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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1927
Page
4
Publication details for the Comanche Publishing Company edited by H. Carpenter. It lists second class mail status, subscription rates for Comanche and nearby counties at $1.00 per year and $1.50 elsewhere, with a $2.00 rate to other points.
Mrs W H Bruton and daughter Linda return from Baylor University where her son Judge graduated with high honors. Several others including Miss Lucille Bruton, Miss Johnsie Cunningham, and Miss Martha Wetzel are noted for teaching, studying at Tarleton and Baylor. Visitors include A D Martin, Harry Gano, J P Bogart Jr, and many family trips to Denton, Austin, Waco, and Stephenville.
Window glass of all sizes is available at Higgin Bothams Lamber Yard. The notice lists material offered and directs customers to the yard for purchase.
Local residents and visitors appear across multiple cities. Horace Sherrill and J C McPherson head to Las Vegas to work on a federal building project. John F E Hoff graduates in Austin, while John E Hoff and Miss Glennie Hoff attend a YMCA convention in Ollister Missouri.
The article argues ice preserves flavor and quality, urging immediate refrigeration of perishable foods upon receipt. It explains ice protects delicate flavors, slows spoilage, and even purifies food by drawing impurities into circulating cold air before they drain away. It stresses keeping ice well stocked in the refrigerator.
Last Sunday evening weather prevented worship on the church lawn but a good crowd attended inside. If weather clears, Sunday evening service will be held on the lawn with the moon providing light. Morning sermon asks why Christ did not come in glory and why he will come in glory. Pastor N P Wilkinson invites the public.
Sam Ross of San Angelo shipped 19 cars of cattle from his ranch near San Angelo to Bryson Ranch west of town for pasturage. It is the largest cattle shipment into Comanche county in several years, with grass good here while drier areas to the west suffer.
The Younger generation hosted twenty eight elders at the Ridgeway Hotel Sunday for a six oclock dinner. Sherwood McDonald organized the event with guests enjoying a generous spread and violin music by L. B. Russell.
A revival of the one piece frock dominates this season with beiges blues and grays. Joan Crawford wears a plaited skirt design with a silver belt in The Unknown, paired with a blue bouquette hat and matching bag, illustrating current fashion.
Wm. Reese Drug Co offers a free fan to customers who call at the store and request it. Limited while supplies last.
A New York City cotton firm dated May 25 reports a 9.3 percent decline in U S cotton acreage. Texas acreage is listed at 17 608 000 compared with 19 140 000 in 1926. The Mississippi Flood area is being planted as waters recede.
State comptroller S R Terrell reports April gas tax revenue at 1 340 000, up from 392 466 a year earlier. Tax rate tripled from one to three cents. consumption rose. The 3 cent rate reverts to 2 cents in September 1928. Legislation to perpetuate the three cent tax failed.
County Agent Barton reports this year's sweet potato crop will total about 400 acres, up from 300. Over 500 acres have been planted and work will continue through early July. Planting surged after weekend rains, with heavy activity in Peattie Suez Indian Creek Fairview and the sandy belt north of town. Porto Rico yam is the leading variety, with early plantings ready to harvest by next month and production lasting until frost.
State of Texas requires sheriff to publish weekly for ten days a notice about Lucile Kerley minor and the sale of land in Comanche County. Describes tract in A M McLaughlin 320 acre grant with detailed bearings and lines totaling 96 810 acres. Guardian J W Kerley filed June 7 1927 to confirm sale. hearing set for first Monday in July 1927. Court clerk Clyde and deputy Haynes sign.
A sheriff sale to satisfy a 1927 judgment against T B Smith lists a homestead area 22 miles northwest of Comanche and two horses named Dick and Roda. The sale, conducted by J T Gilbreath, is scheduled for 3 pm on the third Saturday in June 1927 at the former homestead near Jess lin’s residence.
A fragmentary notice references Higgingotham’s Some Yard with an unclear clothing or wear rule. The readable text hints at a local requirement or event related to attire but lacks full details. Further context is unavailable in the surviving text.
The Smith family thanks friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during her illness and death. Her children express gratitude for support and prayers as they mourn their mother.
A благодарная notice from Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Allen and family expresses gratitude for sympathy shown during the illness and death of Dale. They say they are grateful for thoughtfulness and acknowledge Mr. Lewis Moore and family of Dublin who visited in the Smith home Sunday.
J R EANES and CO advertises a 43 acre tract near a school in good cultivation with grapes and berries and asks for a trade for a small creas land with grass and water. Estate details limited to land quality and location flexibility.
The note places the former Thrasher Beauty Parlor just south of the Chief office, describing its occupied status and neighboring landmark for-local reference.
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