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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1923
Page
2
A terse update notes a total span of one year and eight months. No further context or details are provided in the accessible text.
In a letter from M F, the Comanche Chief editor discusses the town's need for a local college. He argues the Masons started a college project, the town used the site for a public school, and Comanche could advance by uniting to build and equip a college locally, benefiting students and community growth.
Mrs. Gib Callaway of Eastland is visiting the area, staying with local acquaintances and planning sightseeing trips during the stay.
The Primitive Baptist Association held a two day session at Lamkin with three baptisms. An accident near the grounds left a widow and children uninjured though stranded under a car. Local residents report rain would aid crops as families move, visit, and relocate households and machinery arrives for farming use.
A central Texas field trial group formed at a Comanche meeting in Dr. I. M. Cochran’s office with dog fanciers from nearby towns. Officers named: Dr. Cochran president N T Haskins vice president D M Brightman secretary treasurer L C Shaw stake manager. Members signed up and a fall field trial and a free-name contest announced. Abilene sportsmen pledged a $100 puppy stake cup.
W H Burton of Newburg told the Chief that he offered five acres on the hill near the square for a city tourist park free of charge for the rest of the season and would provide wood for the park if the city accepts. Mayor Eanes gratefully accepted the gift and said grounds would be equipped for campers at once. FP, C Wagoner and wife of Sipe Springs shopped in Comanche Thursday.
A good rain Friday night boosts feed crops and cotton growth in the locality while weevil infestation remains minimal. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. A T McDaniel of Sipe Springs and Mrs. J P Jones near Gap. Friends and relatives travel between Merkel, Park and Stockdale with parish updates. multiple illnesses and medical events are noted. A boll weevil catcher is demonstrated near Sidney with positive reception and purchases by Tom Lacy and Homer Hillan.
D E McKenzie of Bonham Texas claims Tanlac ended seven years of indigestion and built up thirty one pounds. He says the medicine gave a splendid appetite and restored his energy for full daily work. Tanlac and Tanlac Vegetable Pills advertised. Hill's Mixture boll weevil poison also offered.
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