Majestic Free Show Sunday to Aid Starving Europe
Herbert Hoover’s relief movement gains aid from charity film showings next Sunday. Two screenings at 3:00 and 4:15 pm at the Majestic in Comanche offer free admission with all receipts to feed hungry children abroad. Volunteers provide films and operate gratis. donations include pennies to tens of dollars, with a ten dollar gift enough to sustain one child until harvest.
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Herbert Hoover
Europe
China
Comanche
Majestic
Pettit Showcases Registered Seatech Short Horn Cattle
Fleming stock farmer Mr. P. A. Pettit recently visited our office to discuss his fine line of registered Seatech Short Horn cattle. He asserts breeding only registered stock pays, and invites interested visitors to call and inspect his herd on his Comanche-area farm twelve miles from town.
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P. A
Pink) Pettit
Fleming
Comanche
Guatemala urged to disinter Texan Victor Hugo Thadberg
The State Department requested Guatemala to exhumate Victor Hugo Thadberg a former Comanche Texas merchant who died in Guatemala City on January 10 and was buried the next day Guatemalan law forbids removal within six years Comanche citizens sought return for burial and Congress action followed Senator H J Darwin introduced a bill to raise legislative per diem to 10 dollars for the first eighty days of the session.
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Washington
State Department
Guatemala
Victor Hugo Thadberg
Comanche
Texas
Congress
Jan Blanton
Thadberg
Guatemala City
Legislatn
H. J. Darwin
Guess Who Fort Smith Coffee Promotion
A Fort Smith Coffee Company advertisement titled Guess Who offers any woman a chance to receive 4 percent of the celebrated Gold Plume coffee free. The promotion appears in this week’s Chie.
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Fort Smith Coffee Company
Constitutional Convention Resolution Favored by Texas Senate
Austin January 25 The Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments favorably reports a resolution by Senator McNealus calling a constitutional convention to convene in Austin on the first Monday in December 1921. Delegates will be elected July 4, 1921, and the convention to submit the constitution to voters on July 28, 1922. The convention will have 142 delegates and $100,000 is provided for expenses. The House also sees the resolution by Rountree and Satterwhite.
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Austin
Texas
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendments
McNealus
Messrs. Rountree and
Satterwhite
Big Banquet For Ex Service Men In Comanche County
The American Legion of Comanche County invites all ex service men to a banquet on Tuesday night February 1 at eight o clock at the public square. Members urged to notify the Post Adjutant by January 31 to estimate attendance. There will be chicken smokes and more.
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American Legion
Comanche County
Comanche
Judge W. L. Davidson Dies at Austin
Austin Texas Jan 25 Presiding Judge W L Davidson of the Court of Criminal Appeals drowned after a stroke while fishing at Insane Asylum Lake he was pulled from the water by boys but death had occurred.
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Austin
Texas
W. L. Davidson
Court of Criminal Appeals
Mayor J. F. Eanes Plans for a Greater Comanche
J R Eanes urges voters to back a bond plan funding a new sewer disposal plant and extensions, paving eight blocks, and street improvements. He argues modern facilities will handle growth, extend services to the east side, and require a bond issue of about 20 000 dollars for disposal and 25 000 for paving, raising taxes about 16 cents per 100. He proposes owner contributions and notes his willingness to serve again if the public desires.
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State Health Department
J. R. Eanes
Six Suspended Sentences Reported in Comanche County
Governor Neff’s inquiry to Texas district clerks about suspended sentence releases yields that Comanche County reports six defendants released under the law and none were later re-arrested to serve the sentence. John H. Reese, district clerk, confirms the figures.
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Comanche County
Neff
District Clerks of
Texas
John H. Reese
Germans Fleeing Homeland Arrested After Crossing Border
In El Paso on January 24, five Germans, four men and one woman, were arrested for entering the United States without passports after traveling from Amsterdam aboard a 125 person group. They claimed 125 departed Europe for America seeking bread and better lives, with many going to Mexico or South America. The woman and four men faced bonds set at 2500 and 1000 dollars respectively as federal action looms.
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el Paso
Germany
America
Mexico
United States
Joseph Wolf
Valentine Wolf
Herman Symanski
George Tottman
Ida Kapeback
Amsterdam
Holland
Vera Cruz
South America
Rio Grande
International Bridge
Federal Grand Jury
Farmers Get More for Cotton Sold in Germany
Bell county farmers received an average of 15 cents more per bale for a 50 bale lot of strict low middling cotton sent to Germany, realizing 11 1 2 cents per pound. The 500 bale pool was shipped from Temple by the Farm Bureau to Bremen brokers in December, with rest of the returns not yet reported.
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Temple
Texas
Bell County
Germany
Farm Bureau
Bremen
Comanche merchants form association to rate credit users
The Comanche Business Men's Association announces a new county wide rating system. Each debtor will have a card on file showing how they manage obligations. Ratings update every two months and reflect prompt payment. customers who settle debts gain easier access to credit.
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Comanche Business Men's Association
Dl Manche Business Mer’s Association
Free meals and aid reach Toledo workers amid unemployment
In Toledo on January 21 more than 1200 men lined up for free meals at a Social Service Federation distribution in a public market. Tickets also covered 1000 pounds of fish and 100 pecks of potatoes for families. Labor officials warn 10,000 locals hover near starvation as Pennsylvania Railroad cuts reduce crews by 25 percent. The Woman’s Christian Temperance Union under Mrs. Lula T. Gleason volunteers to mobilize 1200 women to feed hungry households.
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Toledo
Ohio
Social Service Federation
John R. Cowell
City Labor Agency
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Pennsylvania Lines
Toledo and
Mansfield
Woman‘s Christian Temperance Union
Lula T. Gleason
Misses Lurline Todd De Alva Dudley Visit Blanket Folks
Misses Lurline Todd and De Alva Dudley, not teaching in Blanket, arrived home last Friday afternoon to spend the weekend with their families.
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Lurline
Todd de- Alva Dudley
Blanket
Maddox Party Returns from Brownwood Visit
Rev. and Mrs. Maddox drove to Brownwood last Friday afternoon and brought home five Howard Payne College students for Sunday with family. Maynette Jennings Vivian Jennings Carolyn Reeves Callie May Maddox and R T Bailey accompanied them.
Lamkin Postmaster Mr D S Miller Visits Comanche
Lamkin postmaster Mr. D. S. Miller was a visitor in Comanche on Monday.
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D. S. Miller
Lamkin
Comanche
Income Tax Officer to Visit Comanche
A Deputy U S Income Tax Collector will be in Comanche February 23 and 24 to help residents prepare 1920 income tax returns. He will be at a local bank and residents unsure of requirements are advised to consult him while in the city.
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U. S
Comanche
Ike Kendrick of Amarillo Visits Comanche After 31 Years
J. J. Kendrick known as Ike from Amarillo stopped in Comanche on his way to Waco last Saturday. A former Comanche resident in the 1880s, he served on the city council, led the volunteer fire department, and sat on the school board. He recalled early days and noted many changes since he left in 1890.
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J. J
Ike) Kendrick
Amarillo
Comanche
Waco
Notice to Woodman Special Meeting Friday January 28
All men are urged to be present Friday January 28 at 7 30 o clock for a special meeting. There will be roll call of members in Senate avenue. Mrs Will Garner clerk.
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Ion Senate Aayne
E. Us
Will Garner
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Shirley Mason
Elsie Ferguson
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