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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1913
Page
2
September 1st 1912 notice stating mail matter entered at Comanche Post Office Texas with Tom H Bell as Editor and Business Manager under second class mail rules.
Officers listed include D. H. Cunningham as President J. R. Eanes as Vice President T. J. Cunningham as Secretary and Treasurer and Tom H. Bell as editor and manager Directors named are D. H. Cunningham T. J. Cunningham Tom H. Bell J. B. R. Eanes Paris Smith E. W. Harris and V. H. Thodberg
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The postal Department will not mail papers at newspaper rates to subscribers more than a year in arrears unless a specific order and promise to pay is on file. Check the label date to see how far your subscription is paid. If the label shows April 13 your subscription runs to April 1, 1915, and if April 12 it expired earlier. Renewal is required to continue delivery after the indicated dates.
A civic message calls on all residents to join a timed fly-swatting effort to protect the town from pests. The initiative frames timely action as saving effort and resources for everyone involved.
A Connecticut boy and a Missouri girl wed after a pen pal exchange started when the Missouri girl wrote her name on an egg that the Connecticut boy found. The courtship began with an unlikely egg message and hatched into marriage.
The writer advocates accelerating the Comanche sanitarium project, arguing it would benefit the town financially and civically, and expresses hope the effort won’t lag or be dropped but pushed to completion.
Texas boys seem in demand in every calling with Tris Speaker noted as a baseball artist earning perhaps as large a salary as Col Goethal. Albert Sidney Burleson fills the post as Postmaster General. A&M graduates in electrical engineering receive lucrative positions, showing the Texas boy’s broad success.
An editor condemns the last line of defense in a hostile wartime skit. The piece framing the message targets Japanese observers as outsiders and defends aggressive rhetoric as national pride. The critique notes the harmful, xenophobic tone it sets.
The Fort Worth Record notes a paradox as US missionaries convert people in China and Japan yet deny those communities full citizenship rights at home, highlighting national hypocrisy and civil rights concerns.
A call to local buyers to patronize Comanche businesses to keep money within the town. The note argues money sent outside the city leaves forever, while spending at home offers a chance of returning as local prosperity grows.
Texas will cap women workers at 54 hours per week for jobs outside household duties starting July 1. The measure targets nonhousehold labor and aims to regulate hours amid long standing debates on gendered labor expectations.
The old Confederates secured a cheaper return trip, forcing Southwestern railroads to grant a one cent round trip rate. Passenger agents had proposed a higher fare, but the group refused to pay and prevailed.
A note urges teachers to attend the Comanche Hamilton Normal opening in Co manche and proposes forming a single committee to greet and assist visiting school mariners and masters for a pleasant and profitable stay.
The piece extols a well cared for small garden as essential and productive. With proper selection, soil remains fertile year round, yielding vegetables over long periods and teaching the potential of soil production.
Jim Lowry of the Honey Grove Signal denounces cider in a tirade. He touts buttermilk juice as a universal cure for ills from mean temper to baldness, while the article questions the claim about his own polished head.
The piece argues that business should be sought when it hides and that judicious persistent advertising converts quiet periods into growth. It cites John Wanamaker urging constant vigilance and advertising as an investment that pays for itself through higher sales.
The District of Columbia Commissioners declare a free press essential and a boon to the American people. They argue that four free press tends to lessen evil conditions and serves the public, while fear of publicity deters crime and supports national progress.
The USDA offers a gold medal to the ten to fifteen year old who writes the best composition on repair and maintenance of Earth roads. Bad roads hinder education and medical access. Any country school child may compete. Details from the county superintendent.
While in Comanche last Monday the editor met old friends such as Will McClellan of Indian Gap now in real estate with Chas Hitt. He toured the Chief office, noted Editor Tom Bell printing Comanche’s largest paper, and saw ongoing district court with Judge Arnold and District Attorney McClelland on duty.
Editors praise Ballinger merchants for supporting public schools and raising concerns that buying from mail order houses drains resources from the community. They argue graduates owe gratitude to local taxpayers and retailers who fund education, urging loyalty and reciprocity to strengthen home institutions and calm the drift toward outside suppliers.
A Ballinger letter argues that towns should back their schools and local papers rather than rely on out of town services. It asserts that community cooperation funds education and presses local printing, warning against favors without reciprocal patronage and condemning out of town invitations for seniors’ events.
The Tolar Standard urges support for a public highway from Fort Worth to Brownwood via Tolar. It argues the route would benefit Tolar by attracting travelers from Southwest Texas to Dallas and Fort Worth, boosting oil, repairs, restaurants, and hotels along the long sand-bed stretch between Comanche and Dublin. The piece calls readers to count in and aid efforts to secure the road.
Arrangements have been made to vote on a 15000 bond issue for a new Comanche school building. The editors urge passage to relieve city school congestion and trust the elected trustees to choose an appropriate site and act in the best interest of the people.
Bonham notes show Denton owns its electric plant since July 1 1905. Purchase price 65000 later valued at 115000 with debt nearly paid and 17000 in sinking fund. Lower rates improve street lighting with over a hundred tungsten lamps and free lighting for four schools. Municipal water and sewer also praised.
The Comanche county Grand Jury reports eleven felony indictments and forty three misdemeanors this term. The editorial criticizes rising statutory rape cases among prominent families and urges swift action and public accountability to curb this evil.
Captain Sydney Lackland reports De Leon lot sales yielded higher averages than Comanche, noting De Leon's central location, fertile surroundings, and active business leadership. He contrasts De Leon’s in town parcels with Comanche’s outlying plots and challenges the Free Press’s comparison.
The Texas Christian church state convention will meet in San Angelo marking the first time the event is hosted in West Texas. San Angelo won the bid at the Houston gathering last year promising regional viewership. Local notes include visitors KE M Alsup and J Grisham of Rucker, sick lists, and several area visits and travels among residents and families including Mr and Mrs Pate White, S T Rasco, Dennis Settles, and others.
J T Sossaman, publisher of News of Cornelius North Carolina, reports one box of Bucklen's Arnica Salve helped his serious skin ailment after other remedies failed. The product is presented as reducing inflammation, soothing and healing burns bruises and boils, priced at 25 cents and recommended by M W Carroll.
Bowling and Co. rely on a merchant figure to back their plans. The message appeals to Mr. Merchant to provide support or partnership.
Burks Simmons Co advertises Palm Beach Linens made by Alfred Benjamin. Claim offers menswear wearers a Benjamin brand item for eight dollars and fifty cents.
A terse notice notes a full-blooded Jersey male kept at the Comanche Wagon Yard with terms and payment request. It mentions Jowling & Co and a shipment of ice salt just received, signed by T. Moody and listing 2tpd.
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