Edna Hill Briefs Include Local Visits and Basketball Game
Comanche County News reports Mrs. J. V. Prater is very low. Visitors to Edna Hill include Albert Collinsworth Isla Porterfield Basil and Cecil Prater and V. Collinsworth. The outsiders lost a basketball game to the school boys 21 to 14. Elvis Gilbreath taught at Shieloh and visited home. Other notes cover church, Sunday school, visits, and local travel as families attend events and seek care for Sam Pennell at Arlington Heights sanitarium Fort Worth.
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Edna Hill
J. V. Prater
Albert Collinsworth
Oil City
Isla Porterfield
V. Collinsworth
Basil
Cecil Prater
Mexico
Rev. Connell
Elvis Gilbreath
Shieloh
J. F. Barbee
DeAlva Barbee
Stephenville
Shiloh
Anita Salyer
Lorena
DeAlva Davidson
Zota Bryson
J. W. Colbaugh
C. C. Stateville
W. C. Garner
Eden
Garner
J. W. Banner
W. H. Gage
J. M. Young
Sam Pennell
Arlington Heights Sanitarium
Fort Worth
Pennell
Community notes on singing event and local visits
Dec 10 report notes no Sunday school due to Perryview singing. Residents attended the singing. Amos Tyson and family from Brownwood visited Hicks. Ken Tinney stayed with Tinneys near Newburg. Helmsleys hosted a party. Tinney family visited bE Tinney and kin. J D Allen attended Priddy preaching. Alma Wilson visited Eleanor Helmsley. Godfrey family joined Brice near Comanche. Grigsby family moved to Comanche for work in a restaurant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perryview
Amos Tyson
Brownwood
Fait Tinney
Tinney
J. D. Allen
Priddy
Alma Wilson
Eleanor Helmsley
Frank Godfrey
Gus Brice
Comanche
J. D. Grigsby
Grigsby
Winter Weather and Local Happenings Reported
Dec 12 brings light rain and cold air as residents note winter conditions. Local pork production begins, with several townsfolk attending Robersonville preaching. Visits from Hastings of Blanket and Starr of Comanche mark a busy Sunday. Ollie Wilson travels from De Leon and plans to settle in Vanilyle. Cousin joins, farms rented, Widow Smith and J W Preacher sites taken. Box supper at Freewill church Friday invites locals to bring money and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robersonville
Mr. Hastings
Blanket
Mr. Starr
Comanche
Ollie Wilson
de Leon
Charley Wrightman
Weer Texas
Vanilyke
Widow Smith
J. W. Preacher
Freewill
Mercer Gap Church Notes and Local Snippets
Rainy December at Mercer Gap as Rev Summers of Brownwood preached last Sunday. Local visits include Mr and Mrs KR Hilty at G C McKenzie and R R Gores. Illness of Lisworth Rainey. he improves at home near Antioch. Brownwood visitor Miss Lieut ie Mckenzie and Grady McKinzie car news. New baby for Roy Dutton. Mrs KK Gore to start work at W C Odoms in Comanche Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antioch
Liertie Mckenzie
Brownwood
Roth
Waltrop
M. MecKinzie
Grady McKingle
Roy Dutton
Mikeel Jewel
Leo MiKenzie
Ken Colter
RKR. Gere
Sunda
Alfred McKkenaie
A. Browen
Mies Alta
G. C. McKkenzie
Kk. R. Gore
W. C. Odom
Comanche
Recovery News From Brownwood Operations
Bumgarner returned home from Brownwood after an operation and shows sufficient recovery Tuesday. Mrs Bumgarner also recovered well with no fever and improving health since the operation. Mrs J R Tatum and son Tommie visited from Carlton, and A Lawrence family moved to Tredway for his new principal post.
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Gusatnik
the Tribune
Bumgarner
Brownwood
J. R. Tatum
Tommie
Carlton
A. Lawrence
Tredway
Lawrence
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Advertisement Claim
An acute attack of nasal catarrh and frequent colds leave the user in a run down state. Hall's Catarrh Medicine combines an ointment for local use and a blood acting tonic to build up the system and reduce susceptibility. A promotion notes over four years of use. J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Fountain Pens and Jewelry Offered in Comanche Texas
Fountain Pens IT promotes affordable pens at 1.50 and 2.00, guaranteed by the oldest pen makers in the country. In Comanche, J. H. Huff, Jeweler and Optician, invites shoppers to preview diamonds, rings, necklaces, cuff links and more. Dexter Walling advertises best and cheapest apples at 16 to 17 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. W. H. Hamilton
North Side Square
J. H. Huff
Optician
Comanche
Texas
Dexter Walling’s
Relieved Boy's Cough Receives Foley's Remedy
Mrs L Van Belle of Pendrey Montana writes that her six year old boy had a severe cough and after using Foley's Honey and Tar Compound he found relief. The ad promotes Foley's cough remedy as opiate free and asks shoppers to visit J H Huff Jewelers in Comanche Texas for Christmas gifts and a complete line.
Where the Children Dream Song Poem Tone
The excerpt presents a lyrical verse about autumn and winter winds soothing children as they dream. It evokes a homey scene with stars watching over slumber and a loving guardian presence, framed in a quiet, nostalgic newspaper voice.
Foley Cathartic Tablets Promoted For Constipation Relief
An advertisement touts Foley Cathartic Tablets for constipation with a testimonial from W. B. Parrott of Cleveland Ohio. It urges refusing substitutes and notes availability everywhere. A second product, Ballard's Snow Liniment, is advertised for rheumatism sprains and lumbago with sizes 30c 60c and 1.20 per bottle sold by S. P. Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Parrott
West 76Th St
Cleveland
Ohio
Ballard
P. Smith
8. P. Smith
President's broad 1920s policy outline in 200 words
The passage lists policy stances including support for a world court, skepticism about the League of Nations, opposition to a veteran bonus, keeping and possibly reforming tariff laws, freight-rate revision, permissive railroad consolidation with potential compulsory steps, farmer aid, selective immigration with alien registration, selling Muscle Shoals for cheap fertilizer, enforcing prohibition, strengthening the armed forces, addressing the negro question, price controls on coal, and emergency powers against fuel shortages and profiteering. It endorses the Monroe Doctrine and nonrecognition of Russia until repentance, ending with two unrelated ads for a bracelet watch and a wound healing lotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Harding World Court
League of Nations
United States
Congress
Army
Russia
Waiter and Guest Exchange Polite Banter in Digest Note
A brief literary snapshot from Literary Digest quotes a waiter and a guest exchanging small talk about a future visit. The scene includes a half crown gift and a plan to dine with two ladies, with a demand that all tables appear booked. The item carries a quaint early 20th century social flavor.
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Literary Digest
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Comanche County
Vandyke
Atlanta Constitution
Tennessee
THE
Hartford Fire Insurance Company
Thig
Abraham Lincoln
Robt. BE. Lee
Alvin E. York
G. W. Jessup
Comanche, Texas
Goodyear
Higginbotham Bros. & CO
GoOoDs
J. R. Eanes
Jno
D. Waring
Walker
Iti
Andy
Andy Gump
Walker Bread Company
Lamar Street
Fort Worth, Texas
Comanche Grocery Co
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