Indian Gap Blaze Destroys Nine Businesses
Fire of unknown origin swept Indian Gap Thursday night August 18 nearly razing nine business houses and the German American Farmers Bank. Loss tallies show Will Lemont and Carl Rheinert stores, Will Barker drug store, Sam Browns meat market, two garages, post office and a vacant building all destroyed. Bank vault damaged with loss of notes and records. insurance coverage limited to seven thousand dollars. Rebuilding underway as temporary post office operates and Rheinert sets up temporary store in the old Mitchel hotel building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian Gap
J. Montagues
Post Offce
Will Martin
Joe
Montagu
Emmett McCaleb
Will Barker
Sam Browns
Jo Montagu
Rheinert
Mitchel
Free Coffee at Midget Cafe Opens Fair Day
The Midget Cafe offers free coffee from 11 until 1 30 on the first day of the fair inviting attendees to enjoy a complimentary beverage while visiting the midway and exhibits.
Heavy Haul Specialists Burks and Son Open Route
Burks and Son expand fleet offering long heavy hauls across regional routes. Company emphasizes engineered transport solutions for oversized loads, targeting construction and industrial sectors with new equipment and service flags.
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Burks and Son
Milo Foster Visits Glendale Grandparents
Milo Foster of Glendale California is visiting his grandparents Mr and Mrs G L Morris.
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Milo Foster
Glendale, California
Mrs
G. L. Morris
Comanche County Men Plan Berry Venture in California
Selman Tannehill and Oran Clark of Comanche County will introduce local black berry farming to California. Tannehill already operates an acre there with Clark and Dillan berries, claiming higher yields and strong market demand due to berry scarcity. The pair will plant 20 acres with 1500 vines per acre as Clark relocates his family to Brownwood and joins the project.
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Comanche County
Selman Tannehill
Oran Clark
California
Mr. Tannehill
Mr. Clark
Kodak Shop Dixons East Side Finishing Service
First class Kodak finishing available at Dixons Kodak Shop on the East Side. Prompt service and quality processing for color and black and white prints.
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Kodak
Dixons Kodak
East Side
Notice for Bids for City Depository Comanche Texas
The City of Comanche Texas will receive bids for the city depository for the year starting September 1 1927. Interest computed on daily balance and paid semi annually. C M Moore City Secretary.
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Comanche
Texas
C. M. Moore
Concessions bids for Comanche County Fair sought
Notices offer bids for fair concessions to be opened at 2:30 p m on Saturday August 27 at the Comanche Chief office. Bids may cover whole or separate concessions and may be left with W H Carpenter or mailed to C M Caraway Manager care J A Parton. Also notices on rentals and farming opportunities appear.
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Comanche County
Comanche
W. H. Carpenter
C. M. Caraway
Care J. A. Parton
ARM FOR SALE NEAR COMANCHE 97 ACRES
Real estate notice lists 97 acres six miles east of Comanche with a good house and barn and water. 65 acres cultivated, half sandy loam, half tight land. Price and terms reasonable. Also 160 acres five miles southwest at 20 dollars per acre. Will sell all on time at six percent to suitable buyer. J R Eanes and Co.
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Comanche
J. R. Eanes and Co
Pooms to Rent For School Term
Pooms available for school term rental listed by Mrs. A. M. Carwile with telephone number 195.
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W. D. Renfro
A. M. Carwile
Comanche Grapes Draw Agricultural Agent Visit
M. B. Oates, agricultural agent for the Fort Worth and Denver Railway, visited Comanche on Friday to inspect vineyards and gather information to promote grape growing in the railway’s region. The fame of Comanche county grapes is widening as the Associated Press picked up a story on J. B. All corn’s grapes.
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M. B. Oates
Fort Worth
Denver Railway
Comanche
Comanche County
Associated Press
J. B. Allcorn
See us for all sizes window glass
Higginbotham Lumber Yard promotes its window glass offerings in a concise local ad stating availability for all sizes. The note emphasizes product range and convenient sourcing for hometown customers.
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Higginbotham Lumber Yard
Rain Favorable for Comanche County Farmers
A general rain covered Comanche County last week aiding farmers. Buford Webb of Dallas visits his uncle Dave Rudd. Horace White returns from Denton after college. Mr. and Mrs. Earl King of Board Church visit Mrs. Huffman. Miss Opal Hardin of Dublin visits cousin Jewell Hardin. Billie and Olive White return from Lewisville where they visited sister Mrs. Walters.
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Comanche County
Buford Webb
Dallas
Dave Rudd
Horace White
Denton
Earl King
Board Church
King
C. E. Huffman
Opal Hardin
Dublin
Jewell Hardin
Billie
Miss Olive White
Lewisville
Mrs. Walters
Local visitors and travels from Knox City to Bangs area
Miss Thelma Holden and brother Calvin of Knox City visited Mr. and Mrs. Boss Stephens last week. Miss Isla Reid returned from Temple, Scott and White Sanitarium, while Alvin Rackley, from Tohoka, visits home folks. Mrs. C. B. Guyger of Bangs spent time with her father R. H. Reid. Saint Ay proctor and Miss O Vane McClatchy traveled through Coleman and Bangs, with Dahlia Boler of Bangs. Lennie Merle Walker, from Baylor College, came home for a short stay.
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Proctor
Thelma Holden
Brother Calvin
Knox City
Boss Stephens
Isla Reid
Temple
Scott and White
Alvin Rackley
Tohoka
C. B. Guyger
Bangs
R. H. Reid
Hasse
S. L Freeman
Steubenville
Has Procter Saint“ay
Vane McClatchy
Coleman
Dahlia Boler
Lennie Merle Walker
Baylor College
Midget Cafe Serves Big Juicy Hamburgers
The Midget Cafe offers large hamburgers described as big and juicy for customers seeking hearty meals. Local eatery highlights steady hints of popular demand and casual dining appeal.
Former Citizen Dies at Dallas Pioneer Telephony Builder
Daniel Clower a pioneer telephone builder in Dallas died at his home August 17 at age 92. He earlier worked as a watchmaker and jeweler in Comanche from 1876 to 1879 with Dan Clower and Son. His son Johnathan Clower lives in Cleburne. He helped install Fort Worths first telephone system and erected the first long distance line from Dallas.
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Daniel Clower
Pioneer
Dallas
Comanche
Com
Dan Clower
Johnathan Clower
Cleburne
Fort Worth
Young Ladies Missionary Society Hosts Friday Event
Sidney reports that on Friday night August 26 the Young Ladies Missionary Society will stage a manless wedding comedy and several other numbers for an audience at the community venue.
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Sidney
Young Ladies Missionary Society
Russell Family Receives Texas Folk Lore Bulletin
L B Russell is praised after sending a manuscript of 1850s tales ballad nursery jingles and a later note written by his mother Emeline Brightman Russell who died in 1910. The Texas Folk Lore Society at Austin published Tales and Rhymes of a Texas Household edited by Bertha McKee Dobie.
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L. B. Russell
Texas Folk-Lore Society
Austin
Bertha McKee Dobie
Texas
Emeline Brightman Russell
First Bale of Cotton Likely Earliest in County History
The Chief reports the first bale of cotton pinned on August 5 may be the earliest ginned in the county. George Pate, longtime Comanche gin figure, notes 1912 Blue Gin received its first bale on August 1.
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George Pate
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Calif
Comanche Milling Company
J. P. Hoff
Prop
Insurance
Gos
The
Pecan Valley
Insurance Ass’n
C. A. White
Brownwood, Texas
W. D. Stephenson
Comanche, Texas
C. C. Coker
Burts
Federal Land Bank of Houston
J. D. Bonner
Comanche N. F. L. A
Z.I. P
Hamilton Drug Co
Raise&s
Norrid and Prater Produce Co
Dave Dingus
E. H. Jones
Retivine
D. Dingwall
Burton Barber College, Inc
Commerce St
Pallas
Main St
Louisiana Ave
Shreveport
Spienoid
O. A. Neely
Patel
C. J. Bartley
L. JE
Bays
Texas Rt
Southwest
P. Ator
Robert Lee
Bess Sloan
Higginbothams
J. I. Holmsley
J. W. Boswell
J. E. Chilton
J. R. Panes
de Leon
J. B. Laynes
H. M. Wright
P. D. Nesmith
R. E. Blue
Gustiné
Y. W. Holmes
Jack Cauley
D. M. Russell
de Leon Free Press
Avick
Rye Farm
Mullin and
W. M. Smith
Q. H. Donahoe
Gabe_Hopkins
W. A. Shelton
Bettis and Gibbs
Iva Hart
Clara Carpenter
W. M. Durham
Edsel Ford
Mackey Motor Co
Lincoln
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