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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1915
Page
3
Two weeks remain to support a preferred candidate through subscriptions. Votes tie to payment amounts, with prizes offered by the Chief. Readers can pay in person, mail payments, or have a volunteer call to collect. Published below are the numbers of subscriptions issued.
A five passenger Overland automobile will be awarded to the candidate polling the greatest number of votes in the contest. A piano prize goes to the candidate polling the second highest vote total.
A contest offers a fourth prize of 25 dollars in clothing. The coat suit is to be awarded to the lady with the fourth highest vote total. The contest closes at the designated polling time.
A city paper invites pastors to submit service schedules and appoints to widen church directory reach. The offer promises advance notices for rural communities and out of town preachers while urging readers to support and participate, noting free coffee and cakes at the city grocery on Monday and Tuesday.
Postmaster Reese addressed Gustine residents last Friday focusing on mail services with emphasis on parcel post. He highlighted the marketing feature of parcel post which many Comanche County farmers are already using.
A short, bold notice quotes T I Collins seeking pigs or peanut hogs for sale. The speaker requests to purchase hogs with urgency.
Floyd Carpenter advertises cash payments for pecans chickens eggs butter turkeys and furs at the opposite fire station contact phone 289 7tf for details
The Woman's Bible Club prepares a union church service at 10 o clock Christmas morning with all town pastors taking part and special music planned. The program will be printed in next week's paper.
An old notice promotes Femenina for female troubles priced at 50 cents and one dollar and advertises a Ford tire special. It mentions needing the room and a discount store offering 5 and 10 cent items.
E B Atterbury, the first to receive a Woodman rebate in Comanche, drew one tenth of the policy face value as he reached seventy. He and early joiners helped build the Woodmen of the World into a strong, self-supporting institution. Wool slipper soles for men and women offered by Roberson Sisters.
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