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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1924
Page
4
A fragmented speech urging people to face hurdles, value home over church, and foster cooperation. It notes churches as imperfect while praising the need for a united Comanche community to improve schools, growth, and welfare through regular meetings and earnest action.
The report notes association cotton arises mainly inch staple or above middling with 178 450 bales classed above middling and 171 050 middling or better. It lists association members numbers, bale totals received onNov 5 and classed on Nov 6, including 145 050 above middling and 171 050 middling and above, with lower grades totaling 6 500 and 15 800.
Swelling from insect bites can be reduced by Ballard's Snow Liniment which counteracts poison and relieves irritation. Three bottle sizes priced at 30c 60c and 1 20. Sold by Paris Smith. Read the Dallas News and Comanche Chief special clubbing offer in this issue.
J R Eanes recounts a Kiwanis invitation to a West Texas mayors banquet and expands into a speech on recreation. He argues play and work should balance, urges generous funding for public parks and schools, and envisions a future with well kept grounds, a park named for Connehead with a dam on Indian Creek, swim and fish areas, and ample water supply for two years.
A timeline of Calvin Coolidge rising from Northampton to governor and lieutenant governor, then U S vice president and president. The notes cover Amherst College, state senate, mayor, solicitor, and church of offices. Also mentions Christmas card orders from The Chief.
Panoramic National Capital update notes President Coolidge will govern in his own style, with Congress meeting December through March. Expected actions include tax legislation delays, budget appropriations, and cabinet fallout. Contention over Lankollette, Mellon, Hughes remain, with court openings and post office pay disputes looming.
A UT Austin journalism piece argues campaigns breed excess talk and frequent elections. It urges citizens to support elected officials, accept public service as a duty, and resist criticizing leaders while they serve. It notes gas field prospects near Shreveport and Marshall, Texas, and the role of local newspapers and merchants in shaping town character.
An advertisement promises quick relief for children with worms using White's Cream Vermifuge. It claims the child improves at once and becomes healthy and robust, priced at 25e and sold by Paris Smith.
Pastor J C Boyd and the First Baptist Church of Comanche report strong progress toward a new church building. Encouragement from the congregation has grown, with plans now seen as definite and expect work to start by January 1.
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