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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1922
Page
2
London Tit-Bits explains old English coin names and origins. The pound began as a weight measure, the crown and half crown derive from royal arms, florin from Florence silver, penny from pan nig Saxon pledge, and farthing as a fourth part.
Harmony hosted a well attended ice cream supper where the Indian Creek youth presented The Entangled Deacon. Many locals traveled to Mercer Gap for social visits and a ball game. Various residents hosted gatherings and church events followed by a quarterly conference set for July 15.
An advertisement asserts United States tires provide true value with the claim They are made right of the best material and are designed to give service The wording emphasizes quality and confidence in the product from A C Moter Go.
A brief sales note promotes buying a watch of merit from R W H Hamilton with a promise that the watches are guaranteed to be OK and carry a price of 46 cents.
The region endures dry heat with crops at risk of withering if rain does not arrive soon. Cotton plowing continues and hay is baled while sunshine prevails. Fleming hosts Sunday school and preaching, with a singing day planned for next Sunday. J P Bean visits Cross Roads to bale hay. Bala Patton returns to Fleming briefly from away. R W Hamilton sells wrist watches described as remarkable timepieces.
R W H Hamilton is a registered optometrist with over twenty years of practical experience. If you care to see right, see him.
Local ad notes Smith's Barber Shop relocating to the upstairs first stairway east of Coman Chief office on the north side of the square with shaved prices 15 cents and haircuts 25 cents. City Market phone 275 mentions guaranteed eyes. Mrs. Ben Lawson of Ft Worth visits her mother Mrs Dora Greene. Rev T R Morris out of town next Sunday. Rev N W Storey preaches at 11 am and Dr C C Klingman leads evening union service at the tabernacle.
Abilene residents applaud Representative Thomas L. Blanton after a confrontation with Mr. Garner over graft concerns. The exchange centers on stationery purchases and pork barrel spending, with Blanton accused of exposing misused funds. Texans in the Seventeenth district rally behind him as he ties local integrity to national service.
Sman Blanton arrived in Houston at 6 10 and spoke to 200 convalescents at Camp Logan at 6 30, receiving an enthusiastic reception and a memorial signed by 75 patients praising his work for ex service men. He then dined briefly at the Rice Hotel before delivering a speech at Main Street Auditorium. The Houston audience called his remarks a masterpiece of satire wit and facts with strong applause.
A Chicago reader writes from January 1922 praising congressman Blanton despite party lines. The missive defends his record, criticizes union influence on the press, and denounces graft and extravagance while urging continued bipartisan effort.
The Democratic Executive Committee of Texas 1st District reports certified returns from 19 counties. In the July 27 1918 Democratic primary Thomas L Blanton led with 32 034 votes, Joe Adkins 9 816, Oscar Callaway 3 355, Wm G Blackmon 3 651, giving Blanton a 15 212 vote majority. Fred Cockrell chaired the committee with Morris R Locke as secretary.
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