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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1916
Page
9
A cattle scene on the C A Knutson farm near Comanche shows cattle owned by Knutson and McDonald. Knutson, a progressive stockman, combines judgment with labor, signaling a return of cattle days in a new era of ranching.
The Burks Mercantile Co a successor to Burks Simmons Co and Comanche Mercantil Co consolidated in 1915. Management includes H Burks and O M Simmons both longtime Comanche merchants. Simmons native of Georgia has 29 years as Sunday school superintendent and broad Christian service.
Mrs. O. K. Rhea died at the family home near Pottsville. She was buried Tuesday at Pottsville at 3 p.m. Jno. P. Hoff and family, with Miss Clara Fihea, attended the funeral.
Robert Myers and Roger Hasley, Comanche county products, launched their restaurant in the Russell building on the square’s south side on August 1 1911. They moved to their current location January 1 1912 and have since prospered through energy and perseverance.
W. W. Scurry began in Texas in 1865 at Old Washington, later moved to Chapel Hill to run a grocery, partnered with Moore & Hogan in Comanche after 1896, and eventually bought J. P. Hoff’s stake in 1902. He has operated in the same building for over twenty years as an exclusive local grocer facing competition.
Daniel Dingwall, born 1846 in Ross county Scotland, lived in Canada before moving to Boston in 1865. He joined the army in 1867 and served in the Indian wars after the Civil War, earning Indian War Veteran’s Jewels. He moved to Texas in 1870, settled near Fort Worth, then Comanche in 1881, where he worked in bootmaking and shoe repair and built a strong business.
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