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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1938
Page
2
The Comanche Chief lists subscription terms with publisher’s address at the Post Office Comanche as second class mail matter. Whecription price set at 1.00 dollars per year in Comanche and adjoining counties Elsewhere 1.56 dollars.
A dense column discusses weather opinions and local topics from Comanche Texas. It notes farmer desires for rain or sun, school staffing views, Ex Presidents in politics, tax critique, the Texas State Fair events, a dueling oath amendment, and family size impacts on success, with local figures named in the discussion.
A collage of brief items notes social quirks and local happenings. Distinct mentions include a Burnet light plant vote results, Comanche and county ties, Dr. Ammons remarks on his wife, Hamilton Junior Chamber of Commerce, questions about church attendance, Sidney School terms and high school enrollment, and a livestock thieves concern linked to a local association. Bible verse closes the column.
Reminiscence notes Parker County’s legal names S W T Lanham Barton Hood James Wilson, famous early figures. Reflections ask if lawyers’ influence persists. Adds lighthearted lines about duck eggs advertising and plain humor from MeNard News.
The piece notes Houston and other Texas cities showing year over year gains. It cites a 4 percent rise this year over 1937 and mentions leaders seeking permanent presidents at the University of Texas Texas Tech and SMU. It also touches on marriage trends, compliments, uniforms, and a Sunday closing vote in Dublin.
A collage of light humorous items from The Somerville Tribune including a poet advertising gag about ads and value, jokes by L. F. Elkins from The Chief, a country town anecdote about a seventy four year old laborer, a gate punchline with St Peter and Satan, a colored man’s cash bill, a bearded joke exchange between operators, a birthday kiss joke, a milkman deferral note, and an anatomy pun about hand bones.
Personal notes list residents visiting relatives and traveling in Texas including Miss Margaret Vernon returning home to Comanche from California. Several couples and families travel to or from Comanche, Brownwood, Santa Anna, Haskell, Eureka Springs Arkansas, Fort Worth, Sherman, Breckenridge, Turnersville, and Denton area towns for hospital visits holidays and family events.
Sunday travels and weekend visits populate this roundup. Names include Mahon Isham Pate Gray Durham Dudley Skaggs Wrche Fischer Stark McCrary Anderson Evans Blaine Bryson and others, with stops in De Leon Brownwood Comanche Fort Worth Austin Mason San Saba Randolph Field and Iredell.
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