Cotton reports temperate by dry heat and early harvest
Regular correspondent notes cotton cutting short due to hot dry weather. Recounts social events at Mrs. J. H. Bentley’s party and C. Walker’s ice cream supper. Mentions visits by Fay McNutt and Lois Hardy, Cunningham reunion attendance, a birth at Dutt Williams, and postmaster C L White as a possible county judge candidate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain View
J. H. Bentley
Lillie Shatters
Fort Worth
ID. L. Gore
C. ©. Walker
Fay McNutt
Elmer
Lois Hardy
Comanche
Miss Neva Huff Hosts Lawn Party and Church Meeting
Aug 22 social highlights show Miss Neva Huff hosting a lawn party with decorative grounds and music. Guests include Vern Bolles Rena Williams Joe Parnell and others from Sidney and nearby towns. The event closed with twelve church additions and sermons by Rev Kursell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neva Huff
Miss Huff
Vern Bolles
Rena Williams
Joe Parnell
Lois Love
Alta Williams
Ruth Thompson
Linda Thompson
Gladys Burks
Trina Williams
Miss Cox
Sidney
Tubber Stewart
Thurston Thomas
Otis Coker
Felton Jones
Lamar Tower
Rawleigh Adams
Elmer Westmoreland
Claud Gafford
Messrs
Indian Creek
John McGuire
Fort Worth
Kearney
Luther Criswell
Tohoka
Velma
Elli Stewart
Hastland
J. W. Coker
Altus
Okla
Sidney News Highlights Local Moves and Tragedy
Aug 21 items note Wells moving family to Comanche for schooling and staying awhile, Pickerd returning from Panhandle, Willey from a dual with grandchildren and brothers, Neel moving into Cody’s vacated place, several locals shipping melons to Comanche, Wilsons from Cisco visiting, Gleaton sister returning home, a fishing trip to Leon with a large catch reported, Redwine family visiting, Brown family returning from Grimes county, Graham and Barnett attending singing, and a drowning tragedy near Copperas Creek of Misses Bernice Windfrey and Emma Lakey with funeral planned in Sipe Springs cemetery. community expresses sympathy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rute Pickerd
Panhandle
Yonth S. M. Willey
Ducal
Joe Vpauttie
Sidney
Brownwood
Cody Donaho
Ray McCorkle
Reece Neel
Cody
Mr. Neel
Comanche
Carl Wilson
Cisco
Howell Gleaton
Lee Morris
Sipe Springs
Redwine
Fort Arthur
John Redwine
Oscar
T. L. Brown
Gap
Grimes County
Aubrey
Naughty Graham
Mari Barnett
Bibb
Bernice Windfrey
Emma Lakey
Copperas Creek
Harmony Meeting Sees Conversions and Baptisms
The Harmony gathering closed Monday night with Rev. Smoot of Comanche leading the last three services. Converts and infant baptisms marked the event as many from surrounding areas attended. Attendance remained strong and several joined the Baptist meeting at Mercer Gap.
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Harmony
Smoot
Comanche
Cormanche
Mercer Gap
T. K. Clark
Miss Izola
Chested
Shiloh
M. Bk. Owen
Rena Owen
Gladys Clark
County bids for Best Tracklayer Tractor in Comanche Texas
Notice from Comanche County Texas commissioners court announces bid opening on August 27 1923 in Comanche for a Best Tracklayer Tractor A county judge F J Reese signs the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commissioners Court of
Comanche Couny
Texas
Comanche
F. J. Reese
The Call of the Road Poem Fragment From Winthrop College
A poetic fragment by William Garner Burgin from Winthrop College appears in The State describing the lure of travel and a nomadic life. The speaker longs to roam the world for rest, nature, and the guiding call of the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willian Garner Burgin
Winthrop College
Texas Industrial Notes Reflect Varied 1923 Developments
A roundup of Texas industry in 1923 notes Dallas building permits for the first five months totaling 10,441,428 dollars, new bridges, roads, and modern apartment projects in several cities, a 30 million dollar grain crop impact on state revenue, and multiple plant constructions. Gainsville expands with a cotton gin, Taft and Southland oil field activity increases production, rail and freight upgrades are planned in Dallas district, and various towns report refinery, bakery, and bagging facility developments along with new schools and banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Gainsville— Cotton Gin Company
Fabena
Corpus Christi
Arlington
Sherman
Texas & Pacific Railway
Fair Grounds
Taft
Powell Humphreys Oi Company
Wichita Falls
Laredo
Webb County
Run of Luck Buyer Bemoans Car Experience
A prospective Ford buyer says running over a person would be terrible. The salesman boasts the car has top shock absorbers and a smoother ride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
Caftfablyi
Mike
Life is a Highway travel poem fragment by Pinet
A short poetic fragment from American Highways by F L Pinet describing a pilgrim journey with shifting rain sun hills and miles walked. The piece presents road imagery and reflective lines about hardship and enduring onward movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. L. Pinet
For Sale 675 Acres Near Comanche Stock Farm and School Site
For sale 675 acres one mile northeast of Comanche with 140 acres in cultivation. A fine stock farm and suitable for a school location. Oscar Callaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche
Oscar Callaway
New laws take effect after final adjournment
Austin notes second session of the thirty-eighth legislature enacted numerous measures effective August 14. Highlights include changes to capital punishment methods, voting restrictions, tax collections, and new regulations on stock permits, tax assessors, lighting districts, state parks, and public nuisances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colm
Wharton
Matagorda
Colorado River
State Park Board
Houton
General Sam Houston
Department of Insurance and Banking
Board of Control
American Legion Memorial Hospital
Kerrville
Texas
Foley Kidney Pills End Back Pain Says Mrs Perkins
Boston woman Mrs J C Perkins says her daughter's backache and pain vanished after using Foley Kidney Pills. The advertisement claims relief for backache rheumatic pains and kidney and bladder trouble with pills sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
Boston
Mass
Vermifuge Claim Highlights Long Use For Worm Expulsion
Forty years of constant use is cited as proof of White's Cream Vermifuge effectiveness for expelling worms in children or adults. Price 35c. Sold by S. P. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. P. Smith
Bran and Shorts Pure Corn Chops At M Coles Grocery
A local ad urges farmers to buy Ho Maid and Flint ground feed products from M Coles man’s Grocery. It promotes Bran and Shorts, ground oats and barley, mixed chicken feed, chicken feed wheat, corn meal, maize heads, egg mash, and Ho Maid Whole Wheat Graham. It claims the wheat price offer yields about 40 percent return and ribs farmers to bring wheat for bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Coleman’s
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Burnett
Earl
Parl
L. White
Wells
Clinton Payne
CW Donnell
Alta McCollum
Comanethe
Jim Edwards
Inez
Clarice Clark
Harmonys
Holcomb
Ewell Ward
SS. Smith
Clarence Edwards
Ollie Mankin
Murphree
Bethel
Tf. I. Rogers
Bra Franks
Rens Owen
Vernon Boyd
Alvin Gafford
Harley Williford
A. Z Stevens
S. S. Smith
Carthel Ward
Gladys Witten
Jackson
Cole
Aaron Stevens
Falls County
Call OF the
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Oo Howe
Oakwood Rice Hotel
Eled
Sandia
16& GN
Pearsal
Houston
Valley
Taiding
Southland
Perchange
Shiryland
Mercedes
Phartingen
Port Arthur
Homes Ete
Magnolia Petroleum Company
Kansas Gulf Company
Wichita County
Rownwood
United States
Optometry
R. W. H. Hamilton
Standard Optometrist
Phe Highway
Hartford Fire
Abraham = Lincoln
Robt. E. Lee
G. W. Jessup
North Side Square
Comanche Texas
Durham Brothers
Paris Smith
Alquest
Memphis
Messee
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