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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1922
Page
5
Classified ad lists Bush & Gerts Piano Company offering upright, player, and grand pianos at reduced prices with flexible terms from Dallas. Also notices a lost Klein lineman's pliers and a screwdriver between J H Kemps residence and Web's swimming pool with return to Kemps.
An ad invites readers to share preferred land and crops and promises responses in nine cases out of ten. It also lists a sale of household items and extends a legal notice from Comanche County Texas about the estate of R H Kelley with a court hearing set for July 3 1922 and officials directed to publish weekly for twenty days.
The Comanche Democratic executive committee appointed precinct chairs to oversee the July 22 primary election. The list includes judges and chairmen across many locations such as Comanche, Hasse, Energy, De Leon, and Suez, with names like R. H. Moore W. W. Cox Dee Long T. H. Beene Ben Conaway L. Shockley N. W. Hayes A. L. Westfall and others.
F M Burrows died Wednesday at the home of his daughter Mrs Josie Washington in Proctor Texas at age 92. A Brown county pioneer and long time resident he lived on a farm and ranch in the south, then Brownwood before moving to Bangs about fifteen years ago. He spent his final years with his daughter after his companion’s death. Funeral at the Methodist church in Bangs with Rev Braxton of Proctor and Rev G W Renfro. Ten children were born to Mr and Mrs Burrows. two daughters, Mrs Bell Norton and Mrs Josie Washington, survived.
San Antonio June 24 1922 Hon James L Slayden writes to Conan of The Star praising Oscar Callaway as an honest steadfast public servant. He commends Callaway's integrity and moral courage while noting admiration from readers and extending regards to Mrs Cowan and the Jessie Cowans.
The Prater No. 1 well at Crosscut in Brown county drilled by W. R. Gillete and others has ignited local excitement. Pay sand at 1350 feet, with 6 12 feet of sand, yields about seventy five barrels daily. Located on the old R. W. Pentecost farm east of Crosscut, lease values and town property demand have surged as Comanche men invest.
The infant daughter of Earl Mayes in White Point is gravely ill and thought to be dying at the home of Sam Mayes. Family ties link the Mayes and Gooseby households as relatives express deep sympathy and hope for a miracle.
District Judge J R McClellan moved the Walker Howard and Willman cases to Hamilton County for trial on Sept 18 after ruling a fair jury could not be seated locally. All three defendants had been reversed and remanded for trial by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Local interest was cited as preventing impartial jurors.
Central Christian Church invites all to hear the third lecture in the series How we got our Bible at 9:45 Sunday. The series grows more interesting each week and a single lecture should not be missed. Sunday services as usual. Sunday night gathered with Methodist Brethren at the tabernacle with Brother Klingman leading. Everyone invited.
E M Allsup returned to Gorman after a home visit. Miss Maudie Pittman and Hazel Cherry left for Stephenville after a summer normal visit. Carson Grisham of Tyler visits. Charley and Dee Thomas of Rotany visit Mrs Sadie Smith. Dock Hale's daughter from Texas City visits. Barney Smith and Jodie Grisham's baby sick but improving.
The firm states no superior material exists and challenges competition, declaring that a rival tire cannot compete with its product.
A marketing blurb from an auto firm touts United States Tires as delivering the satisfaction expected by users, likening the product to a preferred breakfast item and noting availability in all sizes.
A multi-part critique argues that James Blanton’s claimed savings through points of order are fallacious and that his congressional record shows misleading campaigns. It cites Congressional Record entries, letters supporting Blanton, and contemporaries accusing him of falsification and partisan manipulation.
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