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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1913
Page
2
Comanche County Jail Opens Doors in Quiet Community
Comanche county reports its jail is open with doors ajar. Residents are urged to observe law and order as authorities emphasize peaceful, compliant behavior in the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Atlantic Liner Brings Twenty Brides to New York
A passenger ship docked in New York carrying twenty brides to be. The report notes the event as a hopeful sign for a budding infant industry, with the brides expected to later start families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Poet Election Sparks Jealousy in Texas Press Association
Jim Lowry challenged George Armstead’s poet election citing ineligibility due to a bare head. Comanche County leads Texas with 100 plus girl tomato club members, driven by Mrs. Larry Kittles’s active supervision and service mindset.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Lowry
George Armstead
Texas Press Association
Thoght
Lowry
Sahara Desert
Comanche County
Texas
Larry Kittles
Kittles
The Merchant’s Ads Offer Surprises in Every Store
The piece notes that shop advertisements always feature an unexpected element such as a new fashion trend, fabric novelty, or price cut on staples. It suggests ads reveal first news of new utilities and serve as instructive buying guides.
Bees in Comanche County Seen Underutilized
Report notes only thirty colonies in Comanche County at the last census though every farm home could support several. The piece calls this a neglected industry and urges proper attention to harness its earning potential, stressing the lesson of industry from the bees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Texarkana Board Demands Principal Resignation Over Dinner with Negress
The Texarkana school board requests the resignation of the Central High principal after he dined with a Black person. The teacher defends the action on grounds of precedent citing Theodore Roosevelt’s dining choice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texarkana
Central High School
Theodore Roosevelt
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Texarkana Board Dismisses Teacher Aiding Equality
A Texas school board dismissed a teacher described as aiding negro equality, sending him back to Missouri that night. The speaker lauds the move and warns that such teachers threaten Texas, claiming residents would prefer punishment over further attempts at desegregation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Texas
Texarkana
Comanche County
Comanche Merchants Boost Ballinger Trade Tour
Comanche merchants traveled through the county inviting residents to Ballinger for trading. They spoke along the route praising Ballinger as Central West Texas’ best trading center with good stock and fair prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
West Texas
Ballinger Banner-Ledger
North Dakota Tightens Marriage Rules for Incompetents
The Chief Exponent notes North Dakota advances in regulating marriages between incompetents. Senate bill 45 bans marriages where either party is a drunk, criminal, epileptic, feeble minded, insane, or afflicted with contagious diseases, with physician affidavits required for licenses. Marriages under intoxication carry heavy penalties for officiants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Dakota
Local banker and farmer critique on out-of-town spending
The Crawford critique compares a banker who sends money out for printing to a farmer who uses mail order. It argues both drain the community as dollars leave town for goods and services, noting the banker is often the town leader in such spending.
Editor condemns outflow of local money for merchandise
Farmersville Times praises editor for condemning the practice of sending money away from town for merchandise while local banks ship five dollars out of town for printing and spend one in town. It notes banks in towns often send more money out for supplies than any other business, and calls the average bank’s behavior very bad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankey
Farmersville Times
Buggy Rides Blamed for Downfall of Local Girls
Grand jury report to Judge Arnold links buggy riding to rising cases of statutory rape and seduction in Comanche County. It urges parents to monitor daughters, their associations, and especially avoid late night auto or buggy rides with young men to protect reputation and virtue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Jury
2Nd Judicial District
Arnold
Comanche County
Sidney J. Thomas Dies in Austin After Illness
Sidney J. Thomas, longtime editor of the Comanche Chief, died in Austin on Wednesday after an appendectomy. He guided the paper to statewide renown and later directed the school for the deaf and dumb, where afflicted children loved him as a father. His Europe letters, popular on the Signal, are remembered as part of his enduring legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney J. Thomas
Austin
Sid Thomas
Texas
School For the Deaf and Dumb
Mr. Thomas
Europe
Honey Grove Signal
Jack Johnson and Texas Comanche County Mention
A Plainview newspaper item jokes that Chicago courts may not send Jack Johnson to Texas Comanche county. The quip adds a crude line about using Johnson as a decoration for a rope end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jack Johnson
Comanche County
Texas
Plainvygen News
Jack
Press Meet At Alamo City Elects New Officers
The Texas Press Association gathered in San Antonio for a profitable convention hosted by the Gunter Hotel and the San Antonio Express. About sixty new members joined as the gathering near the Alamo celebrated Texas independence. Joe J. Taylor of the Dallas News was elected president with D. R. Harris Henderson vice president Sam P. Harben Richardson secretary and F A Lehmann Halletsville treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Texas Press Association
Alamo City
Gunter Hotel
San Antonio
Wichita Falls
Joe J. Taylor
Dallas News
D. R. Harris
Rusk County News
Henderson
Sam P. Harben
Richardson
F. A. Lehmann
Halletsville
Sidney J. Thomas Last Hours Recorded
An obituary note recounts the final hours of Sidney J. Thomas, detailing events surrounding his death and the responses of those who knew him. The piece preserves a respectful tone and notes the interest of the community in his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sidney J. Thomas
Earth
Death bids farewell to a superintendent and father
An obituary notes Sidney J. Thomas of the State Institution for the Deaf and Dumb died at 44 after asking to farewell the children he served. He endured surgery on April 30 and was moved to the school where inmates filed by his door to say goodbye. He passed peacefully with family present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Austin Statesman
State Institution For the Deaf and Dumb
Sidney J. Thomas
Statesman
Austin Sanitarium
School For the Deaf
Dallas News
Texas Industrial Notes in Brenham and Surrounding Areas
Brenham hosts a largescale coronation event for the thirty second annual Manfest of the Brenham Fire Department drawing many out of town visitors. Barry community voters petition the Commissioners court for an $80000 good roads bonds election. Cuero prepares for the Midcoast Congress delegates with special rail rates and expected record attendance. Rio Vista Farm near Dimmit County purchased by Northern capitalists to develop a large alfalfa operation. Beaumont reports arrival of the first cypress timber shipments for the Beaumont Port Arthur Interurban and notes rail steel purchases and ongoing construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Arthur
Orange County
Fort Worth
Tarrant County
Granite Hill
Handley
Barstow
Pecos
Denton
Pilot Point
Commissioners’ Court
Snyder
Galveston
Panama Canal
Dallas
Armour and Company of
Fair Park
Texas Industrial Notes
Brenham
Corsicana
Barry
Cuero
Cuero Commercial Club
Civic League
Rio Vista
Neuces River
Cotulla
Carrizo Springs
Dimmit County
Beaumont
Beaumont-Port Arthur
Wonderful Skin Salve Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Ad
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve touted as best remedy for skin diseases burns bruises and boils with inflammation reduction and soothing healing. J T Sossaman publisher of News Cornelius NC says one box aided a serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. Only 25c Recommended by M W Carroll.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
J. T. Sossaman
News
Cornelius, N. C
M. W. Carroll
Box Supper At Cottonwood Church Friday May 30
A box supper will be held at Cottonwood Church on Friday night May 30 to raise funds for the Sunday school. Proceeds support the church program and activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cottonwood Church
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Mutt
Jeff
J. R. Eanes & Co
John Waring
Matt
J.R. Eanes & Company
J. R. Eanes
John D. Waring
the Comanche Pub. Co.,Publishers
Tom H. Bell
D. H. Cunningham
T. J. Cunningham
Paris Smith
E. W. Harris
W. H. Kerg
Oscar Callaway
EF. W. Harris
T. J. Williams
W. H. Thadberg
L. T. Cunningham
G. A. Cunningham
K. F. Cunningham
Sidney Thomas
Houston
Freeport
San Bernard- Brazos
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
Santa Fe
San Angelo
West Texas Ginners’ Association
Kimble
Menard
McCulloch
Coleman
Concho
Mills
Mason
Llano
Runnels
Brown, Coke
Tom Green
Rockdale
Milam County
Howe
Howe Oil & Gas Company
Cess
Ative
Management
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
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