Comanche County Peanuts Profit From Cooperative Marketing
The Association reports 37,283 tons of peanuts purchased by December 21, 1940 with 45,000 tons expected by season end. Texas farmers contributed 32,037 tons, with 17,654 stored in Comanche and De Leon. Comanche County farmers likely supplied about 11,000 tons, worth roughly $661,500, yielding extra 183,500 over open market. The cooperative, now in its third year under Dick Weekes, adds fertilizer mixing service and operates from Gorman, with non profit status and strong local support.
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Association
Texas
Oklahoma
Comanche
DeLeon
May
Rising Star
Gorman
Dublin
Comanche County
Dick Weekes
Ranger
Songs for County Meet Announced
The list for county meet singing clubs is released with class A B C glee selections for boys and girls. Items include Give a Man a Horse He Can Ride and The Bells of St Marys, and God Bless America among others with publishers and prices.
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Glee Clubs
Geoffrey O'Hara
Baratone
The
Willis Music
Cincinnati
Ohio
Price
Inauguration Aims to Open Historic Texas Session
The piece notes an estimated ten thousand attendees enjoying buffalo beef and pork barbecue, with plans to prioritize organization and committee work. It forecasts a historically important Texas session, promising timely updates on key questions and urging public cooperation and support from readers.
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Texas
Flow Gently Sweet Afton and Santa Lucia in Our Music in Story and Song
Philadelphia listing notes price 15 cents for three Class C Girls items from Foresman series Our Music in Story and Song. Flow Gently Sweet Afton on page 290, Santa Lucia on page 134, But tercup on page 295.
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Delphia
Pennsylvania
Foresman
Afton
Santa Lucia
Buttercup
Build Up for Women Helps Avoid Distress
Advertisement-style health note for CARDUSE CARDUS and CARDUL claiming to ease functional dysmenorrhea from malnutrition. Advises taking CARDUS before and during menses to boost appetite digestion energy and reduce periodic distress with longstanding use.
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Cardus
Cardul
Community Notes Include Births and Visits Across Town
Mrs Garland Johnson of Dallas is visiting relatives in the area. Burl Solomon and wife welcome a 10 pound boy born January 16. Local families from Comanche Lub bock and May joined gatherings at the LaRoque and Owens homes. Elder Hoyt Seitern of Lubbock visited W Y Owens with Hugh Moore of Springs. Mrs Alfred Moore and Mrs Ray Mitchell spent time with J A Moore and C E La Roque.
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Bee Post
Floyd Coker
Hes Banes
Garland Johnson
Dallas
Burl Soloman
Mareh
Hoyt Scitern
Billy Ray and
Marchall
Lubbock
W. Y. Owens
Thurston LaRoque
Comanche
Lantz Wagnon
May
C. E. LaRoque
Hoyt Seitern
Peneusue
Hugh Moore
Springs
J. A. Moore
Alfred Moore
Ray Mitchell
C. E. la Roque
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N. E. Scudder
Littell
WM. Reese Drug CO
Dr.miles
Jeanie
Stephen Foster
St. Mary's
Emmett Adams
Chappell and Company, Inc
RKO
Rockefeller Center
New York
N. Y
Irving Berlin
Irving Berlin Inc
Music Publishers
Seventh Avenue
the Rangers
Tierney
Leo Feist, Inc
Broadway
Girls Glee Club
Ernest Seitz
RKO Building
Riegger
Harold Flammer Inc
Strauss-Bliss
Theodore Presser Co
Chestnut Street
Phila
Ipfrank
Austin
Frank Howington
Chief and
Fort Worth
J. R. Eanes & Co
John D. Waring
C. A. Greene
Elkins Tin Shop
Dy’s
Jey
Tupin
Texas Power & Light Company
of National Defense
Power & Light Company
National Defense Activ
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