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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 24, 1913
Page
4
A clea rnotice highlights a new collection from Schwab tailoring shops with modern styles and lengths including shawl collar and belt back effects. Shoppers are invited to choose from a handsome selection of overcoats in popular designs.
At Texas & Pacific station Mrs Mae Wright helps a black dressed woman with a baby girl claim the infant for adoption. The mother returns abruptly as the Frisco train departs, reclaiming the child in a hurried escape while bystanders react with surprise and sympathy.
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid Society notes the death of Mrs. T. R. Hill and passes resolutions praising her memory. They pledge ongoing friendship to her children, print the resolutions in newspapers, and send copies to her family, to be recorded in the secretary’s book.
Comanche seeks free village delivery with crosswalks and proper street names. Dawkins and Postmaster Sullivan discuss a sixty day extension while street lights and a local tax plan await funding after January 1, 1914.
Former Baylor County Sheriff A L Board was shot and killed. T J Bruce, the slayer, was killed and Sheriff W R Ellis fatally wounded. Constable Ben Bickers escaped unharmed. The feud stems from a decade-old killing of Bruce's brother and a bank office confrontation in Seymour.
An announcement urges farmers to bring seed cotton to the Farmers' gin where the dealer promises the highest market price for their top quality seed cotton.
Pastor Geo W. Sheafor invites all to attend sermons discussing the age of human government from Noah to Abraham, questions on pyramids, wisdom of ancient men, the rainbow’s meaning, capital punishment, language origins, and human races.
The local lodge announces a monthly Entertain ment Night on the fifth Thursday in October. On October 30 the program features Dr. P H Chilton speaking on The Obligation of a Knight of Pythias and The Purposes of the Order with Callaway What I Have Done for Phythianism and What Phythianism Has Done for Me with Prof R F Holloway. All members are urged to attend.
Albert Wilson chairs a community sing at Blanket Baptist Church expecting a large turnout from Comanche County. All residents are invited to attend bring song books and join in.
Cleaning and pressing, that's our business. Scated Woolen Tailors states expertise in fabric care and garment finishing, emphasizing careful methods and knowledgeable service for customers.
Gille, a local tailor, advertises cleaning and pressing services for winter suits. He promotes careful handling and quick turnaround for customers seeking crisp, pressed garments.
The Epworth League outlines its Sunday program with Miss Eulalia Nabers leading and topics on China. Lee Elkins and Miss Gladys Rowden present on resistance and yielding in China, while Miss Alice Alsup asks if China should be Christianized.
The two Fort Worth newspapers will publish jointly at a rate of $1.75 per year. The arrangement covers both papers and signals a combined edition for subscribers.
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