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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1914
Page
2
The text records the Comanche Publishing Company publishers with O H Bell as editor and business manager. It notes entry at the Comanche Post Office as second class mail matter and inscribes the date September 1, 1912, with publication details.
The record names D. H. Cunningham as president J. R. Janes as vice president T. J. Cunningham as secretary and treasurer and Tom Heell as editor and manager.
Directors D H Cunningham T J Cunningham Tom H Bell J R Eanes Paris Smith E W Harris V H Whodberg named in roster listing with no further details or actions provided.
The list of stockholders includes B. H. Cunningham, T. J. Cun sear Callaway, Paris Smith, E. J. Harris, T. J. Williams, V. H. Hodberg, L. T. Cunningham, K. F. Cunningham, G. A. Cunningham, and J. R. Moore.
Subscribers urged to report missed issues promptly by phone and to supply both old and new addresses when changing locations to ensure delivery continuity.
The Progress recalls 1888 1912 era when the Chief and Exponent served the county under Tom Bell and earlier editors Sam Vernon Tom Gaines and Sid Thomas. A clipping from Congressman Callaway salutes Progress editor Daley of Dublin as a national figure for Erath County.
The Dublin Progress quotes a neighbor praising a capable, earnest man while noting the speaker’s overstep in claiming to match the standards set by late editors Sam Vernon Sid Thomas and Tom Gaines. The piece recalls the editors’ shared history and mutual respect among rival papers in Farmersville.
Readers are urged to recall a grand jury report noting a $12 000 plus misappropriation from the county school fund. The piece stresses the current Commissioners' innocence while asserting past transfers violated law and possibly a penitentiary offense and calls for restoration to the school fund.
A county courtroom debate centers on transferring money from the school fund to the general fund for running expenses. Advocates favor a special tax to compensate the school fund while avoiding burdening the current Commissioners Court with past errors. An order reportedly establishes the special tax as the solution to the dilemma.
The article urges growers, ginners, and cotton yards to store weighed cotton under shelter to prevent weight loss and penalties from steamship lines and insurers. It notes the need for a clear definition of an established cotton yard in law, warns of higher freight and insurance costs, and calls lawmakers to amend the public weighers act to require covered storage at weigh points.
The Supreme Court dismisses civil contempt charges against Mor rison Mitchell and Gompers of the American Federation of Labor for alleged blacklisting the Buck Stove and Range Co. The decision ends the criminal action claim and hints at broader labor tensions amid potential wide protests.
A passage notes a recommendation to dismiss cases and questions whether authorities fear a clash between labor and capital and the federal government. It implies concern over potential implications of such a test and the forces opposing it.
Senator Kenyon condemns the free seed program as a cheap ploy to curry favor. He argues the policy wastes funds as unacclimated seed is sent abroad and mostly wasted, urging retrenchment and striking the item from agricultural appropriations.
The article notes C. W. Post, famed for Toasties and Pos tum, died from a nerve breakdown described as self destruction. It ponders the futility of amassing wealth from nerve foods while losing one’s own nerves.
The Panama Canal began allowing freight laden ships and barges to pass last week to ease rail congestion from suspensions on several trans-Mag pacific lines. The canal will be formally opened in the near future.
The railway builder James J. Hill predicts 200 million people in fifty years. He asks how to support them and jokes about creating offices for Democrats while Republicans starve, claiming they have been supported long enough.
Hon. Tom Watson of Georgia editor historian and politician is indicted by a Federal Grand Jury for sending obscene matter through the mails. He was previously indicted on a similar charge, with the indictment later dismissed at a federal court hearing.
Residents in Comanche discuss extending water and sewer mains to all city sections before pursuing further improvements in the downtown area. Several speakers advocate broader infrastructure to ensure equal service access and future development.
Iconic San Antonio journalist Armistead, once a top Washington correspondent for the San Antonio Express, has been nominated for postmaster of the Alamo city pleasing his newspaper friends and acquaintances.
An old timer notes the moon’s recent phase as a wet moon and urges a change to a teetotaler moon to aid small grain crop protection and push corn and cotton growth in the region.
Note from DeLeon compares daytime street light burning with the town's inability to afford them at night, underscoring budget constraints. The remark contrasts city lighting needs and funding realities.
Residents note longer days and warmer weather while street lamps are temporarily unused. A community plan favors minimal lighting until next winter, relying on natural moonlight and lightning bugs for occasional night visibility.
The Clarksville Times urges immediate community action to aid the town and curb the fly problem, promising a swift, wide impact with timely intervention and humor. The call stresses civic duty and collective effort to improve public health.
If your wife's lawn doesn't suit you and the grass grows too fast to eat easily, consider moving to a better location for easier upkeep and better living conditions.
The Blanket Signal forecasts Farmer Ferguson as governor candidate winning Brown county. The note mentions Comanche kerosene street lights and rain, then advertises Herbine liver stimulant with a 50 cent price sold by Paris Smith.
The Clarendon News reports Senator Sheppard of Texas offers to aid President Wilson in the Mexican conflict in any needed role, following criticism of the governor who sought to protect state residents from alleged outrages. The piece also likens Morris to a near Ty Cobb in a grandstanding critique.
A Rockport Enterprise column rails at Texas voters drifting to the polls on election day. It accuses professional politicians of enriching themselves on discord and dissension and laments the wait until July 25 to overturn machine rule.
The Arrow-Head annual from Comanche High School Texas is a seventh handsome volume. It features original reading and illustrations with noted senioritas pictures that State Press Dallas News praised for its pictures and mechanical quality.
A De Leon Free Press critique notes poor turnout at a good roads meeting in Comanche County. It questions county fund usage by commissioners, citing 150000 dollars spent on roads over ten years and further private subscriptions, calling the situation a shameful waste.
State Senator T H McGregor of Austin predicts James E Ferguson of Temple will win Texas governor. Speaking in San Antonio, he says Ferguson is certain, while Thomas Ball faces defeat in the primaries. He cites Ball’s shifting stance and North Texas endorsements as factors in Ferguson’s favor.
Last Monday evening H H Stevenson was seriously hurt when his buggy dash into a tree after the horse bolted through town. He suffered facial and head cuts and a fractured rib but doctors believe his injuries are not dangerous.
When a bad cold strikes you seek relief and a prompt permanent cure. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is presented as a safe pleasant remedy that acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, clears secretions, and restores health. It has worldwide sales and is dependable. Sold by all dealers.
Local druggist M. W. Carroll advertises Adler-i-ka as a simple bowel cleanser for stomach and bowel trouble. He claims one dose relieves sour stomach gas and constipation almost immediately and notes its fame for curing appendicitis.
One hundred dollars reward offered for an incurable case of catarrh by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F J Cheney and Co Toledo claims reliability after 15 years of honorable business. testimonials available. Cure is taken internally and acts on blood and mucous surfaces. Price seven cents per bottle. Sold by all druggists. take Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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