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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1913
Page
10
The piece envisions glass as the material of the future bringing sunlit factories and elegant homes. It argues reinforced wire glass can resist fire, with tests showing high weight tolerance and fire endurance. Glass streets, interiors, and domed stations are imagined, highlighting economy and light as benefits.
Mount Pleasant Missionary Baptist church advances a new building about three miles north of Comanche on the Comanche and Beattie road. The cost is estimated near $2,000, with the project expected to reflect credit on the community and congregation.
Notice to all patrons on R F D No 4 that post office department requires standard width roads or route will be discontinued. Com W T Dobbs offers to accept thirty feet as the width for the route.
The article extols Comanche County Texas as rich for diverse farming with wheat corn cotton milo and fruits, notes oil and gas potential, stock raising shifts toward diversified farming, and highlights land values from $10 to $60 per acre near towns. It cites W D Cunningham and W W Kilpatrick as prominent local growers and details county towns Proctor Hasse Watson and logistic roads for rural routes.
A poem notes whimsical conditions under which a shrewd seller would stop advertising. It lists absurd scenarios such as upside down trees and sun made of ice, implying only impossible changes would halt ads. The anonymous verse critiques perpetual marketing.
John Hammond of Dublin and Allie Fritts of Vandyke were married at the bride’s parents home with Rev T N Carter officiating. Both are popular young people with strong local ties, Miss Fritts raised in Vandyke and her family among early county settlers. Hammond recently moved to Dublin and works at the Dublin City Market.
The program outlines events for Friday August 29 through Sunday August 31 featuring devotions, addresses on church duties, rural evangelism discussion, parable study, a C W E M conference, sermons, and Bible school sessions. Leaders include C C Baxter W E Cooper A L DeSpain Randolph Clark David Shipman and Miss Leve Roberson with music by G TI Boynton.
L H Wilder son of J H Wilder was arrested in Dublin yesterday morning on malicious mischief and disturbing the peace charges. He is to be returned to Waco today after the piano store break in on Austin street caused damages estimated at 2625 dollars, investigated by Dublin constables and the sheriff.
Sheriff and constables searched for Wilder after a Dublin tip. Constable Stegall urged arrest. a last night officer retrieved him today. Disturbing the peace is in justice court and malicious mischief in county court. The complaint alleges Wilder damaged pianos worth 2625 dollars, by knocking and scratching, owned by M. E. Hulsey and bought from bankrupt stock of J. Hilder.
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