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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1914
Page
4
Advert reads bulk sale of heavy blue overalls at one dollar per pair. Mentions Cerianti and Fleeceland Kimona Goods with neat patterns and multiple colors. Includes scattered catalog-like terms and unclear references to locations and vendors.
The Chicago Glee Club performed a six-number program to a large audience on Friday night. The act included clever impersonations and Riley poems with strong vocal harmony and a fourteen-year lyceum pedigree. Professor Holloway opened with a brief address.
Mrs. E. H. Jones and daughter Miss Ethel visited relatives in Comanche on Tuesday. Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Smith from Comanche called on Mrs. F. I. Little on Sunday.
Prosperity of Texas reports the State Fair of Texas opens October 17 and runs to November 1 with record entries. W. H. Stratton, secretary, says the event will be the best and biggest yet, drawing widespread interest and visitors from across the country. The agricultural building features expansive booths and cash prizes for cotton, corn, and other farm displays.
Busy weekend notes from Bryson School House as Mr. Jack visits home folks. R F Carter and wife visit Mr Thompson. Willis Crocket and sister visit friends in Proctor. A candy drawing and entertainment hosted by Miss Tavis McKinzie. Gap and Harmony youths meet and sing with Miss Edith Brown.
Mrs Oscar Callaway and her nephew Sloane Reipp stay at the ranch to repair the house. Misses Mattie Duncan Artie Rushing and Delbert Couch attend Harmony singing. Alfred McKinzie heads to Fisher county. Tron Williford goes cotton picking in the west. Calvin Duncan with wife visit Clarence and Eva Gore. Ola Stephens Myrtle Tupin Ellen Lizzie Tyson attend Harmony singing. G W MecKinzie and Mrs visit Rip Huggins. Mrs J R Rushing returns from visit with daughter Mrs E Wallace of Sid.
Joe Gaines returns home after a week with his son Ed in Austin. Willlie and Burnh Rambo go to Throckmorton to pick cotton while Bass Stephens and Virgil Graham travel to Maskell county for weeks of cotton picking. Warner Currier heads to Coleman county. Turner Laker shares a furrow with relatives and visits A. L. Graham. Blair Ewing from Graham Chapel attends prayer meeting. Mrs Dessie Stephens visits Mercer Creek. Harrison Luker welcomes a baby boy. Bessie Addie Irma Dora visit Effert Churchwell. Grandma Russell from Limestone County visits C. W. Holden. Regular meeting day and invitation to attend with others.
Rev. Clark of Comanche conducted a regular appointment at the Sidney Methodist church last Sunday and again Sunday evening. Local residents from Comanche and nearby areas visited relatives and attended gatherings including Miss Alice Hays, Miss Pearl Boyd, Miss Nabers, Miss Brightman, J. H. Stewart and family, W. P. Payne, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Camp and daughter Eunice, Willie Holland, Tommie Edge, and Miss Faye Bryson who was home from Comanche.
The State Fair of Texas Poultry Show runs October 17 to November 1 with a record entry of chickens ducks turkeys and pet stock. Secretary W H Stratton says the display will be the biggest and finest yet and the show is the South West’s most visited poultry event drawing farmers and fanciers from across the country.
The Texas Cotton Palace in Waco opens October 31 for sixteen days of displays in cotton, livestock, agriculture, crafts and machinery. The event features King Cotton with Beauty Queens, fashion shows, education exhibits, musical entertainment, a grand midway, carnival acts, and city pride as Waco showcases rapid progress and municipal improvements.
The Texas Cotton Palace in Waco opens October 31 and runs sixteen days through November 15 with over $100,000 in grounds and attractions. It showcases agriculture, horticulture, livestock, machinery, and arts, plus free entertainment, bands, parades, and expanded women’s departments, drawing audiences from across Texas.
The text announces a wide-ranging display designed to appeal to Texas women upon their visit to the Cotton Palace in Waco this fall.
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