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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1932
Page
4
Local business promotes a remodeled hotel now operating at a new site on the southeast corner of the square. Management invites guests to dine and stay at the first class establishment near the McKinzie Hotel.
A survey cites 10 000 children ages 10 to 15 working in New York and a 1920 count of 32 283 with a steady decline. It notes a 5 000 family capacity Manhattan apartment, 25 miles of wiring for hotel radios, and 400 foot high New Range towers. It mentions Singer Building balcony suicides, 212 owned buildings by New York Telephone, a 23 000 000 valuation for a department store, and planning to use unemployed actors as Santa. It references 4 000 drug stores, four of five boroughs among top ten cities, Brooklyn slightly smaller than Chicago, and a 13.7 percent share of national retail trade plus 16.2 percent of food. It notes slot machines generating a million dollars weekly in nickels and dimes, Grant’s Tomb completion, and beer expectations post prohibition.
Notice of sheriff sale in Comanche County Texas under an order of sale from the district court. On December 6, 1982, the W M Belsher property near Lamkin will be sold for cash at the Comanche County courthouse door to satisfy the judgment in case No 7761 against W M Belsher and wife Lillia Belsher and The First Bank of Lamkin.
Notice details a property description for J O Walford and adjacent parcels, with a 1932 sheriff levy of 494.50 to Co-Operative National Farm Loan Assoc. against I P Roberts Jr Mary Agne Roberts and First National Bank of Corsican Texas. Ends with a long religious hymn verse.
W. M. Belsher and wife Lillie Belsher are foreclosing by deed to satisfy a judgment of 2190.24 owed to W. D. Jenkins and 236.00 owed to The First State Bank of Lamkin plus interest and costs. The land comes from the Chas Sargent and John Clark surveys in three described tracts. The action is recorded in Vol 178 Page 192 of the Deed Records of Comanche County.
By order of the Comanche County District Court the Co Operative National Farm Loan Association sues The First National Bank of Corsicana and others. I will sell on the first Tuesday in December 1982 at the Comanche County Courthouse to satisfy the judgment. Property: 160 acres described as Subdivision No 3 in Comanche County Texas.
The article recalls Dr. Caldwell's 1892 laxative prescription Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin a liquid vegetable remedy for constipation praised for mild safe bowel stimulation. It notes early practice starting 1875 and shifts toward a widely trusted product.
The children of A. M. Fagan and wife surprised them on Monday November 7 with a dinner celebrating their 63rd anniversary in Turnersville Texas. Attendees included J. W. Fagan and family Pate Fagan Jesse Fagan Euell Fagan Tom Fagan J O Jones Clyde Sibert C M Fagan Lela Bragg and daughter Louise Eland Fagan Myrtle Morn and son J C A B Smith J M Haynes and daughter Jewell Myrtle Jones. After dinner gospel songs were sung Uncle Mitch played the organ. A poem dated November 6 1982 dedicated to the couple by their son Pate was read.
The Gorman High School star left end Gene Webb faced an eligibility protest filed by Comanche Schools Superintendent W G Barrett for playing in Interscholastic games without filing eligibility forms with Hamilton High School Principal and Football Association officials or the State Committee in Austin. The Hamilton meeting found a rule violation but recommended no game forfeitures and ordered Gorman to pay protest costs and prim a reprimand for missing required filings. A letter from Gorman officials to Comanche citizens supported the protest as justified and urged continued good relations between the towns. FOOTBALL TODAY Comanche vs Brownwood Armistice Day game at 2:00 p.m. Local Park. Admission 25¢ and 50¢. Mrs KE B Smith returns from visiting her parents in Wichita Falls.
The Sidney F A Chapter organized an FFA chapter on Tuesday with officers Gayle Hilley as President Russell Jones as Vice President Jack Hendrix as Secretary Jack Winningham Rupert Cagle as Farm Watch Dog Boyd Stewart as Reporter Cyril Jones Wayne Caffey Reginald Pinkard as Executive Committee. Parents are urged to cooperate to ensure the chapter helps both fathers and sons address current and future farm problems.
An advertisement from Me's Business College in Brownwood advertises that training provides enduring value no theft can remove. It emphasizes that business knowledge remains a lasting asset and urges readers to see Mr. Brown for enrollment information.
Mr and Mrs Elbert Howell and their children of Breckenridge spent Sunday in Comanche with Mr and Mrs George H S Clarke.
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