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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1913
Page
1
Only one marriage license has been issued since the last report. John W. Munn and Miss Minnie Horner were issued a license, marking the sole marriage record in this period.
The county clerk lists new births: Luther Ravenshine Beattie a girl. Walter Pringel Beattie a girl. John Seitern Sidney a girl. John Copeland Sidney a boy. L W McClintock Hasse a boy. Douglas Williams Comanche a boy.
A series of property transfers include J A Havner et ux to F J Stokes for 80 acres at 1320 dollars and W R Sanders purchase of 80 acres for 1620 dollars. Other transfers cover 71 to 129 acres with surveys, from 1 to 5000 dollars, and include several named buyers and sellers across districts such as De Leon, Custer, and Duster.
The girls teams from Comanche and John Tarleton were scheduled to play on the local high school grounds but the game was rained out and will be rescheduled for a later date.
The Comanche Indians coached by Cunningham Tipton and Prof Will Carpenter travel to Amarillo to face the city High School team for the North Texas championship amid injuries to Atwood Ellis and McCollum. The South Texas title match in Houston and Austin will decide who competes for the state crown.
The Baptist church holds regular services at appointed hours with a 9:45 a m Men's Bible Class in the tabernacle. The pastor Geo. W. Sheafor invites all men to attend, and the evening sermon at 7:30 covers the sixth dispensation.
Stricken janitor Uncle Wat Wilkes, longtime courthouse employee in Conemaugh, suffered a paralysis stroke Wednesday and is reported very low. He is a beloved and well known figure in the county and hopes for an early recovery abound.
Genuine old hickory walking sticks arrive priced at 75 cents each. R. W. H. Hamilton advertises at North Side Square.
Attention W. O. W. Prorter Camp No. 495 announces the unveiling of Soy J. P. Ewing's monument in Graham's Chapel cemetery at 2 30 p m Sunday afternoon December 7 1913 all camps in Comanche county invited to attend Fraternally yours FE M Stone Clerk
School was dismissed Wednesday and will not resume until Monday to allow teachers to attend the state convention in Dallas. The move gives staff time to participate in the event and return ready for classes.
Notice states Bob Moore will join the mechanical department of Chief Exponent stock purchase began Dec 1 and asks old friends and customers for patronage. He promises first-class work prompt service and reasonable prices and thanks readers.
Hamilton announces a cost selling event featuring jewelry watches cut glass and related items. Snag discounted pieces across this limited sale with broad selection and savings opportunities.
The Comanche Publishing Company states it has employed Bob Moore, formerly of Dragon Printery, a respected mechanic, who will join after December 1. Moore has bought stock in the company and seeks continued patronage from friends and former customers.
A compact look at how advertising pages once reflected culture and commerce, framing consumer desires and local life. The piece notes the crafted rhetoric and imagery used to sell goods, services, and events, illustrating the ads were a literary mirror of their era.
A decade of change in Texas prompts a call for persistent community effort. Emphasizing permanent development, better roads and schools, improved farming methods, and self reliance, the piece warns against short term fixes and floods of water harming highways.
A Northwest Comanche county prospecting plea argues gas shows at 88 feet in Sipe Springs indicate oil potential. It cites coal strata, oil in nearby wells, and Moran and Treckham oil finds. The writer urges organizing a local company to drill one or two wells with community support and limited risk.
The December 13 issue promises a rich Christmas edition with stories thoughts and suggestions. Contents include A Colonial Christmas I am Going Home for Christmas A Christmas Reverie Uncle Sam and Santa Claus Simple Christmas Gifts Christmas in Old Mexico Christmas Stories for Children Bob's Holiday Adventure A New Year's Eve Prisoner and Christmas Suggestions for the Home Marketing for the Christmas Dinner Christmas Sweetmeats.
The W. B. Payne residence was struck by lightning Thursday morning during a thunder storm. A large hole torn in the roof and damage traced to the stove pipe as the bolt descended. Family members inside were badly shocked, the stove appearing as a ball of fire, with no other damage reported.
The department warns cotton seed mills to stop agreements with gins that fix cottonseed prices. About 13 to 15 mills claim exemption from prior rulings. Circulars were sent to 224 mills and 115 to 150 have already complied, with a test case expected soon.
A rumor of an imminent public hanging in Oklahoma City proves false as reporters learn the governor has no death sentence in prospect. The true event is decorative curtains being hung in the governor’s office, tied to the staff’s efforts to brighten the workspace. The exchange reveals media curiosity and overinterpretation.
Dublin Texas November 20 the Dublin Baptist congregation awards a contract for a brick church costing thirty thousand dollars. The new building will be seventy by ninety feet with four entrances. A basement houses 25 Sunday school rooms and an auditorium for four hundred. the main sanctuary will seat eight hundred. Stone trim will accent the brick exterior.
A primary teacher asks students to define words aloud during a spelling lesson. Johnny volunteers to define lunch and quips that lunch is what you have for dinner when your father is away, provoking quiet but amused classroom response.
Hilton Burks of Comanche spoke at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show banquet hosted by the Fort Worth Jobbers and Manufacturers Association. He recalled driving cattle here 28 years ago and urged farmers’ education on silos while urging merchants to market farm produce locally and praising The Fort Worth Record.
Ft Worth Tex Nov 28 C French assistant secretary of the Fort Worth Stock Yards Co asked the Cattle Raisers Association of Texas to send Sam Mathews to Washington as guest of the association. Money to send two other club members is being raised and nearly 300 dollars had been raised by noon. The Baby Beef Club boys with Congressman Oscar Callaway will visit President Wilson to spur government support for expanding the program in Texas and the South.
The Boys' Corn Clubs of Dublin held its annual corn demonstration with prizes for the best ten ears of corn funded by local business men. Prizes for turnips were also offered by a local firm, drawing many entries of four to seven pound turnips and a strong community turnout.
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