Golden Wedding Day Honors Texas Confederate Veteran Pair
Capt Jessie Austin Holman and his wife celebrated their golden wedding with family in Comanche County. Holman, born 1842 in Texas, served with Terry’s Rangers and Civil War acts, while wife Mary Folts Holman, born 1847 in Tennessee, moved to Texas with family in 1857. They raised seven children and later pursued real estate and land work, staying active in the community. A quail dinner on January 24 1917 followed by social visits and Euchre games marked the anniversary.
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Texas
Jessie Austin Holman
Jesse Burham
Kentucky
Independence
George T. Holman
Virginia
Galveston
San Jacinto
Miss Barham
Lagrange
Lafayette County
Jesse Austin Holman
Army of the West
Missionary Ridge
Alleghanies
Murfeesboro
Joseph E. Johnston
Sherman
Terry
Mary Evelyn Folts
Alec Folts
Tenn
Cole County
Mary Evelyn
Lottie
Folts Holman
Comanche
Cunningham
L. B. Thomas
J. D. Bonner
A1. Burks
Myrtle
Masons to Confer Third Degree in Comanche Visit
A Dallas 33rd degree Masonic team from the Scottish Rite Temple led by Hon. Sam P. Cochran will visit Hope Lodge in Comanche on February 22 to confer the third degree. Lodges within thirty miles are invited to attend and welcome the visitors for a grand meeting.
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Hope Lodge
A. F
A. M
Dallas
Scottish Rite
Sam P. Cochran
Comanche
Colonial Tea At Pastorium This February
The Y W A of the local Baptist church invites to a colonial tea at the pastorium on February 22. Proceeds support church activities and youth programs.
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Baptist
The Lord's Prayer Civil War Manuscript Recovered
A dingy 1823 Charleston manuscript of The Lord's Prayer, written by an Indiana soldier during the Civil War, is published as a literary curiosity. The piece preserves archaic spelling and punctuation while praising God and seeking daily bread, forgiveness, and protection from evil.
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Charleston
James R. Horner
Golden Wedding of Mr and Mrs J N Greer at Mercers Gap
The couple James Nicholas Greer and Nannie Callahan celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with children grandchildren and friends at Mercers Gap. Born in 1845 and 1849 the pair met in Georgia, lived in Mississippi and Texas before settling in Comanche county. They shared a generous Southern hospitality and a long life of service together.
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J. N. Greer
Mercers Gap
James Nicholas Greer
South Carolina
Marietta
Georgia
James
Nannie Callahan
Mississippi
Texas
Delta County
Comanche County
J.N. Greer
Greer
J. C. Greer
J. A. Greer
Lula Pennington
Mrs. Greer
Hogs Bring Highest Price In Fort Worth Market
Jim Cox offered three hog cars at the Fort Worth market on Monday. One car sold at 11.55 cents per pound, about fifty cents above that day's market price, marking the highest price seen on the Fort Worth hog market to date. Comanche County baby beef led the day, with hogs from Comanche County pushing prices higher.
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Jim Cox
Ft. Worth
Fort Worth
Comanche County
Comanche
Red Seal Ginghams Arrive at Burks Mercantile Co
Spring fabric arrivals bring Red Seal ginghams to Burks Mercantile Co offering shoppers new prints for warm weather wardrobes.
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Burks Mercantile Co
Contests Near: Three Weeks Left to Win Car
Readers are reminded that three weeks and three days remain to enter the March contest. A car prize awaits a lucky participant, with entries closing at the designated deadline.
Persistent Candidates Win the Saxon Car Contest
L. D. Burgess writes that persistence separates winners from non persistent candidates. Staying steady, avoiding early dropout, and keeping at the effort through the final three weeks three days determines the car prize. The message stresses continuous work today over total early effort.
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Fulton
Melon Growers Urged to Attend Meeting Saturday
The melon growers of the county and all interested are urged to attend the meeting on Saturday February 10 at 1 00 pm at the Y M B L office. Members are asked to gather to decide acreage and unite to secure a stable melon market for their crop.
Graduation Dresses and Burks Mercantile Co Death
Rantual French organ dies at Burks Mercantile Co. brief item notes a retirement or passing connected to the store.
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Burks Mercantile Co
Seed Potato Varieties Cited for Harvest Time
The note lists Early Rose and Irish Cobblers as seed potato options, with Slider and Lacy also mentioned as varieties.
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Slider & Lacy
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J. A. Holman
the Lord’s Prayer
Earth
Heaven
New York
Amercian
Contest
Glosson
L. D. Burgess
Pink McCrary
R. W. Pierce
Buna van Winkle
Mattie Duncan
Nell Palmer Webb
Comanche R. F. D
Myrtle Roberson
Verda Coker
Hardy Payne
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