Civic duty and tax delinquency in Texas article
The piece condemns tax delinquents among Texas citizens while calling out a Comanche Enterprise figure who, as State Warehouse Inspector and Star Telegram agent, owes back taxes. It laments high salaries funded by taxpayers and urges prompt payment despite sympathy for those unable to pay. It notes the October delinquent list and the individual's public roles.
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Texas
Neff
Star Telegram
Comanche
Ity
Comanche Enterprise editor-opinion on Chesley Jurney role
The Comanche Enterprise criticizes unpublicized officials praising Chesley Jurney, secretary to Senator Culberson, noting his long service since 1882, family roots in Texas, and loyalty during the Senator’s illness. It argues newspapers overlook such aides while lauding self styled political muddle and local improvements continue.
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Comanche Enterprie
Chesley Jurney
Culberson
Jurney
Senator
BR. L. Henry
Cotton Gains 35 Points on Tuesday
The government reported U S cotton bale production to September 25 at 32 838 006 bales with crop condition at 50 percent of normal. Yield projected at 139.2 pounds per acre for 10 135 000 bales, about 400 000 bales below early September estimates. The market rose 35 points Tuesday, failing to recover Saturday’s 65 point drop.
London Lord Mayor Declares America Won The War
Sir Walter Wakefield former Lord Mayor of London told an Orchestra Hall audience last night that America won the war. He cited America arriving with two and a half million men and credits General Pershing with moving 2,500,000 troops to Europe without a major incident.
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Chicago
America
Rudyerd Kippling
Horace Bottomley
Walter Wakefield
London
Orchestra Hell
Pershing
Europe
Wiete
Speming Session Planned by P T A Friday Afternoon
The P T A will hold its Speming session in the Grammar Sahoo on Friday October 13 from 2 to 5 PM. An event titled Ye old time school will be presented by Mrs H A and others. Everyone is invited to attend and join the P T A.
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Hiberson
Arthur
Franklin Cottage
Blaine
Lincoln
Cottag
Bliss
Chl
Col
Jiming
Carfield
Washington
U. S. Army
Navy
Capitol
Cleveland
Ohio
Lake View
President Garfield
Cayuga County
Houston Post
Wahappy Garfield
Garfield
Park Here Tack of the High School
The text describes a narrow street and a level travel space near a school building used for parking or passage. It mentions a pope, Mie Nant, and references passing vantota, indicating unclear or garbled OCR of a historical caption or notice.
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Lear
Vantota
Visiting Family Highlight at Dallas Longs Reunion
Emmett Long and his young daughter Emily Jane are visiting Mrs. Tv Geok of Dallas, sharing a family moment during their travels.
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Emmett Long
Emily Jane
Mrs. Tv, Geok
Dallas
Mattress Factory Reminder Prompts Mattress Swap
The notice urges customers to replace their old mattresses with new models from Atwood Bros mattress factory, highlighting a timely upgrade option and inviting action.
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Atwood Bros
Dallas Jury Hears Vice Rampant Says Judge Seay
Judge Seay told the grand jury to indict juveniles and others tied to vice noting perjury and false swearing are common in Dallas. He warned against factional strife while urging probes into morals along highways and in rooming houses where wild parties and liquor influence many school children.
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Dallas
Grand Jury
Seay
Herbine Tonic and Laxative Sale Announcement
To remove bilious impurities in the System and be made internally clean and healthy you need the fine tonic and laxative properties of Herbine. It acts quickly and thoroughly. Price 60c. Sold by S P Smith.
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S. P. Smith
For Sale Grand Acreage Near Comanche by Calaway
Oscar Calaway offers 475 acres eight miles southwest of Comanche plus 375 acres near Comanche with cultivation, water, wind mills, tanks, several five room houses, barns, and good pastures. Additional 14 acres in north Comanche with water and improvements. Willing to close quickly with attractive terms.
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Comanche
Plot to wreck trains near Fort Worth uncovered
Railroad officials report a deliberate rail unspiking aimed at wrecking two fast passenger trains near Fort Worth. A Rock Island wreck north of the city left an engine and 12 cars off the rails, injuring three crew members slightly. A Houston and Texas Central wreck south of Fort Worth occurred moments before a passenger run.
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Fort Worth
Rock Island
Houston
Texas Central
Southern Pacific
Dallas
Kowie
Rail wreck injures three men at dawn
Engineer W. M. Conway Otis L. Smith and Brakeman J. R. Pruitt were injured lightly when rails were unspiked on Peach Street area. Vice president H. P. Sewell said spikes on the outer last rail were removed and inner ones mostly intact. The 5:15 am Sunday wreck blocked a Rock Island northbound passenger train from Fort Worth to Chicago.
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W. M. Conway
Peach Street
Otis L. Smith
North Williams Street
J. R. Pruitt
H. P. Sewell
Rock Island
Fort Worth
Chicago
Mrs Cheatham and Gilmore Return After Visit
Mrs J R Cheatham of Beltom and Mrs Byron Gilmore of Copperas Cove have returned home after a week visit with their daughter and sister Mrs John Brightman.
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J. R. Cheatham
Beltom
Byron Gilmore
C ‘Opperas Cove
John Brightman
Nine civil service examinations at Comanche in November
Civil service exams will be held in Comanche on November 11 and 22 to fill a rural carrier vacancy at Gustine Texas. Applicants must apply at the Comanche post office.
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Comanche
Gustine
Texas
Prohibition Enforcement Becomes Growing National Industry
Federal Prohibition Commissioner Haynes seeks about ten million dollars for the next fiscal year to fund enforcement. He notes broad public support for dry laws but warns that enforcing prohibition is a large, growing industry that provides many well paid jobs and may require expanding the force rather than cutting it.
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Haynes
United States
Purebreds over Scrub livestock urged for progress
A Farm and Ranch article argues that purebreds outperform scrub stock in cattle, sheep, goats, hogs, and horses. It emphasizes selective breeding, scientific care, and feeding to achieve superior dairy, beef, and wool or mohair yields, warning that efforts to “breed up” from scrub stock waste time and money.
Illinois Legislature Debating Health Certificate Marriage Bill
The Illinois legislature plans to consider a bill next January to debar marriages unless both parties present perfect health certificates. The article questions why private affairs should be governed by law and suggests that increased education should lessen the need for statutory control, urging individual discretion over private practices.
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Illinois
Preachers and scandals censure. a varied moral tally
A survey notes repeated clergy scandals across states from Oklahoma to New Jersey. It also cites farm advice from Texas expert Peppert urging early boll weevil destruction to protect the 1923 cotton crop, with county agent Merwin urging coordinated action.
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Peppert
Extension Service
A. and M. College
C. Merwin
Bonus Looms as Big Issue for Legion at New Orleans
The American Legion faces a heated fight over a soldiers’ bonus at its New Orleans convention. National Commander Hanford MacNider leads anti bonus forces, while Col. Thomas W. Miller and other veterans push to sustain President Harding’s veto. Southern opposition centers on fears of bonuses for black ex soldiers affecting cotton and tobacco labor. The outcome could influence November elections.
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Legion
Washington
Hanford MacNider
New Orleans
Thomas W. Miller
Delaware
Harding
South
MacNider
Congress
Comanche Local Notes on Farms Schools and Garfield News
Local cotton shipments and peaches draw attention as 165 pupils prompt a new teacher. Baptist fundraiser raises 700 for a new church house. Election tallies show 219 votes in the University election and 1389 in the last general election. Messages from Brownwood detail President Garfield’s death and funeral plans with formal dispatches and tributes.
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The
Baptist Church
Williamson
Adler-i-ka Restores Appetite and Digestion for Comanche
A regional notice promotes Adler-i-ka claiming relief from stomach trouble and digestive ills. The ad asserts the product cleanses the upper and lower bowels, relieves gas and sour stomach, guards against appendicitis, and removes hidden poisonous matter, with a testimonial from a local woman.
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Hamilton Drug Co
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