Local folk and visitors in Comanche county notes
Haase and Lt Field from Santiago visited family in Comanche. Miss Hilton of Lingerville came for the school. Vera Clark of Comanche stayed with aunt Isla Davis. Mrs Power attended Bethel meeting. Merlin Stanton returned from Fort Worth. Bud Power prospected to Ranger. Joe Hardin business trip to Fort Worth. Mrs M E Davis visited daughters Eri Howell and G S Clark. Will Starkie visited mother Mrs Williams in Proctor. John Wilson drove cattle to Fort Worth. Mr and Mrs Long visited relatives out of town. Eva Mahan and baby arrived from Waldron Arkansas to visit relatives. Odell visited Mrs Stewart. Bryant visited John Wilson. Macon Hannie left for San Antonio training camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eri. H. Howell
G. S. Clark
Comanche
Will Starkie
Williams
Proctor
John Wilson
Fort Worth
Long
Eva Mahan
Baby
Waldron
Ark
C. J. Odell
Stewart
Bryant
Macon Hannie
San Antonio
Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic Strengthens in Summer Heat
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chili Tonic as strengthening feeble seniors and weak youth to endure summer heat. It claims to pacify and enrich the blood, building up the whole system with a strengthening, invigorating effect. The price is 60c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grove
Scott
Forest Films at Cotton Palace Show War Conservation Efforts
A government film segment at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco highlights forest fire control, timber harvesting, range grazing, cotton production, wool processing, road construction, and scientific farming. It showcases rangers fighting fires, timber transport, sheep and cattle grazing, wool sorting, silo building, poultry care, and pure milk production as part of Uncle Sam’s conservation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Foresta
Northwest
Forest Rangers
Texas Cotton Palace
United States
South
Pacific Northwest
Cooperative Dairy Testing Associations
New England
Uncle Sam
War Exhibit Highlights Cotton Palace Show in Waco
The 1924 Cotton Palace in Waco Texas runs November 2 to 17 with the Allied War Exhibit as the main feature. The display, weighing 140000 pounds and packed on 11 railroad cars, is a joint effort of Allied governments and the U S government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Southwest
United States
Cotton Palace
San Francisco
Omaha
Breeders and Stockmen Shift to Cotton Palace in Waco
Dallas State Fair managers cancel expos, pushing exhibitors toward the 1912 Texas Cotton Palace in Waco. The Cotton Palace announces readiness to accommodate a larger turnout, even planning new buildings if needed, with dates set November 2 to 17 for 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Texas
Our Standard Has Been Set for Liberty Loan Effort
A wartime appeal calls on all Americans to stretch beyond money gifts to government, emphasizing personal sacrifice and economy. It urges citizens from every walk of life to work, save, and plan for the Fourth Liberty Loan, viewing sacrifice as national duty.
New Voters Face Grave Responsibility
The pamphlet urges women as farm wives to influence husbands in supporting the Liberty Bond drive. It stresses a moral duty to sacrifice, buy bonds, and help oversubscribe the next loan during the war, promising lasting country service.
The Joy of Motherhood by Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
A testimonial from Mrs O S Johnson of Ellensburg Washington credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with resolving years of infertility and enabling domestic life. The piece urges distraught women with functional disorders to try the medicine and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance based on four decades of experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
O. S. Johnson
R. No. 8
Ellensburg
Wash
Lynn
Mass
Local Notes From Copperas Prairie and Gap Area
Light shower cools heat wave as residents report travel to Newport News for shipyard work and military service calls. marriages, visits, and new births noted. several locals headed to Comanche and German for duties and errands.
Farm loan offers from French & Hurlbut in Brownwood Texas
Farmers are invited to choose among 20 year 10 year and 5 or 7 year loans with annual one fifth payments. The notes allow loan payoff during good crop years or full term use. They will assume old loans, issue new ones, or assist in farm purchases. Visit French & Hurlbut in Brownwood Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French & Hurlbut Brownwood
Texas
Tough times hit Comanche as food and prices bite
A report from Comanche county describes severe shortages of food and feed with no demand for livestock and rising prices. Residents worry about hardship and seek providence as men like Rh. W. Fielder BE. A. Reece and others migrate for work, while local gatherings bid farewell to soldiers headed to Camp Travis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Nettie Steele
Gap
Kk. C. Morris
Pleasant Valley
Comanche
Camp Travis
Rh. W. Fielder
BE. A. Reece
Fort Worth
G. L. Grissom
Comanche County
Notice of guardian appointment and property sale in Comanche
The decree appoints Caroline Brown Temporary Guardian of Clifford Brown with a potential permanent guardianship to be decided in October 1918 by the Comanche County Court. The document also announces a substitute trustee sale of a one third undivided interest in land held by D. H. Cunningham Jr. to satisfy a note of 884.70 plus interest and fees. The sale is set for October 1 1918 at the Comanche County Courthouse between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. with H. N. Goodson as substitute trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pexas
Clifford Brown
Caroline Brown
Comanche County
Texas
Minor
Comanche
B. C. Stailey
J. M. Graham
Ham
Comanche National Bank of
National Banking Corporation
J. R. Eanes
H. N. Goodson
D. H. Cunningham, Jr
Notice of Trustees Sale of Undivided One Third Interest
Notice is given that under a deed of trust dated October 24, 1916 and recorded in Comanche County Texas the trustee holds an undivided one third interest in about 85 acres of land described as part of the Singleton Thompson survey. The land was conveyed to D. H. Cunningham Jr by deed from W F Durham dated October 23, 1916 and by a deed from G C Dowdy et ux to W F Dar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Comanche County
Texas
D. H. Cunningham, Jr
J. R. Eanes
Comanche National Bank
Comanche
Singleton Thompson
W. F. Durham
G. C. Dowdy
W. F. Dar
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Perry Everett
Bessie White
Rev. Lewis
Newbury
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Z. M. Bettis
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Miss Maud
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M. ©. Lane
Lee Gibson
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T. M. Pulliam
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Bob Carver
Wetzel’s
Kinginzootham
A. D. Backstrom
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