Impressions of Comanche Oil Field Visit Near Sipe Springs
Visitors view the Comanche Oil Company gas well No 1 four miles west of Sipe Springs on the oil lease. Gas flows at one million feet per 24 hours with pressure fifty to sixty pounds per square inch, drawing belief in a future oil or gas boom in North Comanche and Southeastland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. A. Cunningham
T. J. Cunningham
Tom H. Bell
William Cunningham
Comanche Oil Company
Sipe Springs
Kirk
Copperas Creek
Comanche County
Brasuel
Crestman
Leary
Hog Valley
Country J
North
Comanche
South Eastland
Beaumont
Glenn Pool
Electra
Kansas
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Comanche Well No. 1
Bralley to resign Texas education post for UT extension
Unofficial word says Frank M. Bralley will resign as superintendent of public instruction to head theUniversity of Texas extension department. W F Doughty of Marlin will succeed him effective September 1. Bralley has led the department since 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Public Schools of
Marlin
State Teachers’ Association
State Text Board
Scrapbook by late S J Thomas enjoys strong sales
Friends in the city have purchased copies of S J Thomas’s Scrapbook, a work he was compiling at his death that his wife finished. Known as a forceful and entertaining writer, Thomas will be remembered, and readers will enjoy the book for years to come as it enjoys good sales.
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S. J. Thomas
Thomas
Program of the Teachers Institute
A dense agenda outlines September 1–5 sessions for rural and independent school teachers. Topics cover courses of study, daily programs, text books, grading, efficiency, sanitation, ethics, and teaching methods across primary to high school levels with room assignments and discussion leaders.
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Bagley
Comanche County
County Board of Trustee
Ellie Aufill
W. E. Lowe
de- Leon
Texas Board Sets $7 Per Capita School Allowance
Austin, Aug. 11. The state board of education voted a per capita apportionment of 7.00 for maintenance of public schools. The 1913-14 estimate projects 1,150,000 scholars starting September 1. Total apportionment would be about $8,050,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Texas
State Board of Education
KF. M. Bralley
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Thriftless Man Steals Clothes, Progressive Customer Base Grows
A local shop notes a thriftless man habitually steals from their establishment while praising progressive customers who value neat clothing. They promote specialty cleaning and pressing services to help patrons improve appearance and prosperity.
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Bralley
State University
the ‘‘Scrapbook
Riley
Todd
Jersey
The
Hamilton Drug Co
Torbett
White Stock CO
On Earth Reserve
Adelade Irving
Lyman R. White
Princess Stock
Fort Worth, Texas
Guy McDonald
James and
Harrison Company
Teachers Institute
Ethel Masters
W. D. Jenkins
County Teachers’ Institute
Otto Garrison
M. P. Chalmers
I. N. Burnett
C. A. Wilkins
Gille the Tailor
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