Personal Mention Highlights Many Local Visitors
Local society column notes visits by Miss Otho Jo Miller in Menard with Mrs. Julius Rasmunsen and other travelers from Brownwood. Numerous relatives in Comanche host or visit family, including Bil lie Reid from Poteau, Virgil Reed, and Mrs. F. M. McDermott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Otho Jo Miller
Mrs
Julius Rasmunsen
Menard
Virgil Reed
Poteau
Oklahoma
Comanche
T. J. Ellis
Millie Tripp
Virgil Reid
Poteau, Okla
Proctor
R. H. Reid
Camanche
Pecan culture and forestry urged by Stephen ville leader
Hon Thomas Bd King of Stephen ville a former legislator offers inexpensive pecan propagation method using a sand box bedded in December as a spring sprout. He describes parcel post shipping and planting details. The piece notes forests protect against floods and droughts and cites American Tree Association advocates urging farmers to plant trees for dependable returns over crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
American Tree Association
Social Evening Highlights Wilson Fielder Seniors Event
Mrs. E FE Anthony and Mrs. T J Williams hosted a Wilson Fielder senior class gathering at Mrs. William s home with Baptist members present. Purple and gold decor, floral centerpieces, a punch service by Misses Couch and Lacy, score contests won by Miss Louella Carter and Winston Couch, a fortune teller on the porch, and a final visit to Owl Confectionery for cake and favors. About forty young guests attended. Nathalie Jessup presented piano pupils and Jack Jessup a violin recital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ona McKenzie
Miss Texas Couch
Zoura Lacy
Editha Grace Williams
Colquitt Williams
Thelma McDonald
Louella Carter
Winston Couch
Estelle Reese
Owl
Nathalie Jessup
Nathalie
Jack Jessup
Voice Shift Shopper Demands Flour Then Coffee
A young man in a grocery store spoke in a deep bass voice asking for a sack of flour and then, as his pitch rose, a pound of coffee. The clerk replied to wait while serving the other customer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis Herald
Woman Named Boss of Bowery Political Ring in New York
Mrs. Thomas S. Nolan succeeds the late Thomas Foley as political leader in the Bowery district New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowery
New York
Thomas S. Nolan
Thomas Foley
Doan’s Pills Endorsed By Comanche Citizen For Kidney Relief
Local advertorial urges readers to act on kidney symptoms with Doan’s Pills. Carpenter L. F. Rogers testifies his backache improved quickly after using the remedy. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co., Mfrs Buffalo NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Comanche
L. F. Rogers
Carpenter
Doan
Department Recommends Standard Poison Bait Over Fungus for Hoppers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture states fungus and other grasshopper diseases are unreliable and context dependent. It endorses the standard poisoned bran bait using arsenic and amyl acetate, applied at about 10 to 15 pounds per acre, spread with a grain feeder on a wagon during early morning hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Entomology
United States Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Junk
Dallas
Mrs Dora Stout Nurtured 2000 Babies for Illinois Charity
In sixteen years with the Illinois Children's Home and Aid Society Mrs Dora Stout of Chicago has cared for more than two thousand neglected babies, dedicating her work to child welfare and welfare services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elazora Cunningham
Brady
R. T. Cunningham
O. J. Jones
Hamilton
W. J. Nabers
Mamie Franklin
Illinois Children’s Home and Aid Society
Dora Stout
Chicago
Ballard's Snow Liniment advertised for stiff neck pain
A medicine advertisement promotes Ballard's Snow Liniment to relieve neck and shoulder muscle pain. It lists three sizes 80c 60c and 1.20 and notes Paris Smith sells it in Comanche Chief's pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ballard
Paris Smith
Mar
Two Wife Whippers Jailed in Brownwood
Brownwood News reports two men who whipped wives faced arrest after a domestic violence call. A visiting couple from Comanche sparked the incidents, with one wife not within city limits, complicating the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownwood Paper
Two Disgruntled Husbands Arrested After Domestic Dispute
Two confrontations ended with the sheriff detaining the men and placing them in county jail. The women, not testifying the next morning, were released. One deputy asked why she called officers and she replied it might do him good to go to jail briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheriff's Department
Adams
Mrs William McClanahan and Daughter Visit Georgetown
Mrs William McClanahan and her daughter Miss Mary Dorothen are visiting relatives in Georgetown this week, according to local society notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Moody
Washington, D. C
R. W. Scur
Mrs. B. S. Lewis
Mrs
Dewey Barnes
Goree, Texas
William McClanahan
Mary Dorothen
Georgetown
Chinese Women Demand Greater Role in National Affairs
Women across China push for expanded participation in governance and policy making, urging reforms and representation in political and social spheres. They seek leadership roles and legal protections to advance gender equality and national development.
Gloria Swanson Tops List as Highest Paid Actress
Gloria Swanson is named the world’s highest paid motion picture actress in reports noting her leading earnings and prominence in the film industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Swanson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Henry Emison of
Brownwood
Hardy Jones
Ossie Greene
An Angelo
Dora Greene
F. L. Little
Sipe Spring
Columbus Callaway
Athens
Ibre Gage of
Brownswood
J. C. Gage
Mrs. J. ©. Sturges
BR. W. Merritt
Georgia
Womanche
Lloyd Merchant
Ft. Worth
J. E. Bonser
Hill Huddleston
Forrest McCutcheon
Aoy Huddleston
Queene Beeman of
Marfa
G. A. Beeman
John BL. Chilton
Claude Wells
Jonye Lee Wynn
Winters, Texas
Claud Wells
J. Millard Gray
Long Beach, Calif
Billie
Miss Eugenia Gray
J. T. Moody
Ruby Grainger
Boulder
Colorado
Brady Schools
Mr. and
John T. Tate
F. M. McDermott
Portales,n. M
Medford Stephens
Comanche High School
Billie Thompson
Stephenville
Jack Doyle
Wallace Dillard
Omar Tullis
Jessie King
Earl Crab
Min
Katherine Sherill
Cyril Roberson
Chico
Lewis Isham
Isham
Louise Meyers
Sam Howell
Glasgow
J. M. Gaiser
Edna Hummert
Lloyd of
Alton
P. G. Albin
Laura Lu Waring
Cliburne
Elinor Dunlap
J. M. Jordan
Dublin
D. Chas. Clarke
L. Mills
Edm Holmes
Ora Mills
John Tarleton
Pearmll
I. C. Gage
R. R. McGlasson
Waco Times Herald
Thomas Bd. King of
Daisy Greenwade
Jack Moore
Bridge
William Chilton
Jim, Slack
Jim Slack
Henry Moore
I. E. Ransom
Bob Stanton
Department
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Brownwood News
Cardu
Cardus
Cardui
General Insurance & Bonds
Farm & City Loans
Jessup & Allcorn
General Insurance and Bonds
G. W. Jessup
J. B. Alcorn
For Permanent Fair Association
Comanche, Texas
Comanche County
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