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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1940
Page
2
Ben Evridge cites Joe as the family fisher, while George McKinzie leads the Parade Committee for Fourth of July plans that promise a strong showing in Comanche. City Councilman W. Williams pursues street and fire protection upgrades as local development and new industry prospects emerge.
The clipping mixes Humorous items from The Railroad Journal with American Legion notes from Comanche Texas. It mentions speakers J B Albern Hubert Atterbury and Bruce Lane, a Boston ceremony, and a flag sale while including a string of light jokes and cartoons about daily life and smalltown characters.
A collage of Texas life includes Comanche Chief writer J C Wilkerson recalling O O Brightman a multifaceted Texas entrepreneur born in Refugio County. The piece notes Brightman’s cotton trade mining in Central America and a son Dwight serving as a G-Man in WWII plus local figure Clark Coursey returning to Brownwood. The Dogwood crossing story and condolences to Max Bentley of Abilene conclude the column.
The colored parson, debuting on Mand, asks why Mandy named the child Henry and says they do not want another. A separate line mentions a machine gun as a killer in a brief, puzzling exchange.
A humorous tale from Santa Fe zine where Rastus brings a ham back to a store claim ing it is cured. The storekeeper notes the ham was cured only last week, while Rastus quips that it may be cured but would have had a prelapse.
Mose asks what matrimony means and Rastus explains it is not a sentence but a word about marriage. The exchange uses street talk to clarify the term in a humorous dialogue.
A California servant answers a telephone muttering an important message before hanging up. The mistress asks for meaning while the newcomer explains the caller spoke from far away and that the message was new to them. The exchange hints at a distant communication with unknown significance.
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