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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1939
Page
2
The Comanche Chief under J. C. Wilkerson, editor and publisher, reflects grief at the Comanche Post Office as the paper serves Comanche and adjoining counties. Subscriptions are $1.00 per year locally and $1.50 elsewhere.
A survey of presidential families and election quirks notes that George Washington and several others had no children, while John Tyler had 14. It covers ages at inauguration, life spans after leaving office, assassinations, deaths in office, religious affiliations, origins, education, and electoral quirks from Adams to Taft.
Dr. Nelson Smith highlights a Fort Worth Press feature from the 1870s describing West Texas editors as candid voices of plain people. The piece recalls frontier papers such as the Tascosa Pioneer and Jacksboro Frontier Echo attacking Weatherford postmasters and the mail system, with rival editors exchanging sharp letters and frontier politics shaping regional media.
The piece mocks East Texas political rhetoric with references to skimmed milk wild onions poke salad and corn pone while noting Lt Gov Coke Stevenson’s down to earth image. It closes with a Bible thought from Isaiah 6 8 9 and a quip about political vernacular.
The House engrossed a constitutional amendment to levy a sales tax and raise natural resources taxes for social security pensions but failed to reach the two thirds needed for submission to voters. The Senate readies a two percent sales tax proposal for the program as Tarleton College and North Texas Agricultural College gains senior status. Kokernot to direct A and M College. rural aid bill passes Senate 24 5 funding 1 418 000 for current biennium. old age assistance reform passed, removing kinfolk considerations in need determinations.
Personal mentions include the birth of Mary Minor to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Ragsland in Goldthwaite. Abilene visitors, Comanche weekend guests, track meet attendees at Howard Payne College, and numerous trips to Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and other cities highlight a busy social week in Comanche and nearby towns.
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