Hem-stitched Ladies Handkerchiefs Cut to Three for a Dime
An advertisement offers hem-stitched ladies handkerchiefs once 10 cents each now selling at three for a dime continuing the sale price today.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1913
Page
6
An advertisement offers hem-stitched ladies handkerchiefs once 10 cents each now selling at three for a dime continuing the sale price today.
Mae 5, Vl tf. Sgnes Sson in Gas ch Bis Popular Lectures. H. V. Adams appears a preacher and a lawyer in speech and habit. He quit lawyering, yet preaches weekly, engaging audiences with humor and optimism. The Midland Bureau found him a five year contract after initial skepticism.
J E Lynn, Frisco railway local agent for seven years in Comanche, has been transferred and checked out last Friday. Jesse Jessup, formerly Fort Worth freight agent, succeeds him. Lynn and family leave with many friends hoping the move pleases them. Jessups are highly recommended and urged to be warmly welcomed in business and social circles.
Brownwood Oil Gas Company drills near Bangs and reports four hundred feet depth with two shallow oil strata and some gas. D F Johnson says success expected within about two weeks as tools and machinery are ready and driller Joe Pippin continues work.
Comanche business men and farmers plan October 21 and 22 road work using county machinery to improve a key route to De Leon. The effort, supported by the Commissioners Court and local chambers, aims to boost trade, market access, and regional prosperity with an intense, organized labor push.
The article describes a heavy rapid fire rifle carried by one man weighing around thirty pounds. It fires a thirty-shot clip in two and a quarter seconds, about six hundred rounds per minute, with bullets traveling over three miles and capable of penetrating forty eight inches of pine at three hundred feet. Experiments show hit rates of forty to eighty percent, leading to an estimated value equivalent to 250 troops in battle.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.