POUND for Beef for Chicken Trade Ad from Friers Only
An old notice offers a swap: bring a pound of chicken and receive a pound of beef in return. The ad is labeled Friers Only and reads like a simple bartering offer.
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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1931
Page
7
An old notice offers a swap: bring a pound of chicken and receive a pound of beef in return. The ad is labeled Friers Only and reads like a simple bartering offer.
A brief note describes how crooked runs affect the heels causing sprains and broken shoes. It mentions nerves strained and ankles injured, with a possible remedy about rebuilding footwear at a shoe dyer offering any color.
Miss Geneva Webb and Mr Robert Strickland united in marriage Sunday morning at 8 30 in Brady with Rev I T Morris officiating in the presence of family. The couple to honeymoon in San Antonio and Houston. Geneva a Brady High School graduate and resident of Brady for five years. Robert Strickland a Brady native, star athlete in multiple sports, diploma 1950.
Miss Ilene McKinzie hosted a Breckenridge swimming party Wednesday evening for Dena and Zena Magness and Marjorie Cayce. A picnic lunch followed the swim and a slumber party with a midnight meal was held at their home. Participants included Treva Majrners Jerry Waldrop Ilene McKinzie and the honorees.
Mrs. W. C. Cauley honored her daughter Dorothy on her fourteenth birthday Monday afternoon. Dorothy’s schoolmates enjoyed outdoor games and stunts then shared punch and cake. Guests presented a shower of miscellaneous gifts to the guest of honor.
A day old son of Mr and Mrs Wylie Smith of Dublin died at their home early Sunday. Interment followed in Board Church Cemetery with Rev S J Isham officiating. The child was a grandson of Mr and Mrs Rus Smith of Lam in.
An ad from The Comanche Chief promotes Genuine Vegetable Parchment paper for wrapping butter. It claims the parchment prevents sticking and costs no more than ordinary wrap, urging readers to ask for Butter Cartons.
George Wetzel announces cut in barber charges to 15 cents for a shave and 35 cents for a haircut, tying rates to falling farm prices and other commodities. The note expresses appreciation for customer patronage and signals alignment with economic conditions.
All persons indebted to the late Dr. L B Thomas please settle promptly. Those with claims against the estate should present their bills to the undersigned so the affairs may be settled. Your prompt attention will be convenient to us. Beverley Thomas for the L B Thomas Estate.
Tom Gregory and party visited Baugh and Flynel in Abilene with Hanson and Wayne Mitchell and Gracie Lee of Eastland. Clyde Roch returned from Winters. Misses Lessie Brooks and Vabe da Gregory with Jess Wilson visited Gas tine. J M Baugh hosted Mr and Mrs Jessie Arms of Proctor. Bonnie Rock returned from Fort Worth. Allen Whitenant of Dublin and Buck Stone of Holliday visited. Wiley Wright and family visited W D Wright's parents in Eastland.
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