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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1923
Page
4
The notice urges readers to shop early for Christmas as stores stock fresh goods. Clerks will have time to assist now, avoiding depleted stock and stressed workers later. It suggests starting before Thanksgiving and promotes the spirit of goodwill through timely purchases.
A collection of wry quips and cartoons reflecting on manners money and ambition. Snippets poke at self reliance advertising cigarette spending and social contrasts with playful wordplay and sharp witticisms.
A witty dialogue riffs on starting a business with nothing to invest. The exchange highlights a character joking that a “vacuum business” requires no capital, underlining humorous thrift and entrepreneurship themes.
A bride nearly fainted during the wedding in Sheffield. Her father supported her and is now said to support both bride and groom, per the Telegraph report from England.
After excitement the Smiths settle and fear they left something behind. Mrs Smith cries she forgot to switch off the electric iron. Harry assures no danger. Then a miscommunication reveals a box order, and a mix up about a Lyceum Theater versus the undertaker.
The Patton Brothers presented a high school auditorium program Wednesday evening delivering rare attraction. Lowell Patton led with a brilliant piano performance while the younger brothers sang and read with skill and artistry. Elaborate costumes enhanced the show’s success.
D X Bible longtime guiding force of A and M athletics since 1916 has signed a five year contract to stay with the Aggies. He joined as freshmen coach and led the varsity from 1917 taking a break during wartime service in the air. He returned in 1919 as head football coach and has rejected larger offers to coach elsewhere.
All persons are warned against hunting and gathering pecans on the Knutson farm 11 miles east of Comanche, which is under lease to W. F. Robinson. September 12.
East side school exhibit showcases Mrs. Arthur Lovelace's fourth grade class exploring Mary Had a Little Lamb as a real life tale. Students researched the poet and story origins then presented letters and photos of Mary Sawyer and her house.
A poem recounts Mary caring for a lamb whose mother refused to nurture it. The lamb endures and its wool becomes souvenirs sold in Toston Massachusetts to aid soldiers of the cruel war, as noted by Doris Kingsbury.
Mary Sawyer grew up and married a Mr Tyler. The couple moved to Boston. She is related to the writer’s grandfather. The grandfather’s aunt remains at the Sawyer farm, named Mrs Henry Sawyer.
Parline Buck notes Mary’s Redstone District School near Redstone Hill is gone and a nearby district school now serves children in the area.
Dorothy Hanghn notes Halcomb from Clinton Massachusetts near Redstone Hill wrote the familiar poem about the lamb following Mary to school. The reference ties the author to the well known children’s verse and local setting.
The Mary Sawyer House, an old fashioned structure in Red Stone district, remains on a Sawyer family farm now owned by Margaret Joy. Local pupils at Eastward School study geography by contacting this state, noting Arkansas’ apples, mines, and industry, and a published Eskimo letter from 1917 illustrates cross country school correspondence and cultural exchanges.
Frank and Day Emors lease the Home Bakery from H A Anderson who has moved to De Leon. Frank Emory handles baking while Mr and Mrs Day Emory manage the business end. Several buyers seek small farms, willing to pay $500 to $1000 cash, price negotiable. J R Kanes & Co.
An advertisement touts LIVERGARD as a safe laxative for all ages addressing ordinary and chronic constipation and inactive liver. It claims rapid action without griping and endorses Lungardia Co of Dallas Texas for quick cold and sore throat relief.
The Wrigley Building adds a north section doubling floor space across North Water Street from Michigan Avenue. The new block, nearly complete and connected by a bridge, is already largely leased to high class firms, proving the power of advertising and the impact of this Chicago landmark.
A copy of The Daily Bulletin from Iron A. and M. College notes Comanche interest. Leslie Ike Moore, son of Mr. and Mrs A M Moore, has been made sergeant in Company H infantry. He graduated with honors from John Tarleton College last June and is earning A grades at A M. He reports the school will send this company to Colorado next summer for a six week stay. Sluyue Waring also attends A and M from Comanche.
The gossip centers on Jobson whose stenographer left after rumors spread that she witnessed him kissing his wife. The incident suggests marital strain and workplace scandal.
The note describes an acute nasal catarrh attack labeled cold in the head and suggests frequent colds indicate a run down condition. It promotes Hall's Catal. Medicine as a local ointment and a tonic that works through the blood to boost the system and resist colds.
If your bowels do not act regularly you feel uncomfortable and the longer it lasts the worse you feel. To end the misery take Herbine. It purifies the bowels and restores energy and cheerful spirits. Price 60c, Sold by S. P. Smith.
Ross R. Wolfe of Wolfe Nursery Ste phenville visited Comanche to view a pecan display at the Comanche fair. Wolfe, a leading budded pecan propagator with about 40 000 young trees, says Comanche county soil suits pecan culture and could become a major distribution point. The exhibit pecans were too green to judge and will be shown again at the December poultry event.
A fragmentary line shows a widow being asked about her late husband’s estate with the reply nearly every night, highlighting social pressure and grief in a historical context.
Higgs jokes about frenzied search for a gift for his wife while Biggs laments a lack of offers. The playful exchange highlights a domestic shopping scramble and banter between the two individuals.
A national movement urges giving at least one Bible or Testament in honor of Christ during Christmas. The plan aims to widely publicize the effort with 500 Bible and Testament styles available. Prices start at 38 cents for Testaments and $1.75 for Bibles, with Mrs. W. B. Cunningham of Comanche, Texas handling orders via Philadelphia, Penn special cuts.
Prize winners at the Sidney fair held October 27 are listed across divisions including field crops fruits vegetables textiles poultry and grand champions. Judges were J W Laker Mrs Laker and P F E Payne with notes of improved poultry and textile quality versus last year. An advertising line promotes White's Cream Vermifuge and early ordering of Christmas cards listing The Chief as source.
The Woman's Exchange run by the Parer Teachers Association aims to fill a long felt need. Women may earn extra money by breeding chickens baking pies or cakes and selling them with a 10 percent commission. The exchange emphasizes cleanliness attractiveness and hopes to operate multiple days weekly to relieve busy housewives in a community lacking domestic help.
Rev John R Morris departed Tuesday morning to attend the Centre Texas conference of the Methodist church. Church reports show strong yearly progress with departments detailing work and finances. District leader Rev T S Barcus notes 67 Sunday schools and 6389 members in Brownwood district with $500000 raised over four years for church causes.
A local druggist advertises Hoover's Improved Asthma Remedy with a one dollar trial bottle and refund if unsatisfied after half use. The genuine product is in yellow cartons signed by Geo D Hoover and distributed by Paris Smith in Comanche Texas and by Geo D Hoover Manufacturing in Des Moines Iowa.
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