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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1921
Page
3
A local store announces a Great Feature Sale of dependable merchandise from recent special purchases. The offer promises big value with ready to wear items on special display as the store prepares for a busy period at The Ladies Store on West Side Square.
An ad promotes the season’s newest ginghams with choices per yard at low prices. Emphasizes full width fabric, high quality for the price, and strong value for shoppers seeking color and pattern variety.
Catalog lists footwear for children and babies with varied styles and prices. Brown kid shoes with flat walking and military heels range from 4.50 to 7.50 dollars. Oxfords and strap pumps in black brown gray sell from 4.00 to 12.00 dollars with multiple strap options.
The text recounts Oscar Callaway opposing a presidentially directed seven member board to control the currency and reserve banks. It warns the board could dictate note issues, bank membership, security acceptance, and discount rates, concentrating power over national banking and the economy. Callaway argues such centralized power risks farmers and the public, citing political figures and debates from 1913.
Legislative redistricting assigns Comanche and Mills counties to a single district. The bill raises the House size to 150 from 142 based on the 1920 census. Other pairings include Hamilton with Coryell, Erath with Hood, and Dallas with Bexar each granted eight representatives.
An advertising note from Kilpatrick's touts comprehensive auto top services and insistence on doing the job right. It emphasizes expertise and reliability in vehicle top work.
The mayor designated March 4 to March 19 as Clean-Up Week and Health Week starting March 13, urging residents to cooperate. Citizens should report neglected lots to the city secretary. hauling begins March 15 for east of Main Street and March 16 for west, with Bob Graham at the Fire Station coordinating overruns.
In Dusseldorf Duisburg and Rohrort seven thousand Allied troops occupy the three cities while residents resume normal activities. Workers show no immediate strike, citing poverty as a barrier, though Essen district faces a possible flare up as 5000 troops with four tanks and three river flotillas stand by unseen except for machine gun–armed sentries. A Romance of Simpkinsville notes a Monday night viewing.
In Omaha on March 9 the Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workers outline eight hour day and arbitration over wages as their main goals. Dennis F. Lane says wage cuts will be considered for arbitration but the eight hour day remains the priority, with a strike as a last resort.
A promotional note for Simpkinsville titled A Romance of Simpkinsville urges attendance Monday night the 14th and promises quality work with the best materials and fair charges attributed to W. W. Kilpatrick.
Dallas March 8 reports Dr F B Groner predicts all 1.5 million pledged this year to the 75 Million Campaign will be paid by May as the Spring Campaign closes. He toured Texas sites urging fulfillment and praised the determined spirit of Baptists to meet obligations amid a difficult industrial climate.
Comanche and the American Legion Post host Mrs. B. C. Greenwood an accomplished reader at the High School Auditorium Monday night. Her program spans Tennyson Milton Shakespeare and other authors, drawing praise from clubs schools and churches. Reserved seats are 35 and 50 cents at Paris Smith's drug store.
Manufacturers of Neolin shoe soles announce an exhibit Thursday March 17 to show benefits of Neolin soles and proper application. Bring shoes for on-site fitting by a factory expert at Mercer's Gap where Rev. Forrest Maddor preached to a large audience last Sunday.
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