Comanche Post Office Paper Editorial and Civic Notes
The Comanche paper notes postal and organizational details, critiques political graft, critiques Bethlehem Steel and government armor plate costs, and reports on a successful Go To Church Move with strong church activity and calls for further civic effort. It cites local leaders and stockholders including W H Carpenter J R Eanes Geo L Sullivan and E W Harris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Cunningham
T. J. Cunningham
W. H. Carpenter
J. R. Eanes
Oscar Callaway
S. P. Smith
E. W. Harris
T. J. Williams
L. T. Cunningham
G. A. Cunningham
J. R. Moore
Comanche County urged to form School Betterment League
The article extols school betterment movement in Brown County and notes a Brown County school (Dulin) was named the cleanest in Texas. It argues Comanche County should organize a School Betterment League to promote progressive school improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown County
Dulin
Texas
Comanche County
History repeats itself in trade and war warnings
The article recalls 1512 neutral trade violations and 1812 tensions with England and France. It argues Wilson exhausted resources for peace, warns that war hawks in Congress may push entry, and predicts gringoes will be slow to enlist. It likens current stance to Madison and urges restraint if possible.
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America
Congress
United States
England
France
Germany
Wilson
Madison
Representing Texas as a Whole in Legislature
The piece condemns legislators who act for regional or county interests at the expense of the state. It argues elected officials must serve Texans collectively, setting aside personal or sectarian motives. When they stray, they become parasitic and harmful to the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Texas
Texas
Plains
Panhandle
Rio Grande Valley
East Texas
Prosperity and excess in 1915 city life prompt concern
The 1915 war economy brought easy money to cities and the New Year observances sparked riot and public dissipation. Respectable men and women joined the revelry, marking a decade of rising license and social looseness.
Extravagance in conduct and living blamed by Oklahoma Farmer
The Oklahoma Farmer cautions that license and extravagance in dress and living reveal a drift from American thrift and commonsense. He argues prosperity without restraint leads to folly and quick loss, warning that prodigality will end prosperity for the fool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oklahoma
Song of the Lazy Farmer Lets Cows Rustle
A humorous farmer laments hard labor to silo corn stalks while a neighbor builds a novel corn bin to feed livestock. He envies rest and notes his own cows roaming the field for corn stalks as he favors ease over effort.
Dallas Candidate Barry Miller Heralds Patriotism in Texas Legislature
Comanche County readers learn of Barry Miller a Dallas county candidate for the Legislature. Miller reports an income above ten thousand dollars yearly from law practice and offers to serve for five dollars a day or two dollars daily for sixty days, even leaving his high paying post to serve. He has refused governor and congress postings, once held an appointive job and abolished it, and touts himself as among Texas’s brainiest men. The piece frames the call for patriotic leaders to wrest Texas from self seekers, likening Miller to Richard Coke and Jim Hogg in a historic plea for public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barry Miller
Dallas County
Texas
Comanche County
Dallas
Lone Star
Richard Coke
Jim Hogg
Five Years of Bloody Misrule in Mexico
Samuel G. Blythe details a chaotic Mexican crisis marked by bloodshed, looting, famine, and foreign investment losses. He cites widespread corruption, punitive actions by Francisco Villa, and a collapse of Mexico into an economic abyss as the core struggle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel G. Blythe
Mexico
United States
Francisco Villa
Frivolity in Wartime Recruiting Dialogue
A Saturday Evening Post snippet portrays Percy Ames recalling a coastal English village scene where a sergeant questions a tall youth about enlistment. The youth resists, baffled by the war, while the sergeant asserts duty to king and country. The exchange captures wartime recruitment friction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Ames
Tare
Saturday Evening Post
Bold dash by Bertie in car romance during wartime
A New York Globe anecdote describes Bertie Fitzswanker driving a speedily to prove courage to a companion during wartime. He defies danger by roaring that they travel fifty miles per hour while the passenger platitudes bravely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertie Fitzswanker
New York Globe
Frivolous English Girl Dismisses American Flag Candy
London Tit-Bits recalls a celebration where a young English girl mocked the American flag calling it silly and comparing it to checker-berry candy. A bystander counters that the candy has sickened those who tasted it.
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London
Ungrammatical Kentucky Farmer Remark Cited
A Boston Transcript note recounts a Kentucky farmer remarking to a visitor that three Miss Perkins are three of the prettiest gals he has ever seen. The quip highlights rural speech and regional rhyme.
Was Getting His Money's Worth
A passenger complains after his foot is trodden on by a conductor. The conductor retorts about the fare as a witty exchange from The Bystander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pavlova
Playing Count Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing
A New York World fragment notes children using stationery while referencing a game of Count Bernstorff and Secretary Lansing in a playful exchange. The text reflects a lighthearted wartime or diplomatic era banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Bernstorff
Secretary Lansing
New York World
Lest Resort Exchange Reveals Salvation Army Recruit
A brief quote exchanges a Salvation Army recruit recounting how playing the cornet influenced his decision to join. The exchange captures a terse, era tenor in a public setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salvation Army
S. A
Farmer’s Wheat Selloff Yields Dollar Value
A farmer sold 1 479 bushels of wheat at 1 17 a bushel. The sale would bring 1 477. the boy responds with a riddle about an automobile as the exchange.
Boro Zone Antiseptic Liquid and Powder Ad
Boro Zone antiseptic liquid and powder claim rapid wound healing for man or beast including cattle injuries and screw worm cuts. Available in 25¢, 50¢, $1, and $1.50 packages, sold by 8 P Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. Smith
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Haro Nouvinouio
the Comanche Publishing CO
Comanche
Pres
W. N. Carpenter
Sec.-Treas
Geo. Sullivan
Geo. L. Sullivan
Bethlehem Steel Co
Ungramatical
Lest
The
Cash Store
Emmy Lou
Bob & Rog
Esco
Dudley
Palm Beach Tropic
H. J. R. Gille
J. R. Eanes & Company
J R. Eanes
Jno, D. Waring
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