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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1938
Page
2
The Comanche Chief led by ZS Wilkerson as editor and publisher. The paper notes post office status, class mail details, and subscription price of 1.00 per year with 1.50 for surrounding areas.
Local notes recount Ernest ter and Floyd Carpenter returning from a trip to Resup County with reflections on pea patches and family ties. A Sidney singing convention near 4000 attendees is noted as a major event, alongside recollections of train travel on the Santa Fe line through Brownwood. A public tax question about civil privileges is raised before the county board of equalization.
State superintendent L A Woods lauds Roberson as a strong district leader and civic worker at Port Arthur. Comanche community letters urge yard beautification and summer cleanups while Frances Durham shines as a piano prodigy. First Monday trades loom with July 4th. Dick Cox reports $650 from eleven acres of onions in Erath County. Dorothy Dix warns against bearing with friends who push wrongdoing.
In hot dry days Comanche streets echoed with kids cooling in wagon spray while a transfer car vanished from view. Ex Mayor Coleman pushes Brazos River flood control and irrigation projects, urging land reclamation. The Rising Star item notes a 30 mile horseback journey, and a garden club plans a rock fence for Oakwood Cemetery.
The report notes an undertaker prepared for a fatal wreck aftermath, detailing removal of a victim and placement in a satin-lined coffin with floral garnish. C. E. Duncan authored the item in Dallas Traffic News.
The text notes that voters seek pensions and security for the elderly as a major campaign lure. It emphasizes that candidates winning over grandfathers and grandmothers can gain entire families, reflecting a focus on postwar social support and pension promises in an election year.
A Annapolis graduation sermon by the president urges the class to value broad knowledge beyond their chosen field. He emphasizes being well rounded in all aspects of modern civilization and many factors outside one’s profession.
Prince alias Deputy County Clerk was the beloved dog of former County Clerk Bob Haynes. He died at the Haynes farm home in Iredell Route 2 Bosque County and was buried near the residence under Haynes and farm hands. Prince was a daily office companion and enjoyed treats from Leo Shankle at the City Meat Market.
A brief verse urges kind speech and cheerful bearing to overcome nerves and loneliness. It counsels patience and a positive demeanor, noting that a cheerful look invites a friendly response from the world.
Stillwater, Oklahoma Gazette notes a 37 year old Oklahoma woman named best rural writer for weekly columns. A sample newsletter includes rural anecdotes about farm life and nature, highlighting neighbors, birds, animals, and seasonal farming tasks.
A lone wild gander swooped low while workers set out berry vines, its wistful cry halting activity until it departed. Mr and Mrs Hubert Todd spent weekend in Jennings with her parents, returning with hens eggs potatoes and berry plants to trade. Five-year-old Bobby Lozier visited during dairy work and urged Hubert to build a cow foot-wipe to ease barn chores.
Gulf winds tilt trees between Galveston and Port Arthur in an odd sight. The piece notes poet Adelaide Crapsey and quirky local names like The Pep Hotel in Jasper and Tyler stands selling glorified hamburgers and Boomerang ice cream.
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