Comanche Chief promotes Defense Bond drive and war rally
In 1941 defense message urges every man and woman in Comanche County to buy Defense Bonds or Stamps. The column notes home defense registration, calls for patriotic buying, cites local officials and editorials, and recounts wartime public notices and community reflections.
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Public Relations Department
de Leon Pree
America
Comanche County
Hitler
Kaiser
Devil
Central
Old Man Satan
Kaiser Bill
Bill
Belgium
Paris
W. Wilson
Willie
Side of the Road Humour and Vacation Jokes
A collection of quick wits and quips about travel and holiday life. Jests include immigration banter with a Chinese hawker, a gunner’s taunt to Kaiser William, and roadside vendor levity. Short gibes on vacations, map myths, and picnics close the item with a homespun verse.
Exegetical Riddles Amid Rural Sermon Slips
A rural minister presents a fractured exegesis where a text reference to seven sons is misread and mixed with talking bears and milk. The garbled sermon hints at a muddled attempt to interpret scripture with incongruous images and errors in names.
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Orthy
Enon
Mary
Noahs Ark Question Puzzles a Farmer and Parson
A farmer tries to drive two mules into a field and asks the parson how Noah fit all the animals on the ark. The exchange leans on a playful, rural Bible joke with a sharp punchline.
Soldier Garland Swann Among Pearl Harbor Attack Reactors
Garland Swann nephew of Herbert Butler of Comanche is listed among soldiers injured in the Pearl Harbor attack. The report places the Comanche native among Hawiian Island forces caught in the surprise Japanese assault.
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Garland Swann
Herbert Butler
Comanche
Pearl Harbor
Mrs. J C Huse Spends Christmas in Houston
Mrs J C Huse spent Christmas in Houston with her daughter Mrs J C Cassile.
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J. C. Huse
Houston
J. C. Cassile
Family visit over holidays from Reeves relatives
Mr and Mrs R D Kitchen and their daughter and son visited Mrs Eff Reeves during the holidays, visiting relatives from Austin and Mrs Jac Reeves.
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R. D. Kitchen
Austin
Jac Reeves
Eff Reeves
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J. C. Wilkerson
Tessas
Harry W. Flentge
Gatesville
Capitol
Washington
United States of America
Republic
United States
Texas
Menard News
Charles B. Metcalfe
San Angelo
Penrose Metcalfe
Metcalfe
House of Representatives
Hobby
Annie Webb Blanton
North Texas State Teachers College
Miss Blanton
University of Texas
Thomas L. Blanton
Penrose B. Metcalfe
A. & M. College
Robert Quillen
Coleman Democrat Voice
Uncle Sam
Army
Navy
Springtown
Parker County
Phillipines
Axis
Allies
Lometa
Adolph
THE
Higginbotham Bros. & Co
Sea
Satan
Kaiser William
Hell
Hank
Ella
Higginbothams
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