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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1924
Page
2
The article muses on neighborly rights and duties amid town life in Comanche Texas. It questions majority rule, praises civic duty, laments political rifts, and urges support for the upcoming Austin legislature while noting tourism plans and Lions Club aims. It also defends pets against poisoning and champions humane regard for cats and dogs.
J R Eanes argues that reverence for Jehovah is the foundation of knowledge and character. He urges parents and teachers to teach reverence in Christian homes and schools, cites studies on honesty in northern states, and laments rising crime among youth while noting a figure of twenty million dollars in losses in 1910.
A 1921 1924 crime comparison cites embezzlement and burglary losses and predicts fifteen thousand US deaths by murder in 1924. Advocates fault secular morality, urging religious instruction to curb crime, with quotes from judges and public figures about youth crime and social influences.
Comanche county teachers attending the Mid-Texas Teachers' Association meeting in Brownwood last Friday and Saturday included Miss Ola Cunningham and Miss Ann Palmer from Comanche, W. D. Jenkins and H. L. Gantz, with R. C. Boswell from Comanche, Howard Boswell from Downing, Burl Rose from Concord, and Sabano.
The record lists licenses issued to H. F E. Mayes and Miss Lara Snow, and to G. M. Baldwin and Miss E. Louise Smith.
In Comanche County Texas on March 3 1924 the Farm Labor Union of America unanimously endorsed J F Bolton as candidate for representative of the 104th district Comanche and Mitts counties subject to Democratic primary. They praise his integrity Jim Hogg Democrat stance on tax burden state school fund and lobbyist reform and urge Milliunry voters to elect Bolton to the legislature. Signed W J Fritts secretary.
A Texas Farm Bureau notice from San Angelo stock predicts a landslide in new members and cotton landings for the Cotton Association. Haynes cites favorable sentiment in Tom Green and Coke counties and expects receipts to rise from 1,865 bales this season to possibly 500,000 bales in 1924 25.
Texas farmers join cooperative marketing in rising numbers as recognition from banks officials and growers spreads. They see price stabilization and better grade values through group selling, rejecting third party price fixing and endorsing cooperative marketing as the right method for marketing cotton. Paine, county manager for Comanche and Erath counties, expresses a busy enrollment trend.
A shopper from Lavington Michigan credits Foley's Cathartic Tablets with prompt bowel relief after trying various constipation remedies. The ad asserts the product acts promptly and is sold everywhere.
A political ad argues that secret lensing of naval oil reserves reflects broader national graft. It contends executives and officials allowed exploitation for profit, warning that such acts threaten forests, reclamation projects, and public lands unless halted.
An old advices readers to treat dizziness from sudden posture changes as torpid liver and recommends Herbine as a powerful liver regulator priced at zero cents, sold by S. P. Smith.
The Comanche Chief lists diverse Democratic primary candidates for county and district offices. Names include J R McClellan for county, Joe Th e idson and Mark Callaway for district attorney, Jesse Shipman for district clerk, V L Garnett for representative, J F Bolton Thomas 7 Renfro for county judge, Bob McCampbell and F J Reese for reelection, R A Lurker H L Stewart for sheriff, Tom Edwards and Bob Dyson among others for sheriff, and numerous others for county clerk tax collector tax assessor superintendent and commissioners. The page names many individuals and precincts as candidates.
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