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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
4
The county section notes poor cotton prospects with Mrs. Hall returning from Kentucky and Arrie Nichols heading to Dickens county to pick cotton. The Wilson gin is repaired for the season while the Methodist meeting grows. Neighbors haul lumber for a new house at Carlton and Olga Ross visits her grandparents J C and Mrs Ross.
The Harmony church held a protracted meeting with three conversions and one transfer. Clarence Weathersby and Flora Jones were wed at Harmony church after evening services. Visitors arrived from Comanche and Newburg for gatherings. several locals attended burial in Comanche and joined district events while farming communities prepare for cotton.
Nugent Payne visits relatives in Talpa Texas and Lola Ross visits her brother Frank in Comanche this week. Oda Ellen and Mattie Gill visit relatives in Hasse. Mr and Mrs Harvey Hurt visit here. Pierce Harris and Miss Birdie Redwine marry quietly at Rock church Sunday. Mrs Esta Jones of Sabinal visits her mother Mrs Wells.
Expert promises no need to sacrifice service for style when buying glasses. Customers can choose the shape and size most harmonious with their features, ensuring a proper fit without increasing cost.
Sidney News notes a Christian meeting at Bibb where Brother Millholland presided and nineteen conversions were recorded. Attendees from Comanche included Miss Louise Cummings and Benton Stailey, with Fay Bryson and Grace Jones visiting relatives Sunday night. An August 10 wedding linked A W Payne and Miss Lucy Brewer at the bride’s home.
David James' baby ill with fever as Mr. James nears completion of a new store building. The Methodist meeting opened in Hebron last Saturday night. Professor Singleton conducts a twelve days singing school here. The Freewill Baptist meeting closed Sunday night with eleven conversions and seven additions. Families from Merkel Wilson Gustine and Gustine visited L. H. Creamer and family, all relatives of Mrs. Creamer.
Miss Verda Hamilton has returned home after an extended visit with relatives in Fort Worth. She was accompanied by her cousin Miss Irene Hamilton who will stay in the Hamilton home for an indeterminate period.
A stock farm listing describes 220 acres eleven miles east of Comanche on Indian Creek with seventy acres cultivated and sixty acres in Johnson grass. Buyer may purchase or trade both properties for another farm or ranch, per R I Wilson adv.
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