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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1947
Page
2
The article notes the nickel remains accepted for many goods in Comanche such as Comanche Chief, daily papers except Sundays, soft drinks, gum, candy, and church offerings. It mentions duck season opening November 4 with a 4 duck per day limit, plus local notices about auctions and town progress including Wayne Evridge moving to North Dakota and Coleman Christmas plans.
The article notes Dr. Fred Tinkle of Winters delivering over 4 000 babies since 1900 and questions how many Comanche residents were born to Dr. A J Gray. It cites Ballinger water project costs 424 000 dollars for a new lake and 70 920 for a filtration plant plus 23 562 40 for a pipeline. It mentions Ballinger merchants preparing Christmas windows for November 28 and references a San Antonio game edition and moon lore connected to Columbus era tobacco trance beliefs.
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