Harmony Folks Share News and Local Sports
Harmony notes detail visits and weekend gatherings across Comanche County with families and friends in White Point Sidney Mercer Creek and Denton plus a Hasse basketball win 18 to 9 over Sidney and Gustine loss 20 to 16. The Starkie oil well reports promising gas and a week of community events includes dances church singing and a movie.
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Hasse
Sidney
First Baptist Church
Earl Williford
Starkie
Gustine
Dan Butler
Annie Laura Duke
Nobia Dunn
Lennie Myrle Walker
Horace White
Gap
Health concerns rise in Vandyke amid grippe cases
Jan 27 notes report several grippe cases in the community. Local social visits include Noah Reece and the Hogan, Fritts, Meevitt, New, Willis, and Candler families. Fort Worth visitor Cal Rightmer joins Charlie Rightmer. a recent rain followed by sun brings better spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noah Reece
Lonnie Hogan
Comaneche
Wee Fritts
Comanche
New
Sidney
Meevitt
Willis
Cal Rightmer
Fort Worth
Charlie Rightmer
Community box supper boosts Comyn school drive
The Booster's Club hosted a box supper with a carnival led by Nores and music by the Comyn orchestral firn. Proceeds totaling about 85 will fund a driveway to the school. Winners were Maggie Dickey for prettiest girl and Mimmet Locke for ugliest boy.
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Booster
Or Nores
Wells
Maggie Dickey
Mimmet Locke
Moreland
Brownwood
Singer Sewing Machine Co
Home Economices Department
Heflin
Comanche
de Leon
Ecenomiea
Craig Dry
Abilene
J. P. Havis
Herman Havis
Rising Star
BK. Havis
G. R. Goosby
Mr. Goosby
JD. Conner
Kansas City
Conner
Ben Hood
Dublin
H. J. Moore
Vaughan
Denton
Armstrong Community
Mesdames
A. Watson
Peanuts Haul and Local Visits Reach STAG CREEK Area
Farmers loaded a car of peanuts at Sipe Springs with J G Hood and Boss Haines hauling most in their trucks. Various residents visited family in Comanche and Gap areas. Miss Ophelia Donaldson visited her cousin Artis Hood. multiple locals attended church and singing sessions on Sundays and Wednesdays.
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Sipe Springs
J. G. Hood
Boss Haines
Ophelia Donaldson
Gap
Artis Hood
Ruby
Lyttie
Dessa May
Henry Taylor
Clare Robertson
Milton Patterson
Comanche
Minnie Nixon
Evelyn Pittman
Jesse Chambers
Walter Ward
Clifford Evans
Sidney
W. B. Donaldson
Morris Miller
Ophie Cox
Bible Community
John Cox
C. EB. LaRoque
Little Sons
Wayne, Windell and Thruston
Lorene Lakoque
Hf. B. Lakoque
Lucile and
Odell
Arnold Jones
John Sullivan
Lorene Lat Roque
Comanche Plans Big Attraction February 3
Comanche announces a major attraction slated for February 3 inviting residents to attend and not miss the event.
Desdemona High girls win 25 to Tina basketball clash
Desdemona High School girls beat German High School girls 25 to 0 in Friday action. Fire destroys Clyde Moon home, estimated loss $600 as fire dept arrives too late. Desdemona’s City Commercial Club elects officers to lead city beautification efforts and plans a new high school annual with staff listed. Levi Anderson Jr. attended the Austine inauguration. Mrs. T. W. Stark bought flowers for the Eastern Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Desdemona
Tina
Clyde Moon
City Commercial Club
Co. RK. Weaver
T. J. Patterson
R. V. Nabers
Everetta Love
Percy Daevnport
Clay McCoy
Martin May
Levi Anderson Jr
Austine
Ma” Ferguson
T. W. Stark
Comanche
Fastern Star
Social rounds and visits in Newburg Abilene area
The column records visits by Mr. and Mrs Wordie Hopkins and other Abilene residents to relatives in Newburg and nearby towns from Friday to Sunday. Several small gatherings, dances, and a community party are noted with multiple local families hosting and visiting. Services are announced for the coming Saturday and Sunday evenings with all invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wordie Hopkins
Abilene
Roberts Foster
Lubbock
John Goosby
Bryan Jovkin
Floyd Moody
Hollyce DeWitt
Chatham
Bunyan
Erath County
Dell Stailey
Sidney
Raymond Levisay
Roger Vancenve
Blanket
Willie Mack Johnson
Percy Wright
Creamer
Will Wilson
Hattie Love
Bessie Moody
Comanche
Vera
Jesse Reese
Ide Lane
Moore
J. A. Reese
Dalton Cunningham
Baby
Standridge
Cotton Grove
Bryan Boykin
J. S. Vancleave
Isla Vancleave
Luella Johnson
Sidney, Tom
Hollyce Burton
Fleming
Mrs
Local residents attend ball game and visits across towns
A busy weekend scene includes Fairview boys losing to Beattie 30 to 20, with several visitors from Comanche San Saba and Hamilton. Clifford Sharp, John Walker, Grady Williams, Collin Dingwall and Carl Stewart are noted guests. Bernice Boyd heads to Fort Worth for business college. other locals visit relatives and attend games in De Leon and Comanche.
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Clifford Sharp
Hamilton
Charlie Williams
Fairview Boys
Beattie Boys
Beattie
John Walker
San Saba
Bis Community
Grady Williams
Collin Dingwall
Carl Stewart
Comanche
Ruby Barrett
Bernice Boyd
Fort Worth
Buford Powers
Dee McNutt
Bernice
Opal Boyd
Sarnest Stapp
Sidney
de Leon
Carbon
C. B. Williams
Indian Gap
C. N. Carter
John Carter
Jesse Horner
Marriage in France Regarded as a Duty
Rollin Lynde Hartt argues in World's Work that French marriages are seen as duties arranged by elders, focusing on social duty over personal happiness. He contrasts this with American notions of choosing an agreeable, happiness-seeking spouse, noting French divorce rates are very low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Minnesota
France
Paris
Ministry of Justice
Rollin Lynde Hartt
Sunday School and Local News From Elm Grove
Elm Grove notes report strong Sunday school attendance and a community musical trip by residents to Mr Hall’s event. The Chandler family welcomed a son and Ollie Chandler recovers from surgery in Brownwood. A February 13 program is planned, with an open invitation, and a well attended Sunday night singing precedes an upcoming preaching event.
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Hall
John Ferrill
Lee Drennen
Lee Chandler
Ouie Chandler
Brownwood
Weather and local chatter across Suez in late January
Fair spell gives way to a cold norther as mumps close schools in the community. Neighbors visiters include Jesse Lindsey with Homer Randolph, J T Gressett hosts a well attended prayer meeting, and several families share Sunday visits. A Knox City visitor reports a ten inch snow and local residents comment on a smiling fact.
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Jesse Lindsey
Newburg
Homer Randolph
J. T. Gressett
Gus Coux
Cisco
Joel Northcatt
Alchemus
Alma Owen
Near de Leon
Troy
Faye Frazier
Jake Boreland
Richard Stephens
W. A. Cottrell
Comanche
Bertha Gressett
Dora Lane
Carrie Powers
Soda Spring
Tom Johnson
Bill Cottrell
Jeff Randolph
Knox City
Bessie Stephenson
Jones County
Notice of Salary Increase for Comanche County Commissioners
Citizens of Comanche County Texas are notified that a bill will be introduced in the Thirty ninth Legislature to raise the commissioners salary from 1200 to 1800 dollars per year. The notice is given under Article III Section 57 of the Texas Constitution.
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Comanche
Texas
Comanche County
State of Texas
Danger in Delay Kidney Disease Warns Comanche Readers
Doan's Pills are advertised as a kidney remedy in Comanche with a testimonial from farmer W.A. Roberson praising them for backache and kidney trouble. The ad urges buying Dean's Pills for 60 cents at druggists, from Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
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Comanche
Bright
Doan
A. Roberson
Dean
She Said So Anyway
A young man seeking favor with Hughie’s sister meets him on the street. He asks if Hughie thinks his sister was pleased by his call. Hughie bluntly confirms with a prompt “Sure!” and recounts his sister’s reaction.
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Hughie
Fixing Index Numbers According to Economic Method
The index number is a device for tracking price and wage changes over time. It uses a fixed list of prices or rates from specified places, averages them, and expresses the result as percentages or bases like 100 for comparison.
Safety in Railway Travel
Safety in railway travel depends on microscopic research that improved steel rails. The heightened rail quality reduced accidents from broken rails, once common, to nearly none.
Star parasite remover poultry tonic and purifier
A poultry remedy called Star Parasite Remover is advertised as a sulfur-based tonic that purifies blood and prevents disease. It promises health improvements and insect control when added to drinking water, with a money back guarantee. Sold by The Wm. Reese Drug Company.
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Wm. Reese Drug Company
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Comanche County News M
Harmony
Winnie Fay Murphy
Code Murphy
White Point
H. B. Rogers
Luther Rogers
Jack Duncan
Rena Owen
T. B. Clark
Newbury
Teattie
Lawrence Tane
Raymond Patton
Doc Edwards
Alfred McKinzie
Comenche
Millie Smith
Smith
R. G. Morris
Mercer Gap
Elmer Roe
Emmet Akers
Willy
Calvin Duncan
W. H. Burton
Sam Chatham
Tolar
Vandyke
Comyn
Stag Creek
Judge Burton
Fairview
Elm Grove
SUEZ
Clyde
Agent Pierce Petroleum Corporation
South Side Square
Renfro’s
J. H. Huff
Comanche, Texas
Texas College of Ontometry
I. M. Cochran
Office F. & M. Bank
O. H. Donado
Texas Oil Company
H. J. R. Gille
West Side Square
R. W. H. Hamilton
Standard Optometrist
Smith’s Drug Store
P. A. Pettit
J. D. Bonner
Sec.Treas
C. W. McCollum
Office Burks Bldg
Paris Smith
Texas Qualified Druggist League
League’s
Farm and Ranch and
Holland’s Magazine
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