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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1926
Page
4
Splendid crowds enjoy Ray Howell Players in Comanche with a strong tent show, new decorations, and a varied program. Highlights include Joyce Lee Brunk songs, the Sutherland Saxophone Quintet, and vaudeville acts, with plays Your Boy and Mine, Hollywood Madonna, and Three Live Ghosts.
Harmony residents report visitors including Mr and Mrs B H Rogers to Dr Tom Rutherford on Friday night. Rutherford family moves to Comanche and Albert Rogers plans relocation to Rutherford place. Local family visits and illness notes. a Virginia Boyd injury from a fire and a Thanksgiving trip to Dallas are recorded. A 104 year old Massachusetts man who was rejected for the Union Army in 1861 dies.
Moodys Market features a broad selection of cured and fresh meats for customers. Higginbothams Lumber Yard supplies all sizes of window glass, ensuring home renovation needs are met.
An ad announces a limited Christmas offer at Backstrom and Jackson Studio Comanche. Present a ticket with five dollars cash to receive five photos plus an 8 by 10 enlarging from the same image for a total value of nine dollars fifty cents offered for five dollars. The ticket expires December 31.
Adlerika mixture with buckthorn and glycerine helps stomach trouble in ten minutes by removing gas and old waste matter. It relieves bloating and enables comfortable eating. Helpful for chronic constipation. Wm. Reese Co. druggists.
A 1920s local program summary covers talks from Adult and Young Woman's Missionary Societies on Islam, with chapters on Moslem life, reform, and Christian interaction. It lists speakers, songs, prayers, and a later social note about local engagements and farm listings.
Local residents list weekend visitors and departures across Comanche including E Y Allgood from Scottsdale, injections of family visits from Dallas, Sherman, Brownwood, and Fort Worth, and arrivals such as Evelyn Cunningham. Several entries note hunts, travels to Dallas, Austin, Corpus Christi, and El Paso with numerous names and small town movements.
A historical note highlights the use of washable disinfectable rubberized wallpaper in hospitals and public buildings, emphasizing its ease of cleaning and sanitation benefits for high-traffic spaces.
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