Local notes on crops, visitors, and community events
Copperas Prairie and Gap enjoyed rain all week except one day and corn prospects look strong while cotton prospects are poor. Relatives of Nugent Graham Fred Tilmore and Elmer Rogers return from overseas. Audie Colley of Comanche visited her sister Mrs E B S Vancleave of Sidney. Mrs M Tidmore hosted a large gathering with ice cream to celebrate her son Fred’s homecoming. Rev Lewis of Newberg preached at Gap. Lena Emison of Brownwood visited local friends. Eula Adams of Comanche stayed with local kin. Prof Walter Williams of Gap to teach next winter in Sidney. Harvey Tidmore and family rejoiced at Fred’s arrival from France. J P Jones recently returned from work.
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Nugent Graham
Fred Tilmore
Elmer Rogers
Audie Colley
Comanche
EB. S. Vancleave
Sidney
Tidmore
Fred
Gap
Lena Emison
Brownwood
Eula Adams
Walter Williams
School Board of
Harvey Tidmore
Martin Branch
France
J. P. Jones
Freckle Lotion From Lemon Juice and Orchard White
A simple home remedy blends lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to create a quarter pint freckle and blemish lotion. Apply daily to the face neck arms and hands for clearer softer rosy skin. The mixture is advertised as harmless and inexpensive for regular use.
Local notes from Duke field and area rains hit farms
In Duke field a sick man is reported. A dipping vat near J B Lacy’s place nears completion west of Gap. Heavy rains Sunday night drenched farms and creeks, injuring grain. Tiny Everett and Brother Andrew, Brownwood Normal students, visited home. Mrs. Nettie Steel hosted a music gathering for her son Nate from overseas service, enjoyed by relatives and friends.
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Duke Field
Sidney
J.B. Lacy
Gap
Tiny Everett
Brother Andrew
Brownwood
Nettie Steel
Nate
Mrs
Steel
Notice to Cattle Owners on Street Quarantine Rules
Sheriff Jack McCollum warns cattle owners to dip cows regularly and not move or stake them in streets. Violations will be prosecuted under quarantine laws.
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Jack McCollum
Kodak Finishing Films Promises Fast, High Quality Prints
An advertisement touts Kodak finishing film services with prints priced at 2 3 and 4 cents. It guarantees same day processing for orders received and next day mailing for mail orders, promising electrically produced prints and dependable, well‑matched results.
Kodak Man Luther Dixon Seeks Comanche Orders
Luther Dixon known as The Kodak Man invites customers in Comanche to leave orders at his residence two blocks north of the square or mail directly.
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The
Kodak Man
Square
Guardianship estate seeks oil lease for Wallis minors
I W L Willis guardian of Byron Stella Wallis minor seeks court order to lease estate property in Comanche County Texas. The four described tracts total undivided seven eighteenth and cover 1.79 acres and portions of sections 57 and 58, with development rights outlined for oil and gas. Hearing set for June 25 1919 at Comanche County Courthouse.
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Byron Wallis
Ben Wallis
Forney Wallis
Ora Wallis
Alice Wallis
Travis Wallis
Stella Wallis
Comanche County
Texas
I. W. L. Willis
Sail
William de Moss
Fidelity Trust Company
S. W
S. EK
N. W
W. A. Riddle
Varas
N. E
W. L. Wallis
Mandhs
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Blackstone Tires
Allen Hardware CO
Copperas Prairie
Coe Toe Raed
Atexas Wonder
J. E. W. Hall
We Street
Louis
D. Backstrom
Kodak
Luther Dixon
BEM
POL
Bevo
Anheuser-Busch
Meadows Grocery Co
Comanche, Tex
Chesterfield Cigarettes
Gille & Nabers
Bud Bishop
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