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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1923
Page
4
A proposal by Mrs. R W Scurry urges a historical pageant at the Comanche County Fair to tell the county’s development. Supporters say the exhibit would showcase rich history and local talent, offering a standout feature for the fair and county pride.
A collection of wry lines about wealth ambition marriage and perception. Highlights include a woman's idea of being well off as plenty to do a stock salesman selling a lifetime chance and the idea that many marriages occur. The quips also compare noises in the night to burglars.
A playful list from the Taterborough Bulletin links stones to roles from laundresses to tourists and burglars to bankers. It pairs stones with occupations and traits, ending with a witty remark that for most people life is the grindstone.
The passage lists animals and sizes in a disjointed way, mentioning a buffalo as stupid, a small mouse in Serbia, a large Alaskan walrus weighing a ton, and a mouffion sheep from southern Europe. It ends with a giraffe birth measurement reference.
Indifference to public matters is a form of pessimism and each person sees happiness differently. The text notes that one must stay active to overcome fatigue and that kindness and the commandments suffice for many. It also jokes about Fletcherizing and chewing gum and muses on reading, writing, and conversation.
The walrus is described as gentle unless attacked. A herring shoal is said to contain 800000 to 1000000 fish. An adult sea lion can eat 44 salmon in a day. The basking shark in the Indian Ocean often reaches 60 feet in length.
A wry meditation on nothing versus doing something. The piece questions the value of silence and idle virtue, noting the difference between quick wit and empty talk, and musing on happiness, surprise, and the folly of demanding things for nothing. It cites lines attributed to Sir James Barrie about saying nothing as art.
A fragmentary item notes daily conveniences and social asks such as a baby stopping crying a stock rising a cop letting you off speeding a telephone during hurry and a boss granting leeway. It reads like a list of common wishes or quips from a Chicago Am can source.
Comanche's The Chief marks fifty years since 1873 with plans for a special Fiftieth Anniversary Edition in the early fall. The publisher seeks material on Comanche and Comanche County history for the souvenir issue to document the county's past, present, and future progress.
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