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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1913
Page
6
An ad claims buying in large quantities from the factory lowers prices and that an upstairs department reduces costs. It invites readers to trade with the store for furniture at minimal expense and highlights a broader furniture business appeal.
The high school held its closing exercises in the auditorium with a full house. Twenty two seniors marched to receive diplomas as Dr. Sandefer delivered a fifty minute address, and R F Holloway presented the diplomas to each student. Honor members were named as Philip Graham and Grace Fitzpatrick with Armstrong Cox and Grace Evans noted just below the honor line.
The Comanche High School senior class staged The Fifteenth of January on May 23 in the school auditorium. Proceeds from 35 and 50 cent admissions funded play expenses and the high school library. Mrs. R. W. Scurry directed, with a cast including Lieut. Jack Wilson T. J. Helmsley and Barbara Worth Elizabeth Chilton Doris Meredith Ann Palmer, Alma Reese and others.
Daisy Ethel Jones leads a scene with Maggie the maid Grace Fitzpatrick in a campus-set vignette, presenting social dynamics and characterization through dialogue and implied courtship.
Dr. R. L. Farris, osteopathic physician, offers visits on Tuesday Thursday and Saturday. Arrangements with P. Moodie for at home visits. calls possible at patient residences. Advertising Ballard's Snow Liniment for barbed wire cuts and wounds priced 25¢ 50¢ and $1 per bottle, sold by Paris Smith.
A New Brunswick reader reports his wife finds Chamberlains Tablets very effective and beneficial for stomach and bowel trouble. The ad urges others with similar issues to try them, noting they are sold by all dealers.
The Chief Exponent announces its printing service with guaranteed satisfaction and a claim of circulation exceeding 3,000.
A mixed set of notices lists FOR SALE items including a buggy horse, milking cows, sewing machines, and a stock farm. Also offers FOR RENT a five room cottage and a house with seven rooms. WANTED items include horses and cows for pasture and land for trade near Wills Point.
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