Rat Killing Time in Comanche Movement Gains Steam
Comanche civic groups launch a rat and mouse eradication program offering rewards based on tails rather than scalps. The plan aims to mobilize the town including youth to rid areas of pests and promises Christmas money for participants as details unfold next week. Special to The Chief Gap Texas Dec 9. R R Everett family car theft noted with tire rim tube radiator cap tools and gloves stolen and later recovered in bushes. Auto shop ads promote repainting at Hest and Wheel and Body Works.
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Comanche
Army of
Ratfighters
Gap
Texas
R. R. Everett
Perry Everett
Gorman
Everett
J. W. Watson
Champion Hog Report From Comanche Farm
Mr. 8 KE Hestand of Comanche reports a champion hog slaughtered this year aged 16 months 8 days, dressed 515 pounds and yielded 165 pounds of lard. The animal netted at least £100 in meat and lard, prompting who can beat it.
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KE. Hestand
Comanche
Hestand
Average editor recalls country sausage and spare ribs
An editor describes letters from communities where people live at home and board at the same place, noting how fresh sausage and spare ribs delight their good friends in the country. The writer self-identifies as an average editor.
Gap News Highlights Local Visits and Community News
Regular correspondence reports Mr and Mrs CC L White visiting relatives in German and Eastland. Mr R R Everett makes trips to Brownwood with grandson Clyde Smith for eye treatment. Mr Charley Winfrey buys a new Ford truck. Gap school progress noted with teachers Miss Lathem and Miss Everett. Mrs Fannie Midland visiting, and Mr Moore and others hunting. Local readers advised to read Farming Made Safe in The Hartford.
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Gap News
CC. L. White
German
Woop Everett
Eastland
Floyd
R. J. Tidmore
Thomason
R.R. Everett
Brownwood
Clyde Smith
Charley Winfrey
E. J. Lakey
Gap
John Tidmore
Vida Jones
Comanche
Lane
Attorney Seeks IRS Ruling on Community Property Rebates
R F Holloway County Attorney announces hopes for a simplified IRS ruling to rebate excess incomes on community property under Texas law. He notes spouses may file separate reports and that husband excess can be returned without extra cost. Offers services on a percentage basis and invites conference.
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Thes
Internal Revenue Department
Texas
R. F. Holloway
Promising Words On Daily Effort And Community Duty
The passage urges each dawn as a new life start and each sunset as a record of kind deeds. It extols building a lasting character through daily work, learning, and just will, transforming effort into a visible, noble legacy.
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John Ruskin
Cochran Guests From Oklahoma City Plan California Trip
Mr and Mrs Jno F Cochran of Oklahoma City are guests of Dr J M Cochran and family. They depart today for California where they will spend Christmas.
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Jno. F. Cochran
Oklahoma City
J. M. Cochran
California
Hicks Stephenson Visits from Waco
Hicks Stephenson vice-president of Meadows Grocery Co. from Waco visited Comanche this week. He has many friends in the town from his earlier residence.
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Hicks Stephenson
Waco
the Meadows Grocery Co
Comanche
Christmas Merchants Invite Comanche Shoppers
Merchants in Comanche urge residents to shop now for Christmas. They boast deep price cuts and a wide display of useful articles. The Chief advises reading ads as personal solicitations of patronage and notes merchants are friendly and eager to serve.
Expenditures of the American Peace Commission
President Wilson transmitted to the Senate a full record of the peace commission expenses abroad from December 1, 1918, to December 4, 1920 totaling 1,651,191.09 dollars. Actual payments reached 1,703,712.06 with 52,520.97 dollars returned by exchange gains. Major costs included travel and subsistence, hotel and dining, wages, rest, and mission travels to Russia Germany Posen Turkey Holland and Armenia.
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Wasington
American Peace Commission
Senate
Wilson
Hotel Critteen
Russia
Germany
Posen
Turkey
Holland
Armenia
E. M. House
Henry White
Robert Lansing
Tasker H. Bliss
Immigration ban proposed by Representative Box
Washington December 3. Rep Box of Texas introduces a bill to bar all immigration into the United States for ten years. The measure also creates a five member board of Americanization and naturalization to study immigrant conditions and recommend steps to improve citizenship.
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Washington
United States
Representative Box
Texas
House Immigration Committee
Texan
Board of Americanization and Naturalization
Solving the Problem for Cotton Growers
Short cotton crops yield higher prices for producers than bumper crops. Plant less cotton but grow the best staple. Those using selected seed and managing harvests well topped the market this year. Premiums for good staple bridge profit and loss. Small acreage plus better cotton would help solve the issue.
Farmers Short Course at John Tarleton College
John Tarleton Agricultural College in Stephenville Texas hosts a Farmers Short Course December 30 to January 1 1921. The program totals three days covering cotton planning livestock poultry production crop systems soil conservation and farm management with tours to profitable poultry plants and the college farm. Dormitories meals at cost and badges for attendees are offered with women farmers welcome.
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John Tarleton College
John Tarleton Agricultural College
Stephenville
Texas
Dee
Marmer
Residence Burned on East Main Street
Mr. C. M. Hadden lost his east Main Street residence and most contents in a Wednesday night fire. Discovered in the rear around 10 o clock, the frame building was soon a total loss with only three trunks and some bed blankets saved. Insurance stood at 3750 dollars. origin undecided between a defective flue or electric wiring.
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C. M
Hadden
East Main Street
Wayne Hill
Serviceable mind and independent thinking urged by Eliot
Charles W. Eliot defines a serviceable mind as one capable of deep concentration and relentless application. He urges developing independent thinking by reading, reflecting, and forming personal judgments starting in youth.
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Charles W. Eliot
Mr. Eliot
Kilpatrick Couple Attend Lodge Meeting and Visit
Gross Kilpatrick and his wife of Memphis Texas arrived this week. The husband traveled to Wa co for the Grand Lodge meeting while the wife stayed at W. W. Kilpatrick’s home for a visit.
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Gross Kilpatrick
Memphis
Texas
Waco
Grand Lodge
W. W. Kilpatrick
Fear of Japanese colonization grips Rio Grande Valley
In Harlingen Texas on December 7 reports say farmers and business leaders in the Rio Grande Valley fear California style Japanese colonization. Mass meetings warned land developers and several plans have been abandoned as locals push to keep land American owned. Mexican labor is preferred to Japanese, and irrigation growth boosts Valley production while port facilities expand.
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Harlingen
Tex
Rio Grande Valley
California
San Benito
Texas
United States
Prominent Mason F. H. Smith Heads to Waco
F. H. Smith, a leading Mason from Blanket, passes through Comanche en route to Waco for the Grand Lodge meeting.
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F. H. Smith
Masonic Order
Blanket
Comanche
Waco
Grand Lodge
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May
W. W. Cox
Hartford
Ban On Immigration
Rio Grande
Majestic Theatre Program
Eileen Percy
Chase ME
Lyons and Moran
Normad Talmadge
Alice Brady
Tom Mix
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