Rural Comanche County Rural School Report Summary
County Superintendent W D Jenkins reports 1913 14 rural and town schools in Comanche County total enrollment 5 176 males 3 368 females 1 808 with 1 319 males promoted and 623 females promoted. Corporal punishment declined to 170, suspensions 9, blasphemy 623. Bond taxes 28 valid elections 28, consolidations 8 reducing schools from 80 to 72. Average teacher salaries rise to 68 10 for males and 48 10 for females. 80 schools taught, 45 one teacher 32 two teacher 3 three teacher. Rural scholastics total 4 ? with 2 233 Sunday school attendees. Demonstrates declines in tobacco use and blasphemy, increases in Christian affiliation and attendance. Per note, 9 independent districts over 150 pupils. 17 rural schoolhouses good 40 fair 23 poor. 5 new wood buildings 1 brick. Endorses parental involvement and district improvement.
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Amiron Oy
Comanche County
W. D. Jen
Jenkins
Divisedoho
ST of Sd
Ae Ee
Os Caiccy
Presley
Primitive Baptists
Bagley
Andrew
Pounds
Soda Springs
Gap
Newburg
Bryson
Brysonville
Amity
Pleasant Valley
Suez
Live Oak Grove
Union Grove
Walnut
W. D. Jenkins, Co
Oil Gusher at Moran Starts Local Jubilee
Moran Texas residents gathered for an informal jubilee after a gusher was struck two miles west of town. The well, at 2,500 feet depth, gushed twenty feet above the derrick and continued flowing. It is owned by the Producers' Oil Company and may yield 300 to 400 barrels daily, marking the first substantial oil payoff in the field after years of gas finds.
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Moran
Tex
Boys Defeat Howard Payne 7 to 0 on Local Field
Howard Payne College Brownwood lost to Texas Christian University Fort Worth 7 to 0 on the local field in Brownwood last Saturday afternoon October 25th. A large crowd from Howard Payne and Daniel Baker Colleges watched the heated contest. Lineup lists Churchill captain Griffin left end Maedgon Tankersly.
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Howard Payne College of Brownwood
Texas Christian University of Fort Worth
Brownwood
Howard Payne
Daniel Baker
T.C. U. Churchill
Griffin
Quiet Home Wedding Unites Gamble and Switzer
Mr Addison Gamble and Miss Nellie Switzer were married at the bride’s mother home on Sunday October 19. Rev W T Jones of the Methodist church performed the ceremony. The couple will reside in Brownwood where the groom has employment. Both are well regarded with many friends.
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Addison Gamble
Nellie Switzer
W. T. Jones
Methodist Church
Brownwood
Marriage of W. Phillips and Varah Culwell in Macedonia
W. Phillips of Sidney and Varah Culwell of the Macedonia community were united in marriage at the bride's parents home on October 19 at 4 30 p m Rev J C Watkins officiating A large crowd witnessed the ceremony and the couple received best wishes for a calm and successful life together Music by friends of the bride highlighted the event The groom is well known in his country and the bride is a popular Macedonian resident The X Ray joins friends in extending happiness and success
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W. ©. Phillips
Sidney
Comanche County
Varah Culwell
Macedonia
J. C. Watkins
X-Ray
Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsed by Comanche Resident
A Comanche resident H. J. R. Gille testifies that Doan's Kidney Pills relieved dull backaches nervousness languor and low mood after using the product. He urges others to use the same kidney remedy and notes price and availability from Foster Milburn Company Buffalo NY.
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Dean
Comanche
H. J. R. Gille
Doan
Gille
Foster-Milburn Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Frisco Agent Notes Light Fair Travel This Year
Agent Jessup from Frisco reports the Texas State Fair travel from this section is unusually light for the year. He attributes the dip to short crops and the general lack of money.
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Jessup
Frisco
Scotch Woolen Tailors Offer Suit Dyeing to Save Money
An advertisement proclaims ad reading helps a housewife cut costs and suggests applying the idea to oneself with Scotch Woolen Tailors dyeing an old suit.
Charlie Weber Hurt in Oil Mill Accident
News from New Braunfels reports Charlie Weber seriously hurt in an oil mill accident last Monday. Weber recently left here to work as a linterman at the New Braunfels mill after years with the local plant, and friends here hope for his speedy recovery.
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Charlie Weber
New Braunfels
Weber
Linterman
Blind students pursue law study at University of Texas
Five blind boys study law at the University of Texas with lessons read by a sighted classmate. All attended the state institution for the blind. F. J. Dohman, a blind UT graduate, now teaches mathematics at Harvard University.
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University of Texas
State Institution For the Blind
F. J. Dohman
Harvard University
Port Lavaca
Comanche Indians Ready for Brownwood Gridiron Clash
The C. H. 8. football team heads to Brownwood Saturday to play the local high school on the gridiron. A strong rivalry exists and the Comanches expect to win. They travel with a large delegation of supporters by Frisco train and by auto.
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Brownwood
The Money Monarch Threat in Jeffersonian Editorial
Thomas E. Watson warns that the Glass Owens bill births an absolute money monarch more tyrannical than historic rulers. He claims unlimited corporate power will control railroads, banks, mines, and industry, corrupt public life, and threaten political, commercial, and social death.
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India
Thomas E. Watson
LIV-VER-LAX Ad From Wm. Reese Drug Co. Promises Relief
An advertisement promotes LIV-VER-LAX from Wm. Reese Drug Co. as a laxative solution. The copy frames a wider market competition among merchants and urges readers to follow ads for trade angles and profits.
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Wm. Reese Drug Co
Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic Promoted as General Tonic
An old advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a universal tonic to combat fever, debility, loss of appetite, and biliousness. It claims to restore vigor, aid pale children, and act as a liver stimulant, with guarantees from pharmacists.
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Grove
Seoul
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Baxter's
Baxter
OFICO
East Side Square
Baxter Brothers
Comanche, Texas
Howard Payne College
Maedgon
Kinney
Es Bivins
Tacle R. Penn Waggoner
Shelton
Reeder
Clark
Ewesneses Freeman
Tone
Fox
C. Penn
Sturdivant
Mitchell
Shelburne
Trgo Cue
Brownwood High
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