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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1932
Page
4
Howard Kilpatrick moved his motor shop from the northwest corner of the square to the George Smith Building on the south side. He runs a top and body shop linked to saddle and harness business and has operated a similar store in Comanche for more than twenty years.
Mrs. M. Edmondson and her daughters Mrs. EF. D. Cox and Miss Cree and son Bartlett Edmondson spent Sunday in Dublin.
Mr and Mrs Sam Miller of Brownfield visited Mr and Mrs E McGinty Sunday. Mr Miller the son of S P Miller left Comanche about 1900.
A memoir fragment recalls Old Comanche Texas from 1874 to 1880, detailing frontier life, desperado gangs, early hotels, and a vivid account of Friday Norris a drunkard whose daily routine and tragedy illustrate alcohol as a disease rather than sin. The narrative highlights diverse settlers and a cosmopolitan frontier crowd shaping the town’sopen range era before modern development.
Mrs William C Chilton visits her parents Mr and Mrs Larry Kittles at Ozona. Harvey Durham and John Kimble left Monday for a business trip to Los Angeles California. Mr and Mrs Otho Bowman of Brownwood spent the weekend in Comanche with her parents Mr and Mrs Joe Wagner. Mrs W W Sands and Miss Catherine Brown of Dallas spent the weekend in Comanche with Mr and Mrs Will Martin.
Personal notices list residents and visitors in Comanche including Mr. and Mrs. Gothard of San Angelo with Elms. McElroys of Baird with Rambo family. Guthrie Layne of Fort Worth with J. B. Layne family. various others from Brownwood, Loving, Norse, Quanah, Harrisburg, Waco, Dallas, and Atlanta visiting relatives or settling in.
Land transfers recorded for multiple parties in Sipe Springs DeLeon Comanche and nearby areas. G M Hutchins and J J Vaughan. J La Jay and J J Vaughan. R F Morgan to M T Mason. J M Grice to W C Brownine. W B Gagnon to Annie Stephens Floy Warnock and Lizzie Murphree. Other transfers include Mrs B J Pittman to Velma Sparks and Dora Bradshaw to Jennie Jones. Numerous tracts and sums noted with nominal amounts and love and affection clauses.
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