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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
8
The editor thanks readers for last week's sixteen page issue and invites reports of any news. The paper emphasizes publishing only real news, requests early material, and explains the printing and mailing process as a public service.
The Sidney community held a highly successful county fair on Saturday October 2 with large crowds from nearby areas. Judges awarded numerous prizes across field crops fruit and vegetables poultry sewing and crafts, with top awards going to C J Graham Ned Donsho Melvin Guthrie Mrs C A Chastain and others.
The text promotes Borcezone as a liquid and powder healing preparation that purports to purify wound germs and accelerate flesh healing. It sells liquid at 30¢, 60e, $1.20 and powder at 80c and 60e, sold by Paris Smith in Arkansas Apples at Storey Building North Side square, with John H. Harris listed.
The Sunday school Rally Day drew strong attendance with several visitors and two new classes for intermediate boys and senior girls. A Communion Service had many worshippers including visitors, and revival planning emphasized prayer and fruitful hearing. Reverend Bruce Boney of Cisco will assist on October 17 as revival begins, with daily afternoon bells and secret prayer. Tom Carnes notes town pecans from clusters of six to eight nuts, calling this year’s crop the largest he has seen.
A small man disputes a tenable mistaken £30 change at a ticket window. The clerk rejects rectification citing company rules as the man pleads for help. In the crowd the man realizes his loss while the clerk remains unmoved.
The Moabite stone found at Chiban in 1868 offers an early inscription in the Phoenician alphabet with language closely related to Hebrew. The decipherment, aided by Gamneau and scholars from France Germany and Britain, parallels Hammurabi’s cuneiform code discovered in 1902. Cuneiform, likely invented by early Accadians about 6,000 years ago, was impressed by Babylonians Syrians and others on diverse materials.
An Englishman and an American argue over which country uses the queerest expressions. The Englishman cites a phrase heard from a colored man about rain. The same man later clarifies that he only repeated what the host had told him the phrase meant.
The government's master timekeeper at the Bureau of Standards in Washington runs in an airtight chamber with a variation of only two one hundredths of a second per day. It is electrically wound twice a minute and can send second signals through the bureau. Daily, its time is compared to the Navy Observatory noon signals set by solar observations.
A Springfield Union mother recalls her youngsters finding diverse items on a country road. The boy returns with an ice pick a jar of candy a cream bottle a gallon of maple syrup a nail clipper eyeglasses and a necktie, all items she had advertised for days.
The sole witness, The Wreck Pierre, testified about a Canadian railway wreck. He described the event in a rambling, regional dialect, noting the train came down the track bent and then struck other cars, causing a severe collision.
A neighbor woman is quoted saying an insulting line about another, overheard yesterday. The remark targets the other person’s ability to manage finances in a manner described as harsh and mean. The Ohio Suite Journal records the overheard exchange as a pointed social jab.
Baylor University with new coach Morley Jennings hosts three Saturday games at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco Texas. Howard Payne travels first for a test against the Bears while A M and Dallas foes prepare to meet the Aggies in a second clash and Texas meets Baylor in the finale. The paper notes Jennings plans an aerial attack and contrasts it with prior defenses under Bridges and the Aggies under Bible.
J. W. Bennett and Mrs. Bennett of Alamogordo New Mexico and Mrs. West Moore of Carrizo Springs are visiting sister Mrs. D. Dingwall. Sam White leaves for Germany for tonsil surgery. Sheriff Gilbreath attends court in Hamilton. George E. Smith travels to Austin on legal matters. Several residents from Dallas, Rising Star, Coleman and other towns visit Comanche for business and social reasons. Pear exhibit noted at Chief office. Comanche county praised for fruit potential.
At the Christian Church Sunday there will be Sunday school and morning preaching at usual hours. The evening service features Miss Ruth Musgrave of Waxahachie, a furlough missionary in Africa, described as an excellent young woman with a worthwhile message. Everyone is invited to hear her.
EIM Grove hosts a well attended Sunday school. Families and neighbors including Woolsey, Norwood, Chandler, Hurt, Binnham, Payne, and Ferris shared meals and visits. Bro. McWarter of Maytown will preach here next Saturday night and Sunday with all invited.
Christian education changes desires more than law. The Pencil Pusher visits a wealthy small town with rough streets and a poorly kept cemetery highlighting civic pride. He notes many in sanitariums and urges praise over blame and honesty about one’s bread.
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