Demarchy In Action Prompts Telephone Rate Hearing
A Comanche crowd filled the district court room for a public hearing on a proposed telephone rate increase. The discussion centered on a 25 percent raise and the impact on residents already pinching pennies, with the chamber of commerce advocating cautious action and the company citing rising costs since 1936.
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Democracy In Action
Comanche
E. E. Jones
Comanche Chamber of Commerce
Telephone Company
Comanche Schools open with high turnout and varied enrollments
The Comanche school year opens with 697 on first day. High school enrolls 120. grammar 193. West Ward 995. East Ward 159. Faculty at the High School lists Holloway, Layne, Cunningham, Hooker, Rea. grammar principal Waggoner and staff. West and East Ward principals Robertson and Walker with several teachers. Tax roll shows total value of 11,633,487 across real estate, livestock, railroads, banks, autos, mercantile stock, and more.
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West Ward
East Ward
R. F. Holloway
J. Layne
Ola Cunningham
Gertie Hooker
Clara Rea
H. E. Waggoner
Ruth Long
Gertie Davis
Alma Robertson
Georgia Robertson
Ruby Grainger
Annabelle Wilcoxon
Lucille Hogan
Myrtle Paine
Ada Harvey
Amelia Scott
Cliff Walker
Mary Kemp
Maude Renie
Cordie Lindsey
Cleo Herring
John L. Peters
Austin
Jim Moody
Bud Bishop
Chas Cuthbertson
Burks Mercantile Company
Sartor's Dry Cleaners Ad Heads Local Linen Care
Expert dry cleaning service promoted as personalized care with Sartor's as the headquarters. The notice thanks patrons and promises to please customers through attentive service and quality tailoring.
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Sartor
Sartor’s Dry Cleaners
Hog rôlette and scale hog described in rural excerpt
A rural passage describes hogs and a coarse method of judging value by body parts. The “stove pipe hog” and the noted “scale hog” are used to decide if a hog is worth slaughter. The text mentions a household scene with a wife by the woodpile and a mule footed hog.
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Madill Oklahoma
O] Simmons
A. B. Queen
H. Birks
Harold Williams
San Antonio
Peacock Military Academy
T. J. Williams
Harry Boen
Effie Dodson
J. C. Pierce
Lovie Odell
J. W. Brewer
Winnifr
Carlton
J. P. Graham
J. J. Sledge
Arkansas
Spence
Scraping Scale a Fish and Kale Hogs Idle in Clapboard Era
Odd phrasing notes a period of idle work as Scraping Scale a fish and Kale hogs sit out, with Comangs not minding work for a spell before a chief arrives.
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Manche
Texas
J. & Wilkerson Edilor
W. S. Lawrence
Comanche Exchange
U. S
Sherman
Denton
Garland
Rural Cooperative Telephone Company
Eddie Wetzel
Houston
Eddie
Don
Lynn
Higginbotham
Como
Joe and
Fay
Nelson
Vesta Davis
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