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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1921
Page
4
A city editor urges residents to back a new public park with shade trees a swimming pool benches and a bandstand. The plan envisions civic groups and local businesses supporting a two cent per hundred tax to fund the park and ongoing maintenance, creating a gathering place for summers and future generations.
The text asserts Governor Neff preserved funding for the University of Texas and Texas A and M College, denying any cuts. It contrasts this with a Dallas News article that claims a new Germany treaty mirrors Versailles and the League, arguing the U S would surrender sovereignty whereas the new treaty preserves it.
The passage argues that government must secure individual rights and restrain the mob. It asserts the chief aim is to protect citizens and states, punish trespassers, and avoid laws that violate rights. It warns majority rule can erode liberty and emphasizes Christian minority status in society.
Phoebe K Warner urges citizens to support a strong start for entering students next week. Parents and teachers share a duty to foster high ideals, inspire effort, and ensure a successful school term through genuine interest and community backing.
The Fort Worth figure Clarence Ousley enters the Texas senate race. Once editor of the Fort Worth Record he later served in state and national agricultural posts. The editorial notes his Democratic roots and questions his current views. Other candidates include B Colquitt, Robert L. Henry, Earle B. Mayfield, Culberson allies, and Wilson followers with a focus on state rights and federal power. The article urges voters to weigh each candidate for duties in taxation and war decisions.
Reports describe 30,000 to 50,000 refugees near Samara living in deserted buildings and tents as famine and disease devastate the region. Hunger, typhus, and cholera kill hundreds while hospitals lack beds and medicine. Mothers kill or threaten to kill starving children amid bleak conditions near Semayenkena.
A columnist challenges the A and M College to name graduates working on Texas farms, arguing state money supports education, bulletins, and demonstrators. The piece urges accountability to taxpayers and notes global conflicts and troops in West Virginia for context.
Mrs. 8 L Odell hosted the As You Like It Bridge club with guests including Mesdames Henry Moore Charles Gray Chuck McCollum Harry Boynton and Miss Glenneth Kearby. Jack Moore won high club score and Gray top visitor score, prizes a clasp, salad served.
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