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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1939
Page
2
An 1894 Chief piece notes Professor Rogers expanding boarding student numbers at Comanche College and states many families moved to Comanche for education. It recalls older usage calling the town school “the college” and the superintendent “The Professor,” a title now reserved for university instructors.
The article lauds four years of growth in Comanche schools with broadened study and strong teamwork. board members volunteer their time, led by Roy Bannon, while T. C. Wylie of The German Progress defends critics and a Bible thought from Isaiah closes the piece.
A New England court requires at least one egg in custard pie. A suggestion arises to specify meat in a can of pork and beans. A road sign in South Texas reads Drive safely if you had rather be than was.
An inventor claims to have found a process to manufacture automobile fuel from grain or artichokes and believes this could become a reality within 25 years. He notes that stranger things have happened.
A road bond measure of 75000 dollars passed in Liano County with 641 ballots in favor and 204 against, shaping local infrastructure funding.
In a note from the 8th Ward Advocate, the phrase mocks the beauty of liquor ads showing elegant women who have not yet consumed their drink, underscoring a tongue in cheek commentary on advertising decorum and restraint.
A Kansas group urges pensions at age 45 while Eastland Record Editor laments aging citizens. Texans face poll tax deadlines, school funding implications, and upcoming elections. Chamber banquet on January 24 features Harry Hines of the State Highway Commission. open to all with ticket purchase.
The Higginbotham firm marks its 54th year in business this month. The first store was founded by R W Higginbotham in 1885 in Dublin, with the Comanche outlet opened in 1901 under manager T J Williams. The Rising Star Record reports a new oil refinery planned for Rising Star.
Mrs Roosevelt plans a Texas visit delivering a March 10 lecture at Hardin-Simmons University Abi lene titled A Day at the White House. The note mentions regional customs and compares state truck load limits among southwestern states.
An Arkansas man gave his wife a bound book titled A Thousand Ways to Please a Husband and, New Year’s, received Live Alone and Like It. The City of Stephenville voted a tax for the High School Band. Six thousand watched UT defeat Arkansas in basketball in Austin. Congressman Wright Patman proposed a bill to curb chain stores, risking new federal taxes on stores like Comanche A and P Food Store.
A garner quips about controlling the Senate with signs and taps. A jail escape case in Liverpool off a dress theft is noted. The Denton Record Chronicle reprints a look at nationalities, Dorothy Dix wisdom, and reflections on democracy and the “Good Old Day” document.
The piece recalls the founding era of a Chicago department store and preserves handwritten employee rules. It notes long hours from 6 a.m. to 9 p.m., strict chores, Sabbath cautiousness, a church tax, weekly courting time for men, and after shift reading. The question asks who sighed for the good old days.
A visitor from Italy, now living in Goldthwaite, praises American freedoms and contrasts life there with Italy. He notes strict gun limits, government control of news, longer work hours, and pervasive regulation, warning against surrendering personal rights to state power.
P W Hulsey, 54, died in a Fort Worth hospital on Sunday January 8. A Downing resident, he farmed and raised stock for years. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Downing. He is survived by daughter Bell Hulsey and son Aaron.
Earl Ray Evans, receiving treatment in a Dallas hospital, is expected home next week. Dallas residents Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bonds visited Co manche with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Williams. Many local families traveled to or from Comanche for illnesses, inaugurations, and visits, including Desdemona, Gustine, and Austin events, with people such as Mrs. Ben Northcutt, Rev. Tom Moore, J. J. Rambo, and Mrs. Winnie Wyche noted among the attendees and relatives.
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