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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1931
Page
8
District Court proceeding notes transportation of liquor against J F Bolton with a five year suspended sentence. Mentioned in a generic advertisement style for a butter wrap and parchment paper products. Includes note to purchase Better Butter Wrap and Butter Cartons from The Comanche Chief.
Comanche and DeLeon face off in a decisive Thanksgiving showdown after both teams remain undefeated in district play. The Indians hold a 222 point total and a tight 4 game conference scoreless streak, while DeLeon boosts a 115 to 19 point margin. Historic rivalry dates to 1914 with a series of tight, often decisive contests.
Bert Wheeler appears solo in Too Many Cooks at the Ritz Theatre on November 22 23 and 24. The comedy centers on the Cook family and a young couple as Wheeler proves a romantic, convincing screen presence with Dorothy Lee and a supporting cast.
Buck Jones delivers two perilous escapes in Branded a western at the Ritz Theatre November 20 and 21. He faces framed rustling charges and later a hanging threat before a climactic resolution. Ethel Kenyon Al Smith Wallace MacDonald Bob Kortman John Oscar co starl in the film. Elizabeth Herd Missouri co ed to preside over the harvest ball at MU.
Comanche Cotton Yard weighed 2786 bales by Thursday morning with a week’s gain of about 30 bales. Public Weigher C F Denny estimates the season total near 2900 bales.
The passage lists Tom Young ters Bill Young of Comanche F S Young of Bastion FE E Young of Littlefield Joe Young of Baileyboro Mrs H H Kane of Junction Mrs Vida Friess of Sonora and Mrs J S Tyson of Albuquerque New Mexico It notes Tom Young who died was farming at the time and had been a former Texas Ranger a Deputy U S Marshal and served over ten years as an officer in Austin.
The downtown office of Comanche Milling Company was moved Monday two doors west, to a location beside Peerless Produce Company.
World famous tenor John McCormack is pictured posing on his estate near Hollywood, his fortune told not by crystal gazing but by casual portrait.
Comanche Chief advertises butter packaging perks to improve sales. It promotes butter cartons and genuine vegetable parchment that resists moisture, claiming better preservation and stronger shelf appeal.
Fall flowers brightened Mas onic Hall as C. E. 8 members held a social meeting at six o clock. They entertained husbands with a feast and heard reports from Mesdames Dudley and Hart on the Grand Chapter meeting in Houston and from Mesdames Clemons and Clarke on the General Grand Chapter meeting in San Antonio.
Eighteen cars of peanuts had been shipped from Comanche by Thursday morning this season, versus 44 cars for the entire prior year. At Gustine, nine cars have been sent and J. W. Carter estimates about five more will likely be marketed there.
C Bailey invites farmers to bring produce to a new produce house at the former stand opposite the Ford Station Northwest corner square. He promises top prices and urges farmers to give a trial.
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