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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1922
Page
2
A University of Texas graduate student, J. Hi Spell, writes for an October Catholic History Quarterly about Pedro de Gate the first music teacher in North America. The article includes a 1604 print by Joannis Navarra, and notes earlier prints from 1583 with none surviving.
Community members attend a Baptist meeting in Sidney with a protracted meeting led by Rev. Smith of Brownwood planned soon. Local visits include Mr and Mrs Jeff Evans and Mr and Mrs M Wilkins visiting relatives and returning home. Mrs Eunice Prater and Carlie and Leona Nichola shopped in Comanche, while Mrs Bessie Arnold and her children stayed with sister Mrs Tom Lacy last week.
Sunday visits feature Miss Ruby McKin sie with Eva Franks and Rea Stevens, Ruth Payne and others with Elsie Brown. Local voter outreach by Leve Roberson noted. Rice noted as a frequent visitor to Gap, and Mr. Davis with Bertie McKin ne of Brownwood were seen at a rosary.
An ad touts a large American business college offering thorough, practical training with Byrne Systems. It claims faster, cheaper education, career placement, and a free catalogue to enroll and upgrade through a brain-focused approach.
New Orleans hosts the national American Legion convention in October with a 50 percent passenger fare reduction on U S Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation vessels. The cut, applicable to single or round trip tickets, targets members and their families showing intent to attend.
The administrator J L Hoover of the estate of D Hoover, deceased, appointed June 15 1922, alerts all debtors to settle and all claimants to present claims by law at his Dublin Texas address route 2 Erath County, deadline noted by law. The notice appears in Comanche County Texas.
A maxim about caution in future plans warns that burning bridges behind can be risky if unburned paths lie ahead. The saying stresses foresight and prudent choices in relationships and ventures.
The death angel claimed the infant of Mr and Mrs A L Cottrell in Arbor Springs last Wednesday night. The burial was at Zion Hill cemetery Friday with Rev Anderson officiating. Elgin Gressett of Winters visiting relatives. Wood Spoonmore visited his sister Mrs J W Moore. Denny Reese and wife with Ida Gressett. Mrs M C Alley at bedside of her ill daughter Mrs Lucy Dunlap with typhoid fever. Orb Flanagan and wife hosted a party Saturday night. Bob Hendrix visiting relatives in East Ferns. Aubrey Mitchell of Brison Ranch visited Cliff Flanagan Saturday. Willie Loudermilk’s hosted guests Friday night. West Wilson stayed with R S Kelley. Miss Ruby Barrett visiting Mt Pleasant area. Misses Maybell and Isabelle Gressett with Mrs May Wilson. Most farmers finished laying by crops.
Quick sale advertised including a house on a large lot, a good garage, house furnishings, a cow, and chickens. All items priced at 2000 dollars with immediate possession offered. Contact 414 or see J. D. Mayes. 45tfe.
In Seattle Mrs. G Richardson describes two months of intense pains and a hard lump, saying Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound eased the pain, removed the lump, and restored health. The ad urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy to relieve distress and prevent future trouble.
Report discusses catarrhal deafness caused by inflammation of the Eustachian tube mucous lining. It notes rumbling sounds from a blocked tube and warns hearing loss if inflammation remains untreated. The text mentions Hall's Catarrhe icine as a treatment option.
Austin July 19 Texas Methodist students at the University of Texas plan to raise 1.8 percent during summer session to aid the Passo Fundo Mission in Brazil. Last spring they raised five thousand dollars for all purposes and 150 of 60 summer students have pledged support. The Daniel family started the effort in 1915 and the university supports the Passo Fundo school now with 180 students and 12 teachers. Texas Hall, a new 18 room building with 500 seat auditorium, cost 25000. Two new dormitories are under construction, one named Mary Decherd Hall for Miss Mary Decherd who organized the student drive.
Mr and Mrs J I Mayes thank the Fire Boys for saving their Thadbury house from fire on Monday morning. Their splendid work prevented the home from burning.
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