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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1931
Page
4
Auction notice offers 600 acre pasture near De Leon Texas with 1 to 2 miles of creek and abundant pecans at ten dollars per acre. No trade accepted. Contact A C Martin De Leon Texas. (45-46) Moca ear agt et tei.
The writer visits Frank Craven after That's Gratitude and notes his simple, candid home life and the play's design. Craven shares credit with a cast of equally important characters, choosing background over fame, while a told parable about a boss who hogs credit warns against overclaiming success.
Robinson Springs residents organized a Dramatic Club with officers Carl Macon as President Rog er Charmibers as Vice President Doyce Short as Treasurer and Naine Barker as Reporter. Several residents visited, with two 4 H demonstrations held and a winning canning team to represent at Encampment.
A Comanche Chic ad promotes Better Butter Wrap Ping Paper as a genuine vegetable parchment that prevents sticking with no extra cost. It urges customers to ask for Butter Certons.
Advertises for 75 head goats and 15 to 20 head sheep to keep on shares. Seeks good grade stock and fresh range. Contact B. F. Beaty at Manache Route 3, 2 miles south of Newburg.
Genuine Certified Porto Rican Potato Slips offered at 1.50 per thousand for orders under 10 000 and 1.25 per thousand for orders over 10 000. Paul Bowdoin promotes the slips. Renfro's Market advertises Genuine Pit Barbecue daily for quick meals.
Port Rico potato slips offered at 1.50 per thousand by Freed Meat Tree Peerless Produce Co. Local residents Wyatt family visit Comanche. Several names listed will receive a Ritz Theatre family pass for Monday June 29. Dry cleaning service promotes Fourth of July clothes readiness.
A long list of residents and visitors in Comanche and nearby towns during the weekend. Names include A. M. White, Rev E M Daily, E H Jones, Bess Hoff of Coleman, J P Hoff, Joe Moody, James Clarke of Guthrie, Oklahoma, Mrs Bob Foster of Denver, TD Charles Clarke, Judith and Catherine Clarke, Richard and James Slider, Ben McGlothlin, Chester McGlothlin, W A McGlothlin of Energy, Bud Newsome, Billy Calhoun, Frances Smith, Lloyd Isham, Mrs Is Harm, Billy Lou Cameron, Wood of San Angelo, Horace Wood, Miss Dorris Lamb Athens, Pauline Marshall, Helyn Fisher, C L Tiner, Mae of New Gulf, Mrs C L Tiner and son Con Mae, Alice Campbell, Ruby, Louise Gardner, and others visiting relatives in Comanche and surrounding areas.
The article lists Comanche attendees at the Coleman gathering including Mrs. Lee Campbell and many others. Energy Texas residents W. P. Magness and Troy Morgan are noted to receive a Ritz family pass on Tuesday June 30.
Mrs. R. S. Walker departed Sunday for Fort Worth to attend T. C. U. summer school courses and participate in the program.
Bob Seale of Home Produce Co invites locals to bring produce, cream, chickens, and eggs for top prices. The ad emphasizes generous payments and wants steady suppliers in the community.
C M Edmondson of East Comanche on a six acre tract shows truck farming can work within city limits. He reports annual yields near a thousand quarts of fruit and vegetables and sufficient surplus to buy groceries. His varied crops include onions weighing up to three pounds, Yella Bermuda and White Bermuda onions, tomatoes, sweet potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes, berries, pears, peaches, and pecans. He also keeps ten budded pecan trees, a half acre vineyard, a half acre of tomatoes for market, and maintains dairy cows and hogs plus fryers for home use and local sale. Cleaners, FE, E. McNatt, Prop.
Program list includes sermons by Rev. S. D. Lindsey at 11:15 and Rev. T. N. Carter at 12:00, devotional by Rev. Li. D. Hornburg at 1:30, Woman's Work arranged by Mrs. E. E. Anthony at 1:45, mission talk by Rev. Gordon Barrett at 2:30, and an inspirational address by Rev. Homer Davis at 3:00. S. J. Isham is the pastor.
A damaged OCR reads a vintage note praising butter quality and parchment that resists absorption. The line hints at shelf stability and aroma, mentioning a company name fragment and product traits in a terse trade snippet.
Clarence Sloan and Childres from Greenwood are visiting relatives in Comanche for a family gathering and to reconnect with kin across the region.
Fragmentary note praises a herb based remedy called Herbine for relief. It hints at its cathartic actions and mentions a specific version or form labeled a8 as a form of preparation.
Advertising copy describes 666 as a remedy offering headache or neuralgia relief in 30 minutes, claims to curb a cold on the first day and malaria in three days. Also promotes 666 Salve for baby’s cold.
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