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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1923
Page
4
The Comanche Chief quotes veteran editor George Robinson urging a new tourist park to boost traveler enjoyment and Comanche’s hospitality. He argues it would also profit local business houses serving tourists, with similar sentiment echoed by De Leon Free Press.
Pecan growers met in Brownwood as the Pecan Growers Association promotes standardization branding and marketing to lift Texas pecans to world fame akin to California’s citrus and raisins. The editorial urges modern organization and advertising to boost profits in Texas agriculture.
The piece honors Noah Webster who died eighty years ago in his 85th year and praises the Blue-Back Speller as a pivotal early American education tool. It recalls how the book opened knowledge for many, mentioning Lincoln and Crockett and the impact on a nation.
Rev. John R. Morris reports Judge Brown of Fort Worth will visit Comanche next Sunday under the Methodist Hospital Club auspices. He will speak at the church morning and evening, with Brooks Morris and wife providing music. All are invited.
Officers were elected by the I O F Encampment last Friday night and by the Subordinate Lodge Tuesday night. Encampment members include J C Huse as C P and J H Lewis as H P with Tom G Preston senior warden and C A Wells junior warden. W D Carroll serves as scribe and R C Graham as treasurer. Subordinate Lodge selections include A Davis and NJ Lewis as N J Lewis and W G with W D Carroll and J B Nabers as treasurer.
Rev J A Black formerly of the local Presbyterian church and now pastor at Alice Texas delivered the baccalaureate sermon for the Alice High School graduating class last week The Alice News praised the talk saying it sparkled with wit and truth and urged cleaner useful living The theme drew from Psalms stressing the spirit as a guiding power in life.
J. R. Eanes & Co offer vast South Plains tracts suitable for cotton corn kaffir maize fruits vegetables and stock farming at 25 dollars per acre with easy payments. Lands thirty to fifty miles east fetch 50 to 75 dollars per acre as South Plains land values rise after twenty years of steady advancement.
Married: On Sunday June 3 at the courthouse in Comanche Royal Lorenzo and Zelpa Stiffle mire wed. On June 6 at the courthouse in Comanche H V Walker and Mamie Robinson united in marriage with Justice Graham officiating at both ceremonies.
The Chief lists licenses issued in the two week period, naming couples Fred Rutledge Jr and Melva Nance, R B Ewing and Allie Trene Morgan, D McDaniel and Susie Webb, C C Johnson and Sallie Lewis, W B Luckie and Jessie Cunningham, C Fowler and Floy Nelson, Royal Lorenzo and Zilpah Stifflemire, H V Walker and Mamie Roberson.
The county clerk records births to S C Gregory at Hasse a son to W A Carleton near Hasse a daughter to Ernest Funderburgs Coleman a son to G Martin Comyn a son and a daughter indicating several newborns in the region.
State Superintendent Marrs announces a teachers examination to be held Friday and Saturday in July. Teachers must register by June 20 or obtain permission to test. The exam occurs in the old high school building in Comanche at 9 o clock on Friday July 6, per H L Gantz.
J. R. Eanes & Co report May 1923 sale of 2869 acres at 25 dollars per acre from 16 tracts, part of a 120000 acre lot likely to sell before summer. They plan a June 12 auto trip to the South Plains and invite interested readers to join.
Mrs Paris Smith will travel to Waco to preside at a Baylor University banquet marking the thirtieth anniversary of Dr S P Brooks’s graduation and honoring ex students who attended Baylor from 1888 to 1896. Gov Patt M Neff will act as toastmaster.
J T Eanes and Company state their prices on all offerings will be fair and in line with value. They deny being boosters or speculators and will not act as agents for this class.
Comanche readers urged to protect kidney health and avoid delay in treatment. A local farmer KE H Rogers reports rapid relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills following a back pain attack. The ad claims the remedy helped thousands and is sold for 60e at dealers nationwide. Foster Milburn Company is listed as the manufacturer in Buffalo New York.
J. KR. Eanes & Co plans a active real estate push this season inviting buyers sellers and traders to contact them for options.
Due to high demand for summer work, grammar school students may enroll for credit work only if they have failed in one or more subjects. A six dollar per subject fee applies. high school fee is one and a half dollars per week for a new subject. Meet at the high school building Monday June 11 at 9 o clock for details. OLA CUNNINGHAM, ALICE ORY, MRS. KATE PRUDE.
An old ad touts Taroline tar oil to paint and seal cracks against poultry pests. It promotes Martin Blue Bug Remedy for insects on poultry feed and offers a money back guarantee from Hamilton Drug Co, priced at 33 to 40 cents.
W. D. Lamberth, nephew of Mrs. C. L. Cox, drowned in San Francisco Bay aboard a navy ship en route to Manila. He shoved a woman to safety as the gangplank fell, then fell himself into strong undertow and did not survive. The body was not recovered after days of search and burial was intended in Winters, Texas.
Mrs Feber of Medford Massachusetts reports chronic backache suffering and sleeplessness. She says Foley Kidney Pills provided relief for kidney and bladder troubles. The advertisement claims the product is sold everywhere.
Advertisement notes bilious and constipated conditions cause misery and low mood and claims Herbine purifies strengthens and invigorates. Price 60 cents. Sold by 8S. P. Smith.
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