President McKinley Assassination Reported At Buffalo
The Comanche Chief notes President McKinley was shot at 4 pm on Friday September 6 by Czolgostos an anarchist about 25 years old and of German American extraction. Secret Service observed a handkerchief around his right hand and the assailant held his uplifted hand as if supported by a sling. The president was at a reception in the Pan American Exposition Music Hall in Buffalo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brodie
W. B. Riley
Eanes
St. Louis
M.ww
Garrett
Episcopal Church
M. E. Wilkerson
Sipe Springs
Marion
Neely-Harris-Cunningham
John Straley
Mt. Pleasant
Palmer Yard
President McKinley
Czologosz
Secret Service
McKinley
Buffalo
Mrs R P Boyd of Blanket Died Friday
Mrs R P Boyd longtime Blanket resident died Friday night in a Brownwood hospital after illness. Born December 19 1869 in Smith County she was 53 years in Blanket. Survived by husband R P Boyd daughter Mrs A R Douglas son I R Boyd brother W M Milton. Services were at Blanket Methodist Church with interment in Blanket Cemetery.
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R. P. Boyd
Blanket
Brownwood
Mrs. G. A. Clark Dies at 88 in Jakehamon Community
Mrs. G. A. Clark 88 of the Jakehamon community died at her home June 5 after an illness. Funeral services June 6 at Oliver Springs Church with Rev. Maurice Evans. Interment in Oliver Springs Cemetery. Survived by her husband G. A. Clark and several Brazell descendants.
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G. A. Clark
Jakehamon
Oliver Springs Church
Maurice Evans
de Leon
W. M. Brazell
Texas
St. Joe
Mr. Brazel
Baptist Church
A. P. Brazell
Dumwright
Oklahoma
Woodson
W. Z. Brazell
Desdemona
A. A. Brazell
Freer
Fannie White
Ranger
Lizzie Winegar
McAdoo
Christian Church Bible School and Communion This Sunday
Pastor C. C. Klingman announces Bible School and Communion as usual this Sunday June 21 with no evening services nor preaching at eleven. He will be on vacation in Kentucky. Joe Park Huntington attends a boys camp at Grand Prairie near Dallas.
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Bible School
C. C. Klingman
Joe Park Huntington
Grand Prairie
Dallas
Bitter feelings over anarchist brood in U S life
The life of a dentist has stirred bitter sentiment toward the brood of known anarchists and socialists the United States has harbored. The latest report states the wound may not be fatal.
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Dent
U. S
Comanche County Urges More USO Donations
USO drive leader J B Allcorn says Comanche County has not met its 1920 dollar quota with National assessment at ten cents per capita totaling 320 90 for the city. He appeals to citizens to give more to push the county over the top, requesting donations to county chairmen or one of the local ranks in Comanche De Leon or Justine.
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Comanche County
USO
J. B. Albcorn
Cpta
Comanche
Allcorn
Texas
New York
de Leon
Justine
Boyce House Enters Race for Lieutenant Governor
Fort Worth paperman Boyce House announces his campaign for Lieutenant Governor. He emphasizes finishing the war, caring for returning soldiers, and protecting democracy, schools, the elderly, farmers, workers, and businesses while pledging impartial presiding over the State Senate.
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Boyce House
Fort Worth
Texas
Senate
Proctor Pilot Bert Carleton Dodges Attack on China Air Run
A Chungking dateline dispatch profiles Captain Bert Carleton of Proctor Texas as the pilot of a United States Army freight plane facing Japanese fire en route from India to China. Carleton notes bullet marks on the stabilizer after a sharp bank, underscoring the perils of ferry missions supplying embattled China. Co-pilot Lieut Verne Capender and Sergi K. T. Aaltoen are named. The report highlights the Army ferry command’s hazardous, vital service.
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China
Bert Carleton
Proctor
Comanche County
W. D. Carleton
United States
Associated Press News
William M'Gaffin
United States Army
India
Texas
Chungking
Carleton
Lieut. Verne Capender
Tremonton
Utah
Sergi K. T. Aaltoen
Quency
Mass
Japan
Army Ferry Command
Social Roundup Notes from Comanche and Nearby Towns
Local residents and visitors are listed in a weekend snapshot. Dr. C C Klingman travels to Dallas then Kentucky for vacation. Odessans Hansel Hawkins vacationing from Comanche to Corpus Christi. Camp Blanding visitors include Mrs Corene Stewart Brown and Mrs Ella Lippe Grelle with husbands. Guests at the Wilhelm home include J F Tate family from Long Beach and G R Tate from Abilene. Eddie Jones and Jake Hodges of A&M visit home folks. Annie Seaton returns from Williamson County. Dale Wilson of Kelly Field on furlough with parents. Clyde Marshall Jr and Dorothy Fae Coker share a Comanche visit. Roy Allen Freeman visits his cousin Jackie Freeman. John A Mahon weekends in Houston with son Richard. George Ward family visit German with Henry Stiern. Karl Shock family depart for vacation with Marlin first stop. Arthur family plus Ed Atwood visit College Station to see John Manning Arthur. Hon Cleve Callaway of Cross Plains visits Comanche with Mrs Callaway.
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Hansel Hawkins
Odessa
Comanche
Corpus Christi
Corene Stewart Brown
Ella Lippe Grelle
Camp Blanding
Florida
Homer Wilhelm
J. F. Tate
Long Beach
California
G. R. Tate
Abilene
Rose Spicks
Stephenville
Eddie Jones
Jake Dave
Houston
Richard
George Ward
Opal Laverne
Henry Stiern
Karl Shock
Marlin
J. H. Arthur
Gene
Ed Atwood
College Station
John Manning Arthur
Texas A&m
Cleve Callaway
Cross Plains
Callaway
Harmony Home Demonstration Club Teaches Pattern Making
The Harmony Home Demonstration Club met June 11 with twelve members and two visitors. The lesson covered pattern measurement and fundamentals to reduce guess-work in dressmaking. Miss Mayfield demonstrated a fruit and vegetable dryer, useful during the tin shortage. Next meeting is June 25 to continue dress pattern work. attendees encouraged.
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Harmony Home Demostration Club
Comanche Visits From Fort Worth and Nearby Towns
Miss Hattie Brightman spent the weekend and early week in Fort Worth visiting friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs Ned Henry and children of Fort Worth spent part of the weekend in Comanche with the Brightmans and the rest at Mullin with his parents. Rev and Mrs R M McGinnis of Gustine visit their children in Garland. Miss Melba Jean McGinnis returns with them after visiting there this past month. Mrs Ivah Pittman and Miss Carter of De Leon were in Comanche Thursday afternoon. Mrs M K Witt and Mrs Hickman of Coleman were Comanche visitors Thursday.
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Hattie Brightman
Fort Worth
Ned Henry
Comanche
O. O. Brightman
Mullin
R. M. McGinnis
Gustine
Lloyd McGinnis
Paul Ford Duffee
Garland
Melba Jean McGinnis
Ivah Pittman
Miss Carter
de Leon
The Butter End Death Trick In Germany Report
Whispers describe a macabre execution method in Germany where the condemned are blindfolded and forced to stretch out their arms. A pound of butter is placed in one hand and a pound of bacon in the other, then the bandage is removed and the shocked man dies.
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Germany
De Leon Leads Rubber Drive With 25,275 Pounds Collected
Frederick G. Harmon reports De Leon has gathered 25,275 pounds of scrap rubber by 3:00 p.m. Tuesday as part of a Civilian Defense drive started Monday. Local tire dealers garages and stations largely participate, aiming for 75,000 pounds from De Leon and surrounding area. Citizens urged to sell usable rubber items not fit for repair.
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Frederick G. Harmon
de Leon
Harmon
Brownwood visitor brings pair of military and newlywed ties
Mrs. Lottie Card visited Brownwood last week. Lt. Red Walsh from San Antonio in the U S Air Corps spent the weekend visiting his bride to be, the former Miss Loraine English, at Rev. and Mrs. A Bryson Englishs home.
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Lottie Card
Brownwood
Red Walsh
San Antonio
U. S. Air Corps
Loraine English
A. Bryson English
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Ber
S. J. Thomas
Kentucky
WAR Production Board
Fagan Chevrolet Co
Harmony Club News
Mary Wilhelm
M. K. Witt
Nothes
Lk. Sack
Everlife
Procter & Gamble
LK. Ct
Bnch
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