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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1922
Page
3
Wanted man with car to sell Cord tires at Wolfe Tire Co. earning $100 weekly plus expenses. Apply at 4267 Canal, Benton Harbor, Michigan.
Local notes report scattered rain last Saturday night with little aid to crops. Families Grisham and Pittman return home to harvest maize while R D Price and Marion visit. Protracted meetings progress at Duster and Rock Cliff with Rev. Read and Rev. Skaggs. Liberty meeting to start Friday night with Rev. Strickland possibly assisting. An oil test location is marked for well No. 2 on J H Haynes property. J S Pittman improves in Blair. Uncle John Lewis abandons a Ford after a ditch mishap near De Leon. no injuries.
A narrator recalls a long fishing expedition with family members including father grandfather and cousins. They fish from a railroad bridge ladder catch catfish and prank a bald bridge worker. The day ends with community chatter and a gumbo meal, as relatives reminisce about youth adventures.
Hot dry weather persists as cotton sheds squares awaiting rain to reach maturity despite minimal weevil damage. Notable visitors include J T Vancleave of Newburg and Arthur Warnack now in Wichita Falls. Meetings led by Elder Speck unfold as Deep test oil drilling advances loom amid road improvements and local campaigning.
Rev Alvin Gafford opened the meeting with Adrian Jones leading singing. Rev J D Kirsell led Sunday services. Attendance has been good with services at 10:30 AM and 8:15 PM. Numerous visits and guests from Electra Sidney Mercer Gap Fort Worth and Shiloah plus many local families attended events and meals over the week.
Mrs Rhoda Green and sons visit brother I G Spikes family. Glover party from De Leon enjoys outing in Jim Haynes pasture. R L Turnbow returns from West Texas visit with Clifford. Clifford Turnbow visits Macksville. Eldareta Leslie visits Gustine cousin Barbara Haggard. Jim Miller and Leri Ritchie visit Bangs relatives. Bryson family attend Edna church. Nathan Johnson of Fort Worth visits Brown home. Effye Hartson visits Macksville sister Claude Wrythe. A rainy weekend boosts farm work and local fish fry gatherings. Adcock fishing on the Colorado River.
The notice states that R. H. Davenport will deliver a sermon at Creamer this Sunday at 11 oclock. Local readers are urged to attend and hear him.
Suffering from indigestion or dyspepsia may find relief with ironized Yeast. Two tablets with each meal are claimed to aid stomach function, with noticeable results within 24 hours. The ad invites a free 3 Day Test by mailing a post card to Atlanta, Georgia, and cites druggists endorsing the product.
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