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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1922
Page
4
A Comanche Texas column mixes local advertising policy notes with market chatter on wheat cattle cotton and rain seeking prosperity. It jokes about Babe Ruth salaries and Mark Twain books selling for high prices while urging merchants to pursue more business rather than wait for customers.
The Waco Times Herald reports Taather Burbank argues children should not view a school building before age ten. The piece prompts readers to consider the proposal and suggests a public debate on whether ages under ten should enter school premises.
A newspaper column criticizes a high school party at a resort for unruly behavior including garter swapping and daring kissing games. It urges parents and authorities to own responsibility, warns of broader social decline, and calls Americans to guard youth and civilization. An Ohio man leaves a fortune to a woman who refused marriage and a New York hotel cook is noted for his operatic tenor voice.
A fragment quotes W. W. Kilpatrick saying Sam steps before the show window and notes where to buy a pair of shoes, a brief domestic remark captured in an old clipping with price reference.
Forehand and wife defaulted on a 1917 deed of trust securing a note to E. D. Crear. Trustee J. A. Holman will sell 60 acres in Comanche County on April 4, 1922 at public outcry at the courthouse to satisfy the note and accrued interest. The property lies in Bullock and McDonald surveys. Also includes an unrelated 1922 ad for Kessidf dandruff remedy sold by Hamilton Drug Company.
Harry Boynton of Hamilton spent Monday in Comanche with a short visit noted in local items. The column quotes Sam and Kilpatrick about shopping for shoes, reflecting small town chatter.
March weather brings warm days as corn planting begins. Miss Iva Davis visits Mrs Dan Roberson. Mollise Roberson and Bertie visit Charlie Withers in Comanche. Local youths attend Gum Springs exhibition. A H Noble ill but improving. Families host visits across Comanche and Mercer Creek. Dan Roberson attends San Antonio lodge. Singing crowds grow as singing school ends and a concert is planned with leader Dan Roberson returning. Watch for concert date.
Notice announces a city election in Comanche Texas on Tuesday April 4 1922 at City Hall to elect three Aldermen Marion Wilkerson named presiding Judge of the election The notice ends with a brief note about reduced expenses from the Chief paid at one dollar per year.
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