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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1929
Page
4
Public notice records indicate Comanche Publishing Co entered at the Comanche post office. The filing references a year long term with a fee of 150 dollars and a manager listed as J. G. Wilargson with a batear designation.
W L Lee died of influenza at age 69. Born October 7 1859 in Niahames he married Lena Beaty of Alabama. He moved to Comanche County in 1891 and lived in Downing De Leon and Crananche as a farmer. Survived by three sons Vaso W L Lee G A Lee a sister Ida Dean a half sister Mrs Gunn and half brother H W Lock. Funeral at Downing Cemetery conducted by Rev R J LaPrade.
Mr and Mrs Jieverett Little of Sipe Springs attended the funeral services for Dr P H Chilton in Comanche on Tuesday. Mrs Alice Turner and daughter Mrs George Ganzel of Brady also came to Comanche for the ceremony.
In Fort Worth the prominent Mr Barn extolls Sargon noting twenty years of indigestion biliousness and weak liver. After two bottles his appetite digestion energy and stamina improve he credits Sargon with restoring health and endorses Sargon Soft Mass Pills as essential. Available at Co manche Wm Reese Drug Co Inc and The Durham Flormacy.
Rev Noel P Wilkinson spent Monday in Brownwood with home folks. J M Haynes and wife weekend in Ft Worth with relatives. L C Garrett moved to Brownwood Monday. Barna Riley family of Fort Worth visited in Comanche with S A Riley. G R Pratt taken to Excelsior Springs Mo for treatment. Blanche Grainger weekend in Olden with brother B T Grainger. Mrs James Carlton taken to a sanitarium in Brownwood Saturday. Tom Burt and family from Fort Worth weekend in Comanche with George Wetzel family. J H Arthur and wife welcomed a son born Friday January 18. Ambrose Burt and father spent Sunday in Comanche. A M Lovelace buying furniture for Higginbotham stores in Eastern markets. Jim T Jones attended Oran Lee funeral in Ballinger Thursday. Lloyd Hampton of Stamford visited Comanche Monday. Erskine Keith family moving to Comanche. J D Slack and T O Moore visited Waco Sunday then Encinal. J D Nance family from Clifton moving to Comanche. Armstrong family from Cisco making their home in Comanche. W L Reeves and son George of Austin visiting Comanche. Perry Wagnon visiting his uncle W B Wagnon near Comanche. long-time county resident. Dr J M Cochran visited his mother in San Marcos Sunday. C V Bryson and daughter May of Plainview with Nannie MecComman visiting Mrs Ligon last weekend. Walter Thomas of San Angelo visited J T Moody and family Tuesday. Mrs HH Chilton and daughter Catherine and sons Phillip Chilton tramet Roach of Fall Armits and Jack Roach Mineola returned home after Dr Y H Chilton funeral.
The obituary notes Dr Phillip Hail Chilton born 1854 in Morristown Tennessee and died in Comanche County Texas after a long medical career. He served with the Texas Rangers, studied at Louisville Medical College, and worked at Sipe Springs Sidney and Comanche. Interment was at Oakwood Cemetery with Knights of Pythias directions. He left a widow Sophrona and two children Catherine and Phillip plus two sons Emmett and Jack.
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