County Institute Brings 200 Teachers to Comanche
Over two hundred teachers from Comanche County gathered in Comanche this week for the county institute. Sessions covered practical classroom work, parental involvement, and plans for an upcoming state educational survey. Speakers included Rev. John R. Morris, Supt. R. YD. Green, and Mayor J. K. Manes.
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Comanche
County Institute
Comanche County
John R. Morris
R. YD. Green
Abilene
John T. Conn
State Department of Education
J. L. Qwen
Gustine
J. W. Luker
J.D. Smoot
J. KR. Manes
L. D. Cross
Brownwood
St Matthew’s Church Services Sunday by Rev Power LED
Sunday services at St Matthew’s Church conducted by the Rev John Power led morning and evening worship. Parish outlines schedule and sermon themes for the day.
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St. Matthew's Church
John Power
Addresses Given at County Institute Reported This Week
The Chief presents excerpts from talks at the County teachers' institute on topics of general educational interest. Some addresses and reports could not be included this week due to time or unavailable material and will appear in next week's issue.
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County Teachers’ Institute
Sidney Baptist Church Profits From Cotton Crop
Members of the Sidney Baptist church hired 26 acres, planted and cultivated cotton themselves. An army of members plowed and hoed the crop, which is expected to yield eight to ten bales and add substantial funds to the church treasury.
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Sidney Baptist Church
Bryan
Comanche Baptist Association Plans 50th Session at Vandyke
The Comanche Baptist Association in Sidney last week voted to meet next year at Vandyke, the place of its organization forty nine years ago. The group will celebrate its fiftieth anniversary by meeting at that locale.
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Comanche Baptist Association
Sidney
Vandyke
Cotton Reaches 25 Cents Here with 350 Bales Reported
Public Weigher C F Denny closed the yard after a day of cotton receipts totaling 350 bales to date. Prices rallied to 25 cents per pound, the first time this season.
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C. F. Denny
Comanche County Tax Renditions Hit $14.96 Million
The tax rolls for Comanche County total $14,955,801, surpassing earlier estimates of $14.5 million. Tax Collector Edmondson will present the completed rolls to the commissioners court for approval and then forward them to the state comptroller in Austin.
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Comanche County
Edmondson
Commissioners Court
Comptroller
Austin
Music Memory Contest Returns This Year
The music committee of the Parent Teacher Association decided to conduct the music memory contest again this year at its last Thursday meeting. Full details will be announced in due time.
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Parent Teacher Association
President Appeals To Aid Japan Relief
President Coolidge urged the American people to donate to Japan relief. The American Red Cross was named to receive funds, and the White House indicated executive relief efforts would accompany public gifts. The Red Cross began with a $100,000 contribution and set aside $10,000 for Americans in the disaster zone.
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Japan
Washington
Coolidge
American Red Cross
American National Red Cross
Red Cross
Robert L. Murt Dead at 42 in Sidney Community
Robert L. Murt died at his home seven miles northwest of Comanche in the Sidney community. He was 42 years old and is survived by his wife and several children.
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Robert L. Murt
Comanche
Sidney
Yellow fever panic, subsidies, and political notes in 1873
The Galveston News reports Shreveport yellow fever alarms causing unease and flight plans. A petition seeks a £250,000 subsidy to the San Antonio Railroad if completed to San Antonio on time. delays would forfeit the subsidy plus $50,000. The Democratic State Convention names M D K Taylor as temporary chairman and W B Sayers as secretary. Comanche Chief debuts with Geraldo A Beeman as editor and proprietor. Houston quarantine and Dallas measures highlight regional fear and railway controls.
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San Antonio
House of Representatives
Austin
M. D. K. Taylor
W. B. Sayers
Hoff and Luker Named to Lead Comanche County Fair Preparations
The Comanche County Fair executive committee appointed J. P. Hoff and J. W. Luker to direct all fair work. Hoff will supervise daily as demonstration agent and Luker will assist as co worker for two months. They will coordinate with all committees and teachers across the county for the November 1 2 3 event.
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Hoff
Luker
Comanche County
J. P. Hoff
J. W. Luker
Suc
Agnes Graham Returns From Korean Mission Field
Miss Agnes Graham arrives home from Korea where she served as a missionary since 1912. She left July 20 and landed August 1 in Seattle after a northern Pacific crossing. In Songde she designed and helped raise funds for a stone evangelistic center with clinic hospital schoolroom and domestic science facilities unique in Korea.
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Agnes Graham
Korea
Miss Graham
Pacific
Seattle
St. Louis
Songde
Agnes
America
Go to Church Day Planned in Comanche
Sunday, September 16, Comanche marks Go-to-Church Day across all city churches. Officials aim for the largest possible attendance since it follows the opening of the schools and encourages community participation.
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Comanche
Two Popular Comanche Youths Enter Bank Service
Asa Ward and Hollis Burton, Comanche high school graduates held in high regard by classmates, have joined Comanche National Bank. Ward, son of T. A. Ward of Sidney country, and Burton, son of Neely Burton of Newburg, come from long established Comanche county families.
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Nat
Ward
Comanche County
T. A. Ward
Sidney Country
Burton
Neely Burton
Newburg
Dreams of Yesterday and a Tomorrow Yet to Come
A poem reflects on yesterday as a faded golden morning among flowers. The speaker compares past desires with future visions of rainbow castles and wealth, noting that beauty remains in the heart where dreams endure despite shifting promises. The verse ends with a nibbling note on longing and memory.
Opening Monday Morning At Comanche Schools
School will reopen Monday September 10 inviting all residents of Comanche and nearby areas. Superintendent J K B Layne urges students to choose demanding courses and apply themselves. notes 52 percent of Comanche high school graduates pursued higher learning in ten years. Public exercises at 9 a m followed by start of regular classes.
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Studen
Comache
Int Og
Comanche High School
J. KB. Layne
Miss Otha Miller Joins City School Faculty
Miss Otha Miller was elected to the Comanche city schools faculty this week to replace Mrs N W Storey who resigns to teach at Howard Payne College. Miller will teach in the East Ward School.
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Otha Miller
Tha Miller
N. W. Storey
Howard Payne College
Miss Miller
East Ward
Ranch for Sale Near Priddy on Goldthwaite Road
Fourteen hundred acres described as 75 acres cultivated and 200 acres of fine black land. Includes a four room house and a windmill water well. J R Fanes & Co lists the property, accepting small farms or cash payment.
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Priddy
Goldthwaite Road
J. R. Fanes & Co
Fine pears received from California
Mrs. J. H. Renick received this week a box of very fine California pears from her sister Mrs. Lucy Brown and sent the Chief a sample. Mrs. Brown, formerly of Texas, now living in California, has roots in Burnet county.
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J. H. Renick
California
Lucy Brown
Brown
Texas
Burnet County
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Buck Jones
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