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Comanche Chief

Location

Comanche, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1913

Page

6

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.

Notable H V Adams Combines Law and Preaching Roles

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.

H. V. Adams H. Vv. Adams Mr. Adams Adams Midland Bureau

Transfer of Station Agent at Comanche

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.

J. E. Lynn Frisco Comanche Mr. Jessup Fort Worth Lynn

Gas and Oil Found in Well Near Bangs

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.

Brownwood Oil Gas Company Bangs D. F. Johnson Joe Pippin Brownwood Bulletin

De Leon and Comanche Plan Wide Road Work Event

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.

Comanche Way Chamber of Commerce Gov. T Downing Commissioners’ Court Comane Comanche County Sutphin Comanche Chamber of Commerce DeLeon Free Press Comanche DeLeon Free Press

Engine of Destruction: New rapid fire rifle for war

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.

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