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Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1913

Page

2

Comanche Publishing Co. Journal Staff and Notices

The Comanche Publishing Co lists staff including editor Tom H. Bell and associate editor T I Cunningham with officers and directors such as D H Cunningham J R Kanes and Paris Smith. Subscription price is 1.00 per year with notices to subscribers on address changes and missed issues.

Tom H. Bell Mgr T.I. Cunningham D. H. Cunningham J. R. Kanes T. J. Cunningham T. J Cunningham J R. Kanes Paris Smith J. W. Harris V. A. Thadberg Oscar Callaway E. W. Harris T. J. Williams W. H. Thadberg L. T. Cunningham G. A. Cunningham KK. F. Cunning

Man chiefly responsible for the social evil, argues Rockefeller

The piece credits John D. Rockefeller Jr. and the Bureau of Social Hygiene with the assertion that men bear primary blame for the social evil. It condemns double codes, calls for harsher judgment of men, and notes corruption in police and courts as factors in women’s downfall.

John D. Rockfeller, Jr Bureau of Social Hygiene Becker Bie Pillar

Circulation Boost Promises Growth for Comanche Paper

The Chief Exponent prints 4,000 weekly with 15,000 readers in Comanche territory. It urges advertisers to reach 15,000 local buyers and cites a nearby town that transformed into a park rich area with new civic attractions. The piece touts low ad rates and continued efforts for a more beautiful Comanche.

Texas Comanche Court House Square

Let he that without guilt among you cast the first stone

A sermon condemns male perfidy and the social evil of exploitation of women, urging pity for outcasts and warning that theft of a girl’s innocence robs both her life and the hereafter. It cites biblical admonitions and asks men to reflect on their responsibility.

Perdition Potters Field

Public library idea could enrich Comanche town

The article argues for a free membership library owned by a local society. It outlines a model stocked with the best books magazines and periodicals and notes the town could form a game club or society to initiate the project. It emphasizes educational benefits and civic improvement.

Comanche

Post Office Primary Set With City Election in Two Cities

Clarksville and Texarkana plan a post office primary alongside their city primary to pick a postmaster candidate. Hon. Morris Sheppard and Horace Vaughan have offered to recommend the chosen appointee. Democratic tone noted.

Clarksville Texarkana Morris Sheppard Horace Vaughan

Comanche Promotes Education Religion and Homesteading

The article touts Comanche as a town with superior schools and many churches, highlighting strong citizenship and ample incentives for families seeking a new home in the region.

Comanche

Comanche urged to build more canning and broom industries

A plea for Comanche County to attract industrial plants to provide employment. The author argues larger payrolls boost bank accounts and local spending, suggesting canning and pickling plants and broom corn processing as viable economies. Emphasizes developing local resources and factories to foster growth.

Comanche Comanche County

Indiana baby sent by parcel post to grandparents

A baby in Indiana was sent by parcels post to the grandparents in the country and delivered safely by the carrier. The incident is noted as a curious example of an “infant industry” in satire.

Indiana Fiso

Comanche Receives Reminder on Street Improvements

The article notes that recent rain highlights the need for street crossings cement walks and drainage improvements in Comanche. It stresses the reminder is not a suggestion but a prompt to act on existing plans.

Comanche

Fort Worth Stock Show Announces Prize List and Events

Fort Worth Stock Show lists more than 30000 in prizes for Texas stockmen including a 6000 night horse show starting Monday. March events include a Kirmes dance by Fort Worth society women, Miss Margaret Adama training dancers, and a large poultry exhibit at the Fat Stock Show. The Coliseum hosts an industrial display with five Texas manufacturers and ongoing feed chopper demonstrations.

Fort Worth Texas Fort Worth Society Coliseum Margaret Adama Chicago

Texas contest offers honors for top crop yields

Governor Colquitt informs President Exall he will issue a Texas seal certificate of honor to all winners in the 1913 crop yield contest. The program awards $10,000 in gold and invites Texas boys and girls to compete for the prize.

Colquitt Exall The Texas Industrial Congress Texas

Texas Industrial Congress 1913 prize crop contest pins

Each contestant in the 1913 prize crop contest for 10000 dollars will receive a handsome stick pin as a badge of honor. The seal bears the words Texas Industrial Congress Smaller Farms Bet ter Farming embossed with a wreath of cotton bolls and ears of corn. Pins are being prepared and will be ready soon.

Texas Industrial Congress

Embossed Stationery Offer From Local Printer

The Chief Exponent advertises embossed lithographed or engraved stationery at savings with guaranteed work. Patrons are urged to support a home institution and save money.

Texas Motorway Company Plans Dallas to Rio Route

The Texas Motorway Company filed a charter to build a private graded and macadamized roadway for autos between Dallas and Del Rio. The 500 mile route would traverse Dallas, Tarrant, Johnson, Somerville, Erath, Bosque, Comanche, Hamilton, Mills, Coryell, Lampasas, San Saba, Burnet, Llano, Mason, Kimble, Edwards, Kinney and Val Verde counties with a Dallas office. Directors G W Baker, G L Cade of Dallas and John B Christenson of St Louis signed.

Dallas de Rio Texas Motorway Company State Department Secretary of States Department Tarrant Johnson Somerville Erath Bosque Comance Hamilton Mills Coryell Lampasas San Saba Burnet Llano Mason Kimble Edwards Kinney Val Verde G. W. Baker G. L. Cade Dellas John B. Christenson St. Louis

Texas Motorway Company plans Dallas to Del Rio private road

G W Baker announces charter issuance for the Texas Motorway Company to build a 100 foot wide private graded roadway from Dallas to Del Rio with 100000 capital in 100 shares. Preliminary work starts Dallas to Glenrose fifty miles with route to Fort Worth Cleburne interurban or Cleburne Godley. Construction to begin within thirty days and regular schedules expected year round.

Dallas Texas Texas Motorway Company G. W. Baker del Rio Glenrose Fort Worth Cleburne Godley

Garden seed HQ advert from J. W. Scurry

Headquarters for all kinds of garden and flower seed offered by J. W. Scurry with bulk and package options.

J. W. Scurry Advt

Time table for FRIS GO and Cotton Belt trains

North bound FRIS GO No 4 arrives 9 50 a m No 6 arrives 12 57 a m South bound No 5 arrives 4 35 a m No 8 arrives 1 56 p m Cotton Belt No 1 leaves 10 50 a m No 2 arrives 5 05 p m

Dr C R Doughton Opens Dental Office in Comanche Texas

Dr C R Doughton, a dentist, announces dental practice in the Masonic Building located in Comanche Texas.

C. R. Doughton Masonic Building Comanche Texas

Salina P Choate Property for Cash Offer in Comanche Texas

Property sale notice for a house and lot in Comanche Texas known as Salina P Choate. Buyer may submit best cash price or cash plus balance due in one year at a stated rate. No force sale, no bargain price, contact for viewing and bids.

Texas Comanche Salina P

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the Comanche Publishing Co. Publishers Orm del RI Fris Dr. Prices Probate Court of Fannin County Dence Dr. Jno A. Lanius Bonham, Texas S. P. Choate Pink McCrary Rambler Cars Rambler Motor Co., of Fort Worth, Texas Mark First National Bank
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