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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1926
Page
7
An old advertisement promotes Blue Star Remedy promising itching relief without stain or odor. The WM Reese Drug Co markets the product, signaling a period tonic style and medical cures.
Roberson Bus Line runs from Comanche to Fort Worth with scheduled departures including morning midday and evening. The times shown appear misread with invalid minutes but indicate multiple daily trips for passenger comfort and convenience.
Residents bring in peaches and other fruit from local orchards. B Patten shows large Besta peaches, E E Denny notes a cotton boll opened forty one days after bloom, J W McEntire presents Elberta and white cling peaches, and T J Jackson exhibits pears and apples from 24 year trees. frost spared some crops while more produce and canning were reported.
Mr. and Mrs. Len Chappell of Sidney visited Mr. and Mrs. Steve Hilliard Sunday. Howard Garner of Merkel returned after visiting here and spent Wednesday with Mrs. John McEntire. The Millers, lamkin visitors, returned home. W G Stokes and daughter Forest Henry Bain and families Al Boucher and families Fleming Miss Lolo McEntire Comanche and Jerry Bolin and families spent Sunday with John McEntire. Residents attend a Christian meeting in Comanche this week. Mrs. Ben Godfrey and children visit relatives in Dallas. Elmer Roe and family visited Henry Lewis in Harmony. Miss Iva Tate of Comanche spent a day with Misses Pearl and Pansy Godfrey.
A Sidney community meeting at the Methodist Church unanimously approved hosting a fall fair just before the Comanche County Fair. Local leaders were elected including Tom Lacy as President and M. O. Lane as Vice President, with department heads named for crops, livestock, horticulture, and youth work.
Edward Dabney, former Comanche County judge, won a close Democratic nomination for Oklahoma Attorney General by a margin of 314 votes. The note mentions carbon paper and typewriter supplies at the Chief office.
An old advertisement extols the Comanche Chief as a source of quality job printing offerings. The message appeals to readers seeking reliable printing work and local business services.
The Roe family thanks friends and relatives for kindness and sympathy during the long illness and death of our father grandfather and brother W J Roe. May God bless each of you from Hoe and Mrs ED Northd and children Cx Ls Roe and Mrs J M Thompson.
An August gathering at Indian Creek ended with a lively revival and several new church members. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Mack Griffis and children of Valera, Mr and Mrs Olvie White and Mrs Frank White, and Mrs Gladys McMurtry with Miss Billie Frierson of Bristow Oklahoma visiting local families.
The Harmony column notes the Rogers reunion postponed due to illness. It lists visits, family milestones, and weekend gatherings across Vernon Boyd Abilene Mercer Gap and Blanket plus plans for the Grape Festival and an upcoming church meeting led by Rev J L Ray starting August 22. Also mentions fishing trip to the San Saba and local business ad for syrup pans.
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