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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1931
Page
8
Mrs H Price of Woodmere L I says she dropped from 190 to 126 pounds after using Kruschen. She claims she looks younger than a mother of two and notes friends praise the transformation. An 85 cent bottle lasts four weeks and buys at The Wm Reese Drug Co or any store.
An old advertisement from The Comanche Chief urges using Butter Cartons and genuine Vegetable Parchment to prevent moisture absorption, claiming butter stays fresher and sells better.
The fourth annual Morris family reunion gathered seventy nine relatives at the R. C. Morris farm campgrounds three miles west of Sidney. Officers re elected were Mrs W J Greer president Mrs Will Bowers secretary and Mrs fr A Kelley program chair. The gathering featured songs readings and dances by Morris kin with J Ripley Morris of Fort Worth performing. Most relatives slept on site as food baskets were shared and a beef was prepared on the grounds. The group plans to meet again next year at the same location on the last Saturday and Sunday in August.
The notice advertises low meat prices at Rhece with choice steaks priced at 15 cents per pound and forequarter steaks and roasts at 42 cents per pound. Ice is also available from the Peerless Produce Co. Cox, Mer.
A singing school begins at Beattie School Auditorium with sessions at 1:00 PM on Monday. Closing exercises are planned for the night of August 14. A. N. Bingham signs the notice.
The Williford family held its eleventh reunion at Starkie Bridge on July 21 and 22 with record attendance. Elected for next year were J. M. Williford as president for life, Mrs. Luther McNutt secretary treasurer, and Luther, Lester McNutt, Earle Williford on the arrangement committee. The group includes forty eight grandchildren and fifteen great grandchildren. The Starkie Bridge will host next year’s meeting on the Tuesday and Wednesday after the third Sunday in July. A program of singing readings and stunts featured Rev. Sidney Martin of Wichita Falls. There were no deaths, one birth, and three marriages recorded since the last reunion.
Sunday night program at Robinson Springs featured Perry Moring elected Juvenile Department leader and Miss LaVeda Macon as Group Captain. Various local families visited relatives, with names including Moring, Macon, Spruill, Barker, Williams, Brumbelow, and Raw noted across multiple locales.
M B White a former Comanche County Commissioner near Lamkin says a maturing corn crop and strong oats wheat and corn yields justify feeding surplus grain to livestock. He bought ten white faced calves at five cents a pound to fatten for market by late November and projects oats at 30 cents a bushel and wheat at 50 cents. White stores 135 bushels of wheat in exchange for 4500 pounds of flour. Other Lamkin farmers plan similar feeding, with J B Curry aiming to feed a thousand sheep.
An ad for five hundred sheets of letter size ruled paper priced at $1.00 promotes a cheaper option than tablets. Thespot is in the Comanche Chief newspaper, highlighting economical office supplies.
Comanche Milling Company operator John P. Hoff says farmers will not lack bread for a year or two. He reports flour for wheat exchanges at his mill with demand from Comanche and neighboring counties up to 75 miles away. The program ties into a state wide live at home movement pushing self sufficiency.
Rev. Tom Moore of Comanche will preach at Mount Pleasant Church Sunday at 11 a.m. and 8:15 p.m. Bob Seale, Supt. S. S.
Notice announces moving the grocery store one door west from the former location and invites customers to continue shopping for groceries at the new site.
Farmers invited to bring produce cream chickens and eggs to Home Produce Co for top prices offered by Bob Seale.
For Saturday and Monday large golden ripe bananas to offer at each. Spot Cash Store advertises cheaper everyday prices. Durham Bros invites shoppers to buy meat at low prices with forequarter steaks and roasts at one dollar per pound. Bob Cox, Mgr.
Advertises Leto's Pyorrhea Remedy as a cure for trench mouth and gum disease. Claims it heals worst cases if used as directed and offers a money back guarantee. Sold by The Wm. Reese Drug Co., agents.
An advertisement touts selling mess at a bargain rate of 12 cents per pound. It emphasizes affordability and urges customers to make purchases from the seller.
An old advertisement touts 666 liquid or tablets that allegedly relieve headache or neuralgia in 30 minutes, cure a cold the first day, and check malaria in three days, alongside a baby’s cold salve product.
Helen Twelvetrees stars as Millie in a Radio Pictures film adaptation of Donald Henderson Clarke’s novel. The story follows a fiery heroine who travels from a village classroom to marriage with a philandering New Yorker, endures heartbreak, seeks independence, and faces a dramatic climax at the Ritz Theatre with a supporting cast led by Silvan Tashman and Joan Blondell.
Winn Johnston, 16, son of Tom Johnston, is hospitalized Sunday after a fire near Stephenville destroyed the family home Friday. Hal Winn received an arm burn and head bruises when escaping the one story residence. The building and furniture were a total loss, partially insured. Miss Beryl Johnston visited Mrs Speed during the event. The report also lists local Comanche residents receiving Ritz Theatre passes.
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