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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1918
Page
4
In a public reply the five large meat packers defend profit levels as reasonable and necessary. They deny a monopoly and urge citizens to compare meat and livestock profits with other industries. The firms Armour, Cudahy, Morris, Swift, and Wilson outline war‑time costs and investments to justify margins.
A World War I letter to Maj J R McDowell at Camp Bowie from Private Harrison Brister, a Black draft soldier, describes crossing the sea to France, facing war as hell yet remaining hopeful. He asks his mother and father to relay messages to family and friends, notes monthly support, and signs off with resolve to endure until homecoming. He mentions leaving New York on December 5 and spending Christmas in France.
Notice to the public that Mrs. N. C. Smith guardian of Vina Addie George Odessa Owen Delta and Howard Smith asks the County Judge of Comanche County Texas for authority to lease 84 acres of real estate from John A. McGuire survey for mineral rights. Hearing set July 20 in County Judge's office to determine necessity and terms.
A captain and his family returning from a thanksgiving dinner were halted by a duty center for the first time. The guard asked "Who goes there" and the captain and family identified themselves as officers and dependents on leave.
A fragment quotes Everybody's magazine urging a rookie to take initiative and address the audience, while directing family to mark time as the captain proceeds.
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