Clean Up Day Proclaimed In Comanche Texas
Comanche observes clean up day on March 17 proclaimed by the Mayor and Civic League ahead of the state observance on March 24 Health Officer Steiner urges all residents to improve premises for spring and summer to make Comanche a clean and healthy town. Bicycle visit to Gordon Neil from DeLeon featured along with local trips by Claud Willcox and J B Loudermilk to Dublin.
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Comanche
Civic League
Steiner
Texas
DeLeon
Gordon Neil
Claud Willcox
Bill Whitlock
Sweetwater
J. B. Loudermilk
Dublin
Commissioners Court Sets Apportionment and Duties
The commissioners court last week apportioned the tax levy as 20 cents county ad valorem, 15 cents road and bridge, 2 1/2 cents pauper fund, 1 1/2 cents jail, and 25 cents county poll with occupational tax. It approved bond payments, a pauper allowance of 4 per month, a $20 payment for a destroyed horse, and transfers from the general to pauper and jury funds. It authorized groceries for a pauper, garbage wagon support at $8 monthly, and cleanup duties for the wagon operators. Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised for pain relief.
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Commissioners Court
Bonner
Jakkie W. Harris
Court House
Expo Nod Collection Commission
The
Cour
Jury
Georgia Walcott
Walkers Grocery
Saime
Comanche
Aged Citizen Breaks Leg in Farm Accident East of Comanche
D B Anderson aged 72 suffered a broken leg when a mule toppled him after a dog frightened a rabbit in his lot six miles east of Comanche Thursday morning. He was feeding animals and sustained additional bruises but was reported improving.
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D. B. Anderson
Comanche
Mr. Anderson
M. B
Mose’’ Anderson
Fletcher's Castoria Advert And Medical Claim
An old advertisement extols Fletcher's Castoria for children with mentions of bone healing delays and a general testimonial standard. It asserts Chambrlain's Cough Remedy as superior and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
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Chambrlain
Pople
Fire destroys Comanche County official barn and stock
Sunday night at about 7:30 a fire wiped out the barn of County School Superintendent W D Jenkins. The blaze consumed the building and feed and two horses and a survey were lost. Local boys tried to save the horses but could not.
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Jenkins
Surrey
Comanche
W. D. Jenkins
Rexall Stores Spread Across Towns Worldwide
Rexall Stores are described as America’s greatest drug stores with a cure for nearly every ailment. The text notes Rexall outposts in many towns and cities across the United States Canada and Great Britain and asserts a special remedy for each common ill.
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United States
Canada
Great Britain
America
Createst
Local notes and visits from Sidney region
Miss Ethel Jones of Comanche visits homefolks Friday to Sunday. Luther Stagner and Bert Jones attend singing at Van Dyke Sunday. C C Cox of Comanche visits relatives Sunday night. Sid Walker of Kansas City attends bedside of a father in poor health undergoing an appendectomy. Rev Ellis Donaho preached at the Methodist church Sunday at 11 o'clock. The rest is a broad mention of Japan China and Asia in a Troy Record excerpt on athletics and the Olympics.
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Sidney News
Ethel Jones
Comanche
Luther Stagner
Bert Jones
Vandyke
C. C. Cox
Sid Walker
Kansas City
Ellis Donaho
Methodist
Ritchie
Oastile
Asia
Far East
Troy
Notice of Stock Raisers at Comanche area barn
Charlie Anderson of Gustine Road Route 3 offers a horse named the Albert Mills horse for sale or lease at his barn four miles east of Comanche. He lists a first class Jack and charges $8 per season or 410 to insure a foal with a guarantee of two living.
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Albert Mills
Comanche
Charlie Anderson
Gustine Road
Route
Good spray for peaches and plums from county agent
J R Palmer, county agricultural agent, presents a home spray recipe for peaches and plums. The mix uses unslaked stone lime, sulfur, arsenate of lead, and water to make about fifty gallons. Lime is slaked with hot water, then sulfur and water added to form a paste. arsenate of lead is dissolved and mixed in. Apply when blossoms fall and again two weeks later. Franklin Sherman Jr of the North Carolina Department of Agriculture notes in Progressive Farmer.
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J. R. Palmer
Franklin Sherman Jr
Dept. of Agri
N.C
Domestic sewing machines and Detroiter cars offered in county ads
An advertisement touts prepaid domestic sewing machines with a 15 day trial and a large guaranteed service, plus an agency for the Detroiter car model priced at 985 dollars. It promotes Studebaker models from 935 to 1340 dollars as reliable and affordable. Cunningham & Bell agency for Comanche County promotes both offerings with urgency.
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Juarteont E Sbuaranieg
Rotary Mat
Geol
Chicago
Studebaker
KBRD
Cunningham & Bell
Comanche County
Oklahoma City visitor to see her mother
Miss Ethel Boardman of Oklahoma City visits her mother Mrs. Lizzie Boardman in town. Mrs. Boardman came from Denver a few months ago for the winter with her sister Mrs. A K Steed.
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Ethel Boardman
Oklahoma City
Lizzie Boardman
Election Notice for Comanche City Officers 1913
The annual election for Comanche city officers will be held at the city office on Tuesday April 1 1913. Voters will elect one mayor two aldermen to fill expire terms of H C Rambo and J J Alexander one city secretary one city treasurer one city attorney and one recorder or judge of the corporation court C Findley is appointed presiding officer MO D Waring Attest Mayor L B Russell City Secretary
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City of
Comanche
H. C. Rambo
J. J. Alexander
C. Findley
MO. D. Waring
L. B. Russell
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Ballard
Paris Smith
None
Fletcher
Ted
Withen
Farmers & Merchants National Bank
Comanche, Texas
Werstomers
WM. Reese CO
Lileks
B. H. Lee
Proctor
Scotch Woolen Tailors
Odeeley
Campbell Building
North Side Square
TM. Pulliam Undertaker
Hall & Hall Dentists
Comanche National Bank
the Burk- -Simmons Compan
J. F. McCarty
Mesonie Temple
Higginbotham
City Wagon Yard
Sarah J. Hart
W.t.mcpherson
U.G. Lovejoy Res
McPherson & Lovejoy Lawyers
Campbell Bldg
N.side Sq
DR. Bourque
Bourque
Uing
Bonning
Ft. Worth
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