Social Club Hallowe en Parties Highlight Local Week
Miss Dollie Paine reports on Why Nots "42" Club meeting with high score by Mrs Welbourne Dunlap. Senior class and football boys host Halloween events. Isla Ruth Turney attends from San Angelo. Sneaker of the week counts as prettiest costume. various classes share themed parties with games, decorations, and refreshments.
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Walter Durham
Why Nots
Welbourne Dunlap
I. M. Cochran
G. W. Jessup
W. &. Dingus
Kidd Macon
Lillian Durham
Sarah Thomas
Isla Ruth Turney
San Angelo
Wm. Reese
Callie Hose Maddox
Hallowe'en
Mattie Lee Ball
Ernest Burks
Hill Huddleston
Garrett Palmer
Rebeca Hill
Ruby Odom
Young Peoples’ Department
The
Methodist Church
Mary Granger
Mary Dingwall
Local Folks Verse Weekend Visits and Gatherings
Personal mentions across Brownwood Comanche De Leon and Gatesville highlight visits from Miss Carrileeves of Brownwood Mrs Roy areum Bangs and Mrs Jack Betts Blanket. Families attend football games Cotton Palace Queen's Ball and fairs while noting travel to Dallas Waco and Clyde New arrivals include a ten pound boy for the Massingills.
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Jack Betts
Blanket
Comanche
Hilton Burks
Louise
Coleman
Burks
Martha Wetzel
de Leon
George Cunningham
San Angelo
T. J. Helmsley
Lottie Paine
R. F. Holloway
Cisco
C. W. Greene
Janice Goodson
Gatesville
C. H
G. H
Bear Cats
Hamilton
Walter Montgomery
Waco
Cotton Palace
Nate
C. W. Cox
Dallas
Ee J .R. Fanes
Ibre Gage of
Gorman
Isaac Gage
Wiliam Chilton
Sallie Paine
Edgar Nabers
W. H. Roberson
Brownwood
R. E. Dudley
Inez Sullivan
Mary Reeves
Louise Roberson
Constance Knutson
Paris Smith
Fyler
California
Loanon
Will
Baylor A. & M
Alice Hays
St. Joseph's Infirmary
Ft. Worth
R. D. Massingill
Halloween Themed Gift Favors Noted at Event
Prise packages wrapped in orange paper tied with black ribbon were handed out as favors suggesting Hallowe'en. The items included fruit salad cake coffee and tea, creating a festive spread for attendees.
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Hallowe'en
Constipation relief ad promotes Herbine remedy
If bowels do not act regularly you feel uncomfortable. The ad claims Herbine purifies the bowels and restores energy and cheerful spirits. Price 60c. Sold by S. P. Smith.
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S. P. Smith
Auto 1920 Chevrolet for sale at $150 cash
Offering a 1920 five passenger Chevrolet at $150. Part cash and part in fall 1928. Has a new top new rear casings and many other new parts. It is easily worth $100 more than asking price. 10¢ Cc P St. Clar.
Norrid & Prater Adverts Pencils for Senator Vote
Meat scraps and oyster shell at Norrid and Prater Produce Co advertise a civic note urging readers to write George Peddy in the blank for U S Senator on November 7. The message promotes sharpening pencils to mark the ticket.
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Norrid & Prater Produce Co
George Peddy
U. S
Cow Chow at Norrid and Prater Pro
A short notice item notes a product display or event linked to Cow Chow at the Norrid and Prater Pro location dated October 18. The brief mentions a local business event or promotion with a practical retail focus.
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Norrid & Prater
Lost item notice at Dublin highway sewing machine aid
Lost between Leon River and Comanche on Dublin highway a idler for sewing machine. Finder please return for reward. Contact Jno P Heff it.
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Leon River
Comanche
Dublin Highway
Jno
P. Heff
Grain drill for wagon trade by Dave Cunningham
A 10 disc grain drill used two seasons is offered for a wagon. Interested parties should contact Dave Cunningham for details.
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Ife
Dave Cunningham
10 Reasons Why Peddy Should Go to Senate
Evelyn Dewey Miller promotes George Peddy for the Senate, highlighting constitutional government, Bill of Rights support, lifetime prohibitionist stance, woman suffrage advocacy, military service, and a record as farmer, teacher, businessman, lawyer, legislator, and district attorney. The piece urges Texans to vote for him as the better man with unwavering obligations to the people of Texas.
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Peddy
Senate
Evelyn Dewey Miller
Woman's Division
George Peddy
Harris County
Texas
Washington
Liquid Borozone Heals Wounds Fast Says Ad
An advertising notice claims Liquid Borozone treats rust injuries and sores with rapid healing. It markets antiseptic and healing properties and lists prices of 60 cents and 1.20 dollars. Sold by LP Smith.
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Smith
De Leon Poultry Exhibit Highlights J D Jackson Wins
Six hundred birds shown at the De Leon Poultry Exhibit with J D Jackson of Comanche winning first cockerel and first second and third Bullet. The De Leon parade was postponed to Thursday due to rain as immense crowds attend the fair promising great success.
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de Leon
J. D. Jackson
Comanche
Hilton Burks Recovers After Gall Stone Incident
Hilton Burks, who fell violently ill at Coleman earlier in the week, has returned to Comanche. He is up and improving. doctors say the pain stemmed from a gall stone passing from the kidney and no appendicitis was found.
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Hilton Burks
Coleman
Comanche
Worm remedy ad and local notices from era
An advertisement promotes White's Cream Vermifuge to treat worm infestation in children with price five cents and seller 8. P. Smith. Additional item lists for rent describing a home near the public square with modern conveniences and a tea room. A note reports Karl Tate’s Dallas trip delivering news of a newborn daughter.
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Public Square
M. W. Carwile
Purina Chicken Feed Sold at Norrid and Prater Produce
Purina chicken feed advertised at Norrid Prater Produce Co located on East 10th to 13th streets. The listing notes available supplies and local supplier name for farmers seeking feed.
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Purina Chicken
Norrid & Prater Produce Co
Sunday School Sunday Draws Large Crowd in Town
A large crowd attended Sunday School Sunday as families and neighbors gathered. Several local residents visited relatives, including Mr. and Mrs. Horace Layman with Mrs. Isivman’s parents the Hicks, and Ruthie Hicks visiting her brother in Comanche. Multiple households hosted guests and neighbors throughout the weekend with mild weather and a Monday night rain shower noted.
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Ruby Granger
Brady School
Goodson H. Reiger
Desdemonia
A. D. Martin
Bob McCulley
Comanche
Brownwood
Brownwood Bulletin
A. P. Cox
F. R. Gibson
Throckmorton Herald
Horace Layman
Isivman
Henry Hicks
Ruthie Hicks
Isuldebuck
Henry
Ben Godfrey
Cotton Grove
EF. €. Tinney
Mattie
Will Lewis
Dave Tinney
McKimmey
Newburg
Georgia Hicks
Rachel McKimmey
Eleanor Tinney
Alfa Shaver
Bertha Hicks
Roof Repairing and Painting Services Offered
Local service advertises roof repair and painting with rapid availability of painters and carpenters. Higginbothams Lumber Department promotes the offering.
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Higginbothams Lumber Department
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J. H. Huff
Texas College of Optometry
Optometrist
Janet Reese
Miss Carrileeves of
Mrs. Blatherwick
Roy “Areum of
Bangs
A. B. Haworth
Clyde
N. Y
Cc. P. St. Clatr
International Stocking Mills
Norristown
Ford
M. McCallisrd
Democrat
Sam Todd
Square
J. W. Jackson
Round Maintain
C. A. Bryson
el Paso
H. F. Gantz
J. G. Meeks
Sidney
John C. Platt
Atwood Bros
Finder
Claude George
Majestic Theatre
Law
Big Northwest
Alice Lake
Kenneth Harlan
Gaston Glass
Rosemary Theby
Noah Berry
Wallace Perry
John Barry Morg
John Barrymore
LOTUS
Tom Mix
SKY High
Ladies of the Central Christian Church
Cyril Greene
J. I. Giles
Jersey
Comanche Poultry Farm
Adv
Hamilton Drug Co
First State Bank
Guaranty Fund Bank
State OF
Thomas Market
White
P. Smith
Karl Tate
J. P. Hoff
Stephenville
R. W. H. Hamilton
State Board
San Antonio
Comanche County
Taylor
Taylor GC
J. D. Bonner
Marion Wilkerson
Federal Land Bank of Houston
Dallas Joint Stock Land Bank
North Side Square
Bonner & Wilkerson
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