Chautauqua Dates Set in Comanche for June Event
Mayor J Ro Kanes received notice from the Chautauqua System Lyceum Agency confirming June 7 8 9 10 11 as the event dates. The agency promises an outstanding program with top talent and extensive preparations. Season tickets are 2.50 for adults and 1.25 for children plus tax. single admissions vary by program with special pricing for Miss Evans and the play Peg O My Heart.
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Comanche
J. Ro Kanes
White and Myers Chantauqua System Lyceum Agency
Miss Evans
Chicago Grand Opera Company
New York
Baugh of Ballinger Announces Senate Candidacy
J H Baugh of Ballinger has announced his candidacy for state senator from the 26th district. He has practiced law in Ballinger since 1914 except for two years in the army. The thirty six year old Brown county native has strong ties in Comanche.
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J. Baugh
Ballinger
Judge Baugh
Brown County
Comanche
All Day Singing at Van Dyke Next Sunday
The Chief Exponent reports an all day singing event at Van Dyke next Sunday. Attendees are urged to bring dinners to avoid hunger. Special invitation extended to singers.
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van Dyke
Socialists Nominate Debs for President
In New York on May 13 the Socialist convention unanimously nominated Eugene V. Debs of Indiana for president, marking the first time a jailed man serves as a national party candidate. The nomination sparked ardent support and a push for Debs’s liberation, with a campaign planned and a Washington contingent to press for clemency. Seymour Stedman of Chicago was named the vice presidential nominee.
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New York
Eugene V. Debs
Indiana
Debs
Washington
Palmer
White House
Seymour Stedman
Chicago
Sale on children's hate Ming Kate Turner
A short item reports a sale of children's items labeled hate themed by Ming Kate Turner with prices ranging from 38 to 39 cents and a total tag up to 2.75 dollars.
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Ming Kate Turner
Department of Justice Tightens Sugar Profit Margin
Washington dispatch reports the Justice Department ordered all district attorneys to enforce a fixed margin on sugar sales set by the sugar equalization board. Wholesalers may profit one cent per pound and retailers two cents, with prosecutions for those exceeding the limit.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Dugar Equalization Board
Garvan
Iis
Fair Price Committee
Brothers enlist for army foreign service
Virgil Nabers and Lewis Nabers, sons of Tom J. Nabers of Comanche, enlisted for foreign service in the army this week. Virgil, who joined the national guard in 1917, left El Paso Tuesday for Port Sound. Lewis enlisted in the Coastal Service and is at Jefferson Barracks Lomis, Missouri, en route to the Panama Canal.
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Virgil
Lewis Nabers
Tom J. Nabers
Comanche
National Guard
el Paso
P Get Sound
Lewis
Coastal Service
Jefferson Barracks
Lomis
Otsama Canal
Music Club Presents Ivy Hiddleston May 16 at Baptist Church
The Music Club announces a special program this Sunday featuring Ivy Hiddleston, Howard Payne College alumna and pupil of Fredric Libke, at the Baptist Church. The program includes Doxology Prayer Song Anthem Choir Prayer piano solo Ivy Hiddleston and vocal solos. Arrangements for preaching services remain unspecified.
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Ivy Hiddleston
Howard Payne College
Fredric Libke
South
the Baptist Church
Ivy Huddleston
Davs and Neill to Speak Here Saturday
Fred W. Davis state agriculture commissioner and J. W. Neill director of farmers institutes will address a Comanche audience Saturday May 15 at 2 30 p m at the courthouse. The speakers are noted for their role in promoting a minimum price for cotton and stabilizing farmers incomes. Neill is a former Comanche county resident and former county clerk.
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Fred W. Davis
J. W. Neal
Farmers’ Institutes
Commanche
J. W. Neill
Court House
United States
Europe
South
Texas
Record
Neill
Comanche
Notice of Subscription Price Increase for The Chief Exponent
The Chief Exponent informs readers of an upcoming subscription price rise within two to three weeks due to higher production costs especially for print paper. Renewals at the current rate will continue until the change, with an option to pay two years in advance at the present $1 rate.
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Ifit
Movement to Raise Supplemental School Fund in Comanche
A mass meeting at the courthouse in Comanche launched a drive to raise several thousand dollars to supplement the regular school fund. Speakers proposed twenty thousand dollars as the needed amount, with contributors at least equal to last year’s school tax. A committee led by H. L. Stewart will organize a campaign among taxpayers and residents to secure donations.
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Court House
Comanche
Dublin
Gere Lcent
L. Ballivan
Cue Board
H. L. Stewart
E. L Lloyd
A. S. Harris
E. E
Presbyterian Church Sunday Services
There will be preaching at the Presbyterian church Sunday at 11 a.m. and 7 45 p m by the pastor Rev J A Black.
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Presbyterian Church
J. A. Black
Matthew's Church Services Sunday Morning
The Rev. John Power S.D. conducts services at Matthew's Church Sunday morning. Parish events and worship details accompany the concise notice for local readers.
Graduation Gifts Adorned with Delicate Linens
An assortment of dainty crepe de chine handkerchiefs camisoles fans lingerie clasps bodice brassieres and silk teddies offered by Higgin Dothama for graduates and gift seekers.
Pecan Growers Form County Organization
Mr A J Kinard outlined cotton marketing and farming issues at the county courthouse as pecan growers organized a county association with H Burks as president N A Palmer secretary Delegates named to attend the district pecan growers meeting May 20 21 in Comanche led by J M McCrary R F Lee A J Dillard J W Robinson A F Gaines Gustine J M Griggsby Mrs H Burks and N A Palmer Brownwood district convention urged strong turnout with voting rights for all attendees
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A. J. Kinard
State of Agriculture
Court House
Kinard
Mr. Kinard
Pecan Growers Association
H. Burks
N. A. Palmer
J. M. McCrary
R. F. Lee
A. J. Dillard
J. W. Robinson
A. F. Gaines
Gustine
J. M. Griggsby
Comanche
Burks
Association
Brownwood
Mack Sennetts Down on the Farm at Majestic
Majestic screens Mack Sennett comedy Down on the Farm as a special feature next Monday and Tuesday. The film blends comedy satire drama and grotesqueries with brisk character delineation and mixed moods.
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Caver
Mack Sennet
the Majestic
Mack Sennett
Cemetery Working at Indian Creek May 21
The Chief Exponent announces a graveyard working at Indian Creek Friday before the fourth Sunday in May. A semi annual spring working will be the Friday before the first Sunday in May and the fall date will be set at the next gathering. All interested are invited to help.
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Indian Creek
Praise for Sipe Springs road work cited by official
W. T. House, representing the Chief Engineer, praised the Sipe Springs road repairs after a recent inspection. He called the project the best money spent on such work and noted that travelers agree the investment benefits the public, with similar opinions growing among road users.
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Sipe Springs
W. T. House
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Death
We express gratitude to friends for acts of kindness during the illness and in the death of our wife and mother. May God’s richest blessings be in our prayers. G. L. Donshe and Wife
Deep Tests Expand Sipe Springs Oil Field Output
The Sipe Springs field shows five deep producers and thirty deep tests with several reaching critical depths. Shallow field production remains robust at about 60 000 barrels monthly from 107 wells. The Watson McClure tract well, 1.5 miles southwest of production, yielded a strong showing last Friday and stood 300 feet in oil early this week before pump installation.
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Sipe Springs
Dallas News
Watson Et al
Hanson Tract
McClure
J. B. Watson
Mr. Watson
Sturkie Drilling Near Hasse Reaches 3500 Feet
The Sturkie well near Hasse was drilling at 3,500 feet as of yesterday morning and remained in the gray lime formation.
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Sturkie
Hasse
Belcher Company Oil Strike Near Gap at 88 Feet
The Belcher Land Company of Dallas reports paying quantities of oil at 88 feet on its land three miles northwest of Sidney. The well, two miles south of Gap and near the Sipe Springs shallow field, was shut down immediately after hitting the oil.
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Belcher Land Company of
Dallas
Sidney
Gap
Sipe Springs
Denny
Texida Oil to Drill on Roberson Farm Near Comanche
Texida Oil Company has moved the rig to Alex Roberson's farm one and a half miles east of Comanche on the Dublin Highway. The completed derrick sits about 300 feet from Roberson's house as tools are awaited to start the well.
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Texida Company
Roberson
Texida Oil Company
Lee Campbell
Alex Roberson
Comanche
Dublin Highway
Mr. Roberson
New Santa Anna Well Rated At 100 Barrels
Santa Anna Texas May 12 Latest estimates on the Pope No 5 of the Gladys Belle Oil Company three and a half miles southeast of Santa Anna place production at 100 barrels daily This estimate by company insiders is considered conservative and the most accurate yet The well will be shot to boost output and is currently flowing by heads The Pope district has other pump producing wells suggesting the new well could deliver more stable production in North end Central Texas
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Santa Anna
Texas
Gladys Belle Oil Company
Delightful Vacation in the West Indies
A light travel note describes a carefree trip by Grumm travel party, highlighting a small, congenial group enjoying a tranquil West Indies vacation without worries.
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J H. Baugh
Runnels
Senate
Music Club
Dav's
R. F. Holloway
HW. L. Stewart
J. B. Layne
AL S. Harris
J. P. Hoff
R. Eanes
W. H. Carpenter
PECAN
Belcher Company
New Santa Anna
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