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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1922
Page
7
Nannie Perry writes to voters stating her wish to meet every citizen before the election. She notes her school closed recently and bad weather hindered outreach but she intends to solicit votes and influence for the treasurer position.
Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas reports experimental tests using music in typewriting classes to develop a steady even touch. Students write in time with music and phonograph practice fixes speed and accuracy. The school claims faster, cheaper courses and positions for graduates.
The Sidney News reports a heavy Wednesday rain with two half gallon jars filling from runoff suggesting a good top season. It notes approximate 17 inches since April 1 and lists local visits, social events, singing gatherings, and community concerns including a death and upcoming weather-related farming updates.
Stag Creek notes pleasant rainy days and forecast of summer. Sunday school draws many, with social events hosted by Mr Richard Mason and Miss Pauline and Miss Geneva Mason. Many locals enjoy fishing, visits to Sidney, and church singing at Cross Roads and the local church.
Local grocer promotes White Crest Northern soft wheat flour with bran and shorts and Monogram Texas Extra High Patent Flour. Prices listed as 38-29 cents and 38-39 cents per sack. Spotted in the grocer’s advertisement page.
Notice of attachment and sale under an execution for the Peters Branch of the International Shoe Co. against W. D. Starkie. Property includes Part of Block 11 in original Hasse town plus on site personal property, described by Wallace Jenkins deed, with sale set June 6, 1922 at Comanche Court House. Amount due 13.56 plus costs.
The Hazel Dell graveyard working delayed from last Friday to Friday May 26. Locals report the Leon river bottoms are nearly impassable and bridges unsafe, forcing much trading to Dublin. Community news includes visitors from Gustine and Edna, church services, singing, and comments on credit and government policy from the Waco Times Tribune.
Roberson Sisters offer taffeta dresses at $18.75 each for ten days. Choices include black brown and dark blue in a guaranteed selection.
A broker advertises a good eighteen room hotel fully furnished within one block of the public square in exchange for a snail farm sized 15 to 80 acres within two miles of town. Farm must be unencumbered.
The Arbor Springs note reports good community health and lists multiple visits over the weekend. Visitors include Dallas Williams of Fort Worth to N Williams, Tom Johnston and family to Cottrells near Downing, and others attending gatherings, church, and singing at several local homes and farms.
The article notes a rise in cigarette smoking among Russian women since the Soviets took power, with smoking seen as hunger relief and a newly gained privilege. It also reports a cloudburst in Fort Worth causing Trinity River flooding but no loss of life, only property damage.
An advertisement from Sheboygan Wisconsin touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy for middle age symptoms. It claims to ease nervousness irritability headaches and dizziness and includes a testimonial from B Lanse of 1689 N 3rd St. The notice emphasizes hormonal changes and urges women to try the product.
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