field
Gorman
Coslen
Duke
Glee Club Organized in Comanche High School
Comanche forms a male glee club after a Thursday meeting at the high school. Officers elected include Manager R I Wilson Director J H Carr and Secretary J O Wetzel. Members listed are Pink Beshear J H Beshear W S Beshear J M Vineyard Rufus Lane Clay Frost with Pianist. They plan weekly rehearsals and concerts, aiming for about thirty members.
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Comanche
R. I. Wilson
J. H. Carr
J. O. Wetzel
Pink Beshear
J. H. Beshear
Beshear
J. M. Vineyard
Rufus Lane
Clay Frost
Comanche County Memorial Association Forming Meeting
Invitation mailed to county ladies to join the Comanche County Memorial Association. The Comanche Chamber of Commerce will host a Friday meeting on April 18 at 3 PM to organize a permanent group and compile a county history of boys who served. The project aims to invite all residents to join and preserve the sacrifice as a priceless heritage.
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Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Comanche
Gilliam Brothers Open Opening Draws Notable Attendance
Gilliam Brothers new dry goods firm in Comanche held opening hours Thursday from noon to six and eight to ten in the evening. Large crowds viewed displays and met the operators while Denman Music Company provided a grapho phone concert. The store was attractively decorated with cat flowers and ferns, and both Gilliam and Cobb praised the welcome from the community.
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Gilliam Brothers
Comanche
Denman
Denman Music Company
Mr. Gilliam
Mr. Cobb
Sinclair Hogg Well No One Delivers Five Thousand Barrels
The Sinclair Hogg well in the north corner of Comanche County came in last week as a five thousand barrel producer. Located 12 feet inside Comanche county, it offsets the Skelly Sankey well and expands the Duke field.
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Sinclair Hogg
Comanche County
Duke Field
Duke
Waco Boosters to Visit Comanche
More than 100 Waco businessmen travel by special train to Comanche on April 15 at 2 20 p m to strengthen ties and promote trade. A 20 piece uniformed band accompanies the party at each stop under the Waco Young Men's Business League.
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Waco
Comanche
Waco Young Mens Business League
Waco Party
Local club formed by young ladies at Mrs George Kearney home
A group of young ladies met at Mrs George Kearney's home on Thursday and formed a club to meet twice monthly on Thursdays. They enjoyed games and pink and white brick cream with angel food cake. Members include Mesdames Evan Palmer, Lionel Slider, Barna Riley, Jack Concurs, Logan Ritchey, Vick Booth, J. Odell, Cyril Greene, Aubrey Findley, Geo Kearney, and Misses Clara Moore, Rita Harris. The club will meet next week with Mrs Gayle Atwood.
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George Kearney
Evan Palmer
Lionel Slider
Barna Riley
Jack
Logan Ritchey
Vick Booth
J. Odell
Cyril Greene
Aubrey Findley
Geo. Kearney
Comanche to Have Wool Warehouse
Comanche plans a wool storage warehouse at no cost to growers except optional insurance. The move aims to keep wool and mohair locally stored until buyers arrive, with potential loans for proper collateral and support from the Wool Growers Association and Chamber of Commerce. Local efforts seek to organize a market for wool from small flocks and encourage growers to contact the chamber secretary for details.
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Comanche
Sapié
Chamber of Conmer
Campaign for Jewish Relief In Progress
The Jewish Relief Fund drive continues through Monday night in Comanche County with H. Brin as chairman urging local people to donate. Proceeds aid starving Jews in Russia and nearby regions facing persecution, and the campaign seeks a creditable county-wide sum.
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Campaign For
Jewish Relief Fund
Comanche County
H. Brin
Comanche
Russia
America
Brin
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Cash Store
H. L. Stewart
S. H. Austin
Home Abstract and Tithe Company
Rev. Austin
Holeam
Messrs. Stewart
Austin and
Keardy
Messrs
Holcombh
Bierkower
Holcomb
Anson
Brownwood
Jones County Abstract Company
Guaranty Abstract Company
Capt. Bierbower
Lampasas
Link
Comanche Home Oil CO
W A
Coleman’s Grocery and Bakery
Glee Club
LA Tausca
J. J. Schellberg
Waco Boosters
Thomas & Moody Meat Market
South Side Square
Comanche. Produce. CO
D. C. Bailey
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