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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 19, 1940
Page
3
Records from Comanche and surrounding areas show Maytown shoppers visiting Comanche for fall and spring markets, with families spending up to $100 per day on goods. Local officials discuss candidates Ernest Thompson and Herman Reynolds Mills, census counts for Comanche and nearby towns, and community events like the DeLeon Watermelon Peach Festival parade.
A historic list shows candidates for numerous county and district offices including Will H Mayes Wiley for representative T R Ross district judge J H Arnold for district attorney Rufe F McClellan and A B Ha McCampbell J H Mehillen for judge Carroll Benton Stailey Ewell Allen for county clerk Cain Otto Garrison J Pronk for county clerk Red wine Mary L Smith and J H Haynes for sheriff B F Corenhane H Tom Smith W W Tyler W L Jackson Jack Cunningham O Handley J W Graham D J Bowling for tax collector J O Depriest Frank Palmer Sam Switzer and J C Hardin W D Jenkins for county superintendent Gib Callaway Merton L Harris for county attorney W H Reed Jesse M Atchison Morgan E Hall J H Tom Thorton W W Cox for tax assessor Jokkie W Burks for county treasurer R B Lee for county chairman A C Cathey N E Palmer for Justice of Peace No 1 Emmett Smith Forrest Boyd for constable T V Stark N V Frost and W T Dobbs for commissioner precinct No 1.
Fragmentary OCR lists several names including J. H. Harrison J. B. Bean W. J Patton J. H. Por No 3 a Little B. F. Ward and I. W. Kite with no clear event or date attached. The passage provides only partial attendee identifiers and roles.
Marriage notices show J. S. Trapp and Kathlee Pratt Fort Worth wed July 13. Wayne Adams and Grace Moore Gustine wed July 12. Henry A. Warner and Alice Mae Sims Gustine wed July 8. Deeds include H. H. Pitts to W. J. Conway for land in City Block 62 at $42. Jesse Barnes to B. F. Barnes for 50 acres at $3750. E. E. Anthony to John Hai and Gottfrey Haas for 320 acres in Comanche County at $4800. Howard Kilpatrick to W. I. Slider for land in City Block 22 at $325.
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