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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1912
Page
4
A county initiative seeks a correspondent assigned to each polling place to report on local voting activity. The plan aims to ensure coverage of turnout conditions, candidate presence, and any ballot issues across the area.
Rain improves crops as peanut threshing takes precedence with two threshers reporting 40 bushels per acre. Residents travel to Comanche, Dallas, Wichita Falls. births birthdays and school reopenings noted. Local church and school activities cited alongside product ads for Chamberlain's Tablets.
Farmers near Cross Roads finish harvest and plan for cotton sales while families travel to seek work. Cross Roads School begins Monday with Mr Collins principal and Miss Graham teacher. Visitors include Grandma Butler from Comanche and families from Briar Grove and Coleman County. Community groups paint and decorate halls. Woodmen and Circle Ladies host fruit supper. Camp members grow with new applications. local residents travel to nearby counties.
A girl and a boy were born Friday to Mr and Mrs Sid Furgerson. A boy arrived at the home of Filen Redwine Friday. On Thursday a boy joined Mr and Mrs ley and Mrs Brown lost an girl Tuesday.
A note invites readers to ask Paris Smith about a gold watch he is offering. The brief appears to be a local informational or promotional item with no additional context.
Uncle Geo Cox, adjudged insane last week, became unmanageable at home and was relocated to Brownwood on Sunday and placed in jail until asylum arrangements could be made. On Thursday night he was taken to Terrell and placed in the insane asylum. Uncles George long a respected Blanket citizen. friends hope for his speedy recovery.
Readers are urged to visit Paris Smith's store to purchase a tablet with a chance to receive a gold watch as a prize. The promotion emphasizes store name and product to attract customers.
A seller promotes chrysanthemums carnations ferns and blooming pot plants to Comanche readers from Brownwood Texas. He claims to ship the best blooms at fair prices and offers bulbs for yard bedding with prompt attention to all orders, large or small.
The Dallas News notes a copy of the Tri-Weekly Sun from Tyler in 1871. Hon Horace Chilton was editor and the late Gov Hogg was described as a devil on the paper during that period.
Rumor circulates in railway circles that the Lapisville and Nashville is about to acquire control of the St. L. and St. W. Cotton Belt. No formal announcement has been made and investors await official word.
An ad urges readers to purchase tablets at Paris Sariths offering a gold watch as a lure. The brief promotes a local retailer and hints at a promotional incentive.
The Comanche county list of election officers and judges is released. The Chief Examiner notes 5000 legal voters and urges all eligible residents to vote. Precinct by precinct names include Comanche No 1 and No 2 with listed judges, clerks, and polling details across the county.
A public notice invites boys and girls to save the cardboard back of their writing tablets and enter a contest at Paris Smiths with a chance to win a gold watch. The flyer emphasizes accessibility to all youths and the potential prize.
Three farm listings describe 100 acres 80 cultivated 50 in Johnson grass meadow with timber and crops potential 14 miles from Creamer switch. 115 acres 65 cultivated timber and grass 8 miles north of Comanche near gin and school. 160 acres stock farm 60 cultivated grass fenced with windmill water tank 6.5 miles south of Comanche. Sam Todd at Neely Harris Cunningham Co. handles inquiries.
D M Herring announces continuation of J M Guthrie stock groceries with a full line of staple and fancy groceries and feed stuffs. Call or phone No 84 for any item in the line.
Second hand five passenger Studebaker 1912 model offered by Cunningham Bell Comanche Texas. Less than five months use, guaranteed good as new, $650 cash for immediate sale. Car demonstrated to interested buyers.
An irritable disposition may stem from a troubled stomach. A man with good digestion is usually good natured. Many have been cured of stomach trouble by taking Chamberlain's Tablets sold by all dealers.
Two roan horses missing in Comanche Texas described as one dark roan about 9 years old and 16 hands with two white hind feet, another light roan about 12 years old and 15 hands. The light roan paces. Call sheriff's office with tips.
Carriage dealer W. W. Kilpatrick advertises a sale on new 1913 buggies, inviting customers to view the latest styles and note prices still reduced.
Advertisement urges readers to fix up old harnesses now. Mentions slipetrick branding and a generic call to action with no clear contact details.
Brownwood officials announce a bid to secure the location of the new 1 C O F Howe center in Central West Texas seeking a favorable site in the region. The move marks a push to anchor the project in a central west Texas community.
All persons knowing themselves indebted to M. P. Cain or J. W. Haskins for Rawleigh remedies can pay same to Ellie & Son and get receipt. Opposite fire station. Comanche, Texas.
Advertises that the Farmers Union Warehouse Company will advance money on cotton stored in their warehouse. The notice highlights financing options tied to stored cotton and credit terms offered by the company.
For rent a good stone store building on the north side of the square. See Lee Campbell for details.
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