This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 14 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1931
Page
4
The Elkins Tin Shop advertises items including pipe elbows bushings garbage cans fly screens wall slop funnels kitchen sinks chicken feeders and water fountains. It lists ice boxes milk coolers milk cooling pans well components galvanized roofing and related hardware with a focus on reasonable repair prices and a Harrison Radiator connection.
A nighttime Hudson River scene shows a police officer calming a distressed man who tried to drown himself and guiding a mother with a child to cross traffic. Another drunk man is helped into a taxi after a brief talk. The narrator praises cops for their poise, common sense, and courtesy, while joking about adding a traffic cop as final arbiter in disputes.
Martha Ellen Boykin nee Bell born 1851 Alabama died in Comanche County Texas burial Friday at 2:20 pm led by Rev. Gordon Barrett. Survived by six of eleven children S. D. Boykin Brownwood J. D. Pitts Littlefield J. W. Jones Hamilton W. A. Gordon Miles J A Boykin Sunset. 37 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren two great great grandchildren.
Mr and Mrs R 3 Strayhorn of Fort Worth spent the week end in Comache with relatives. Miss Lillmay and Buster Mer chant spent last week in Dallas with their brother, Lloyd Moer chant.
Mrs H E Waggoner of Rush Springs Oklahoma is visiting her parents Mr and Mrs FE H Jones during a family outing.
Deputy Turner Sander accompanied Vicentice Kennedy to the School of Correction in Gatesville on Saturday. Numerous visitors from Brownwood Dallas Fort Worth Lubbock Stephenville and other towns spent weekends in Comanche with relatives. Funeral attendees from Brownwood Littlefield Hamilton Miles Sunset and Bonham attended Mrs M E Boykin’s funeral in Comanche.
Radio Pictures presents Cimarron, a sweeping human drama based on Edna Ferber, starring Richard Dix and Irene Dunne. The film follows Yancey Cravat and Sabra through the Oklahoma land rush era, Osage politics, and the rise of oil wealth, ending with Yancey’s death as his statue is unveiled.
A notice announces the opening of an Ice Depot in the building formerly occupied by Vineyard's Store. Manager T. A. McDonald invites patronage and highlights low prices.
N. E. Palmer former County Clerk and Comanche active citizen died at his home on Thursday June 25 after months of illness. Funeral at Baptist Church officiated by Rev Gordon Barrett with interment at Oakwood Cemetery. Survived by Nellie Hill spouse and several children including Frank Homer and Anne Palmer with services and affiliations noted.
Mr and Mrs Petcy Howard and Mr and Mrs J W Carter Jr spent the first part of the week fishing on the Colorado River.
Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Vaughan spent the weekend in Aquilla with Mrs. Vaughan's sister Mrs. S. B. Hudson. Guthrie Lane and family of Fort Worth visited last week with his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Layne.
Mrs Lena Magness of Breckenridge visited relatives in Comanche this week. Mrs Howard Fox and son of Olden visit her parents, Rev and Mrs J M Perry attended a picnic for Methodist pastors near Mr and Mrs T A Barnes and children left for Corpus Christi Brownsville and South Texas ten days. Will Dupuy and son J B left for fifteen days in Colorado and California. F C Jane Dwight Brightman and Tom F Reese were Austin visitors Wednesday. S C Findley attends Sovereign Camp W O W at Buffalo New York.
Threshing began Saturday on Comanche County's largest crop as Oscar Callaway started his thresher on 850 acres of oats and wheat near Mercer Gap. He estimates 600 bushels per acre for oats and about 30 bushels per acre for wheat, with total yields around 30 000 oats and 15 000 wheat. He also grows 225 acres of cotton and 109 acres of grain orghams.
County Agent J A Barton announces the annual 4 H Club Encampment will be held Thursday and Friday July 16 and 17 at Lake Banes. He notes growing interest and expects higher attendance than in prior years.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.