Lecture on Music to Energize Comanche Benefit
Rev J R Morris will deliver a music lecture next Thursday March 6 at the Methodist church to aid the superannuated preachers fund. The talk, differing from his sermons, has drawn large crowds in Dallas Waco Fort Worth Temple Hillsboro and other towns. Admission is free but an offering is optional with committee member F E Adams overseeing the endowment drive.
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J. R. Morris
Preachers’ Fund
Dallas
Waco
Fort Worth
Temple
Hillsboro
Morris
Methodist Church
City Tax Rate for Third Year at Eighty Cents
At a February city council meeting the 1924 tax rate was set at eighty cents per hundred dollars. Sixty-four cents fund debt service and general operations, ten cents for street improvements, with purchases of fire equipment, a roadster, grader, and a fire truck. Current warrants total about nine hundred dollars and the city reports cash on hand to run to mid year. Mayor J R Eanes signs.
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Jane
J. R. Eanes
Comanche County Melon Growers Meet Planned at Courthouse
The Comanche County Melon Growers Association asks the Chief to announce a meeting at the courthouse on Saturday March 1 at 2 pm. All melon growers in the county are urged to attend as important matters will be considered.
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Comanche County Melon Growers Association
Court House
Sipe Springs Couple Married Here Monday
De C. Klingman pastor of Central Christian church officiated at the county clerk's office where Virgil Wail and Lola May Coster of Sipe Springs were married in the courthouse in the presence of onlookers.
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de ©. C. Klingman
Central Christian Church
Court House
Virgil Wail
Lola May Coster
Sipe Springs
Wanted petrified woods and Indian relics in Texas
Comanche Texas ad seeks specimens of petrified wood and rock forms plus mortars pestles drills knives trays arrowheads stone hammers and axes pottery and related items. Advertiser Less Boynton offers cash or seed corn in trade and will visit Comanche每 Saturdays.
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Comanche
Boynton
Texas
Coffee as a servant of civilization, MIT study says
Professor Samuel C Prescott of MIT led a three year, $10,000 coffee research project reviewing over 1000 reports. He concludes coffee properly prepared boosts mental and physical activity, aids sustained work, and is not habit forming or harmful for most people.
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Samuel C. Prescott
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Department of
Masuchetts Tech
Profsar Prescott
Home Baking Returns To Prominence In Household Life
Helen Harrington Downing notes a shift from store bought to home baked foods as bridal gifts and student cooks showcase skills. The article gives deep fat frying tips for doughnuts and crullers and provides a complete recipe for yeast doughnuts with instructions on mixing, resting, cutting, and frying.
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Helen Harrington
Heaviest Snowfall In Eight Years Weighs Texas Week
The first major snow of the season fell Sunday night and continued through Monday with 12 to 16 inches reported. The whiteout covered north and west Texas and extended as far south as San Antonio, marking the heaviest snow in six years.
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Texas
San Antonio
Cantata The Light Eternal Presented In Comanche
The cantata The Light Eternal is in progress and described as a premier musical event in Comanche. Plans call for forming a choral club after the performance, signaling a milestone in local musical history. Each phrase reflects the formal, celebratory tone of the era.
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Comanche
Foley Pills Promote Kidney Activity Says Sampson Man
J. D. Stephens of Samson Alabama reports relief after using Foley Pills for kidney inefficiency. He says his condition improved and he feels physically better than in years.
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J. D. Stephens
Samson, Ala
Card of Thanks from the Shelton Family
The Shelton family expresses deep gratitude to friends for kindness and support after a bereavement. They thank those who sent floral offerings and offered comforting words and care, pledging lasting appreciation for the sympathy shown. Mrs. W. A. Shelton and Family.
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W. A. Shelton
Notice to Members Home Circle Insurance Associa
The Home Circle Insurance Association of Comanche county announces the death of secretary George Dallas Lofton on February 24, 1924. L B Russell, acting secretary, asks members in good standing to send name and address, and notes two assessments due for John W Stephens and the deceased Lofton.
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Home Circle Insurance Association
Comanche County
George Dallas Lofton
John W. Stephens
G. D. Lofton
Eggs Shipping Grows Strong in Stephenville
J A Cress of the Stephenville Produce Company reports five carloads of eggs shipped since January first. Add in shipments from other local merchants and Stephenville’s egg trade appears enormous, with room for more as the Tribune declares.
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The
Tribune
J. A. Cress
Stephenville
Denton
Texas
Ferath
Hall Hotel
Paderewski visit and new county farm agent named
At Fort Worth last weekend Mrs. J. W. Robinson and Miss Eva Palmer enjoyed Dr. Cone the auto suggestion advocate and found him a gifted philosopher. J. A. Barton of Comanche, recently named county farm agent, seeks cooperation with farmers and offers assistance to Gustine’s agricultural community.
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The
Tribune
Fort Worth
Paderewski
J. W. Robinson
Eva Palmer
Cone
Jack Moore
Comanche
Barton
J. W. Luker
Texas Creamery of
Houston
Hill County
Gustine
Richland Springs Goat King visits Stephenville on land prospect
Marion M Terry of Richland Springs in San Saba county toured Stephenville last week while eyeing land near Bluff Dale by the old McCarty ranch. He, famed as The Goat King of Texas, may move to the county soon. Captain Higginbotham and four National Guardsmen depart for Fort Benning for three months of training. Lieutenant Hardin leads the infantry company during the absence. Furniture for the new post office has arrived and is staged in the old Armory as Postmaster Howell prepares to move in, delayed by missing mail boxes.
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Empire
Marion M.terry
Richland Springs
San Saba
Bluff Dale
McCarty
Terry
Goat King
Texas
Thurman Higginbotham
National Guards
Fort Penning
John Hardin
Higginbotham
Howell
Hamilton News Builds Toward Bigger 1924 County Fall Fair
A Herald-Record report notes Hamilton organized work advancing the 1924 Hamilton County Fall Fair to a larger, premier event. A Friday meeting at President F C Williams's office drew wide stockholder participation and a strong forward-looking, enthusiastic mood. Also, updates include visit to Grandma Harris’s home by family members from De Leon and Scurry County with news of her improving health.
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Herald-Record
Flamilton County
F. C. Williams
The
Fair Association
Narrow escape for Mrs Halbrook after gas stove blast
Word from California tells that Mrs J J Halbrook, formerly of Gatesville, escaped serious burns when a gas stove exploded in her Los Angeles home. Relatives in Gatesville rejoice at her safety and report on the couple’s financial and social success in California. Mrs Roy Townsends of Gorman visited Mr and Mrs J W Crow in Gatesville this week.
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California
J. J. Halbrook
Los Angeles
Roy Townsend
Gorman
J. W. Crow
Townsend Sells Out to Move to Larger City
Mr Townsend has sold out at Gorman and plans to relocate soon to a larger city in the state, with friends noting ongoing buyout and potential future residence in a bigger urban center.
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Townsend
Gorman
Oil Drilling Advances and New Texas Highway Plan
Casing is being placed on the Fisherwell No. 1 site by Home Oil Co as they resume drilling hoping for a productive oil find. The Mills Comanche and San Saba county commissioners pursue a new highway from Comanche via Goldthwaite to San Saba and San Antonio, passing Mullin or Priddy.
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Enterprise
Fisherwell No. 1
Home Oil Co
Commissioners Court of
Farmers to discuss spring fertilizer pool meeting
Interested farmers who met at city hall this week urged Free Press to announce a Saturday meeting for after noon March 1 at 2 o clock. Participants will pool one or more cars of fertilizer and decide the amount they will use this spring.
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Free Press
City Hall
H. F. Short
de Leon Melon Growers’ Association
Gorman
Mr. Short
Texas Farm Bureau Federation
John Nabors
Joe H. Griffith
Santa Anna
Griffith
Coleman County
Cotton Belt trains urged for direct Brownwood link
The Waco Times-Herald editor argues Brownwood should be connected by Cotton Belt trains from Comanche via Frisco tracks. Trains now run Waco through McGregor to Comanche with long waits in Comanche for connections, prompting calls for direct service into Brownwood to better serve the central Texas region.
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Brownwood Bulletin
Brownwood
Waco
Comanche
Frisco
Santa Fe
McGregor
Texas
Waco-Times- Herald
Farmers buy fertilizer as corn hopes rise this spring
Farmers purchase commercial fertilizer for corn this spring noting parallels to last year's fertilized cotton success. The observer says a strong corn crop could spark a new era in the region's agriculture.
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News-Review
Coleman Personal News From The Coleman Democrat Voice
N E Palmer of Comanche Granite & Marble in Comanche Texas visited Coleman Thursday for business. Mrs M K Witt and son Mark K left Tuesday for Fort Worth to attend Paderewski concert. Mrs H Burks and daughter Louise of Comanche arrived in Coleman as guests of Mrs Bab Lewis.
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Coleman Democrat Voice
N. E. Palmer
Comanche Granite & Marble Company
Comanche
Texas
Coleman
M. K. Witt
Mark K
Fort Worth
Paderewski
H. Burks
Louise
Bab Lewis
Four Generations Celebrate Woolley Birthday in Lamkin
A birthday dinner honored Mrs. A G Woolley born February 12 1839 in Alabama. Family from Lamkin Meridian Gustine Hamilton and nearby towns gathered including grandchildren great grandchildren and Eargle Jr representing the fourth generation. The event featured turkey baked chicken a large birthday cake and many gifts with photos taken and telegrams received.
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Lamkin
Texas
Woolley
J. O. Tally
Cleve J
Gate Woolley
W. R. Coyle
J. F. Burt
Emma Tatum
Walter Woolley
Gustine
Allie White
Lula Tally
Gate Wooley
Drue Cooper
Meridian
Eargle, Jr
Eargle Anderson
Lesley Cooper
Hamilton
Luther White
Liquid Borozone heals wounds swiftly
An advertisement touts Liquid Borozone as an efficient healing remedy for humans and animals. It claims rapid mending of severe wounds, sores, cuts, or scratches with prices 20c, 60e and 1.50. Sold by 8. P. Smith.
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8. P. Smith
For Sale Berry Plants and Elberta Peach Trees
Berry plants 82 a hundred and Elberta peach trees 4 to 5 feet high priced at 15 cents each. Contact C. D. Cuthbertson.
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C. D. Cuthbertson
Hemstitching and Picot Attachment Ad
Guaranteed hemstitching and picot attachment fits any sewing machine. Price two dollars fifty cents prepaid or COD. Circulars free. LaFlesh Hemstitching Co. Dept 2 Sedalia Missouri.
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O. D
LaFlesh Hemstitching Co
Dept. 2
Sedalia
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