Higginbotham Bros and Company Perfected Organization
Higginbotham Bros and Company completed a new chartered organization uniting stores at Comanche Klin Stephenville DeLeon Gordon Rising Star Cross Plains Ryder Rotan and Ballinger into a single firm with 1 500 000 capital. Officers elected include R W Higginbotham president T J Williams active vice president Maurice Reid vice president and auditor D Chas Clarke secretary C P St Clair treasurer.
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Higginbotham Thers & Company
Comanche
Klin
Stephenville
DeLeon
Govan
Rising Star
Cross Plains
Ryder
Rotan
Balligner
T. J. Williams
P. St. Clair
C. Clarke
J. L. Cox
Cowie
R. W. Higginbotham
Dallas
J. M. Higginbotham
Dublin
Maurice Reid
J. R St. Clair
W. J. Clay
W. H. Williams
F. W. Townsend
Roy
D. Chas. Clarke
Will Williams
R. T. Williams
Ballinger
Taylor Higginbotham
Gorman
Wade Evridge
C. P. St. Clair
Wil
Comanche Store Moves Main Office Here Reflecting Community Confidence
The remark praises how the Comanche men speak well and notes local trust in the company by relocating the main office to Comanche, signaling strong community support.
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Comanche
BETTER BABY WEEK COMMITTEES NAMED
The Bet ter Baby Week campaign reveals committee appointments across enrollment equipment and assistance literature and printing exhibits and posters rural publicity and joint chairmen. Listed leaders include Mrs I C Gage Mrs W H Carpenter Mrs J B Layne and others.
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I. C. Gage
W. H. Carpenter
J. B. Layne
W. F. Cameron
J. D. Waring
L. B. Thomas
M. K. Witt
W. W. Kilpatrick
W. W. Kilpatrick, Mrs. 8. J. Hicks. Literature and Printing—Mrs. Wm. G. Dingus
Geo. E. Smith
A. J. Gray
G. A. Cunningham
A. M. Neal
I. T. Clemons
W. J. Cunningham
R. W. H. Hamilton
T. R. Helmsley
L. J. Kittles
J. C
Spring Home Carnival Promises Bigger Event in Comanche
Plans for the Spring Home Carnival set for April 5 6 and 7 aim to top last year’s success. Three major sales days are planned with an ice skating rink turning into a merriment scene as merchants showcase goods and price advantages for Comanche trade territory. Keep posted for details as plans develop.
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Bea
Comanche
Reverend White Plans Free Movie Nights for Boy Scouts
Rev White completes arrangements for a Motion Picture machine to show free pictures to Boy Scouts on select nights. He may also present religious photo plays in the North and use the machine for illustrated lectures in rural communities this summer.
33 Degree Masons Visit Comanche Lodge
A 33 degree Scottish Rite team from Dallas visited Hope Lodge 481 in Comanche on February 22. They raised C. B. Williams to Master Mason. 173 members and 101 visitors attended from 27 lodges across four states with visitors from Dallas Fort Worth and 20+ towns.
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Mike H. Thomas
Dallas Lodge
W. C. Temple
Trinity Valley Lodge
Ben Orleson
Geo. Long
D. Hanley
Pentagon Lodge
Hope Lodge
C. B. Williams
J. D. Waring
W. J. Turner
C. J. Dabney
J. N. Smith
R. E. Cade
Ernest Allen
Jno
Blanket Lodge
R. A. Crocker
J. R. Rucker
F. D. Underwood
F. R. Hickman
D. Deave
J. H. Pace
J. C. Obrien
Dublin Lodge
W. Reynolds
P. L. Parker
J. W. Hendricks
W. J. Lewis
R. F. Underwood
W. J. Anderson
W. G. Wrenn
N. Coffee
W. L. Johnson
J. B. Dupree
Zephyr Lodge
W. G. Barker
E. C. Dodson
J. L. Lewis
B. Patton
R. P. Wallace
A. E. Hampton
Carl Witt
C. 8. Kinsey
Jeff Smith
J. P. Coan
J. T. Waller
J. A. Est
Brownwood Lodge
J.P. Apply
Joe Swartz
W. H. Sharp
Rock House
R. C. Renfro
Lodge
Oklahoma
C. C. Craver
San Gabriel
Lin A. Clark
Indian Creek
Samuel H. Austin
Memphis
H. B. Roberts
Dallas
T. C. Steaklin
Bon Air
J. B. Poole
Grand Prairie
R. H. Jennings
Fort Worth
E. B. Bryden
Midland
Brownwood
Georgetown
Dublin
Hamilton
Gorman
Snyder
Santa Anna
DeLeon
Blanket
Zephyr
Proctor
Lindale
Purly
Fife
Bibb
Sipe Springs
Fleming
Okmulgee
Okla
Bonairy
Tenn
Mike E. Thomas
Ben Sulson
Geo. Lang
S. D. Hanley
Comanche Melon Growers See Rapid Enrollment Rise
The Comanche association reports fast-growing enrollment, requiring reordered seed and suggesting hundreds of acres of melons will be on display for buyers at shipment time.
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Comanche Association
Better Baby Week Movement Launched in Comanche
A city wide effort unites church, lodge, and Study Club committees for the Better Baby Week planned for the first week in April. The program includes a Baby show on April 7 judged by nurses and physicians, with emphasis on education and child welfare rather than beauty.
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Study Club
C. W. Ory
L M. Cochran
Garrick
Dallas
Cochran
McMillian
Rev. Curlee
W. D. Jenkins
8S. P
Evry
Pro Rural Routes Pushed From Comanche Office
Work to establish two rural mail routes from Comanche is pressed. One loop would run from Flem ing Route 5 to Energy then rejoin Route 5 at Newburg. The second would head south to Tater Hill mountain settlement and return. Both would serve underserved patrons and need little road work.
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Comanche
Fleming
Energy
Newburg
Tater Hill
Mountain Settlement
Return
Butter and Egg Market Headquarters Puts Price First
The note identifies Slider & Lacy as the price setters in the butter and eggs market, emphasizing the firm’s role in establishing current price levels.
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Slider & Lacy
Eggs Bring High Prices Spark Buyer Call to Action
The note states we continue to pay elevated egg prices and calls for bringing supplies. Hig ginbotham's is mentioned as a reference point in the message.
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Higginbotham’s
First Monday We Will Give the Saxon Away
Seven weeks into the Saxon contest the lead and positions shift with one final push needed before Monday. Burgess urges candidates to summon energy for a last chance to win and claim the Saxon title with a personal verdict of I won.
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L. D. Burgess
Frisco Railroad Announces New Schedule Changes
Beginning Tuesday March 4 the Frisco line adjusts arrivals and departures for trains 3 4 5 6 with revised times for Comanche and Fort Worth. Train 4 eastbound reaches Comanche 830 am Fort Worth 130 pm. Train 6 eastbound reaches Comanche 950 pm Fort Worth 230 am. Southbound trains 3 and 5 shift to 203 pm and 130 am respectively. Former noon and 230 pm westbound and midnight through trains receive new times.
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Frisco
Comanche
Fort Worth
Good Crowds see Peg O' My Heart
A company presented Peg O' My Heart to a good crowd last Thursday night. The audience was well pleased with the performance and called it the best of its kind in years.
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My Heart
Butter and Eggs Drive to Slider and Lacy's
Local shoppers head to Slider and Lacy's for dairy items and supplies as a market run for staple goods continues. The note mentions butter and eggs as core buys.
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Higginbotham Bros. & Company
Better Baby Week
REV
White Boys Movie Machine
The
Ware Electric Co
Citizens Committee
Pink McCrary
R. W. Pierce
Buna van Winkle
Mise Mattie Duncan
Nell Palmer Webb
Myrtle Roberson R
Coker
Hardy Payne D
Mise Floy Kemp
Willie Newby
Mollie Johnson
Hasse
Daniels
Slider & Lacy’s
Hamilton Brown
Neely-Harris-Cunningham Company
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