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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1938
Page
2
The Comanche Chief notes subscription prices and observes fall as a time to consider schools. It cites the Comanche district employing 30 teachers and several staff, costing thousands yearly to run. An education official says few women over 35 teach, and few men over 35 move to new teaching roles.
An old Comanche column surveys teacher contracts and payroll concerns, noting high turnover risk when better or cheaper candidates surface before school starts. It also recalls local political shifts with sheriff Mont Thomas and County Commissioner Sam Clark, plus town retail tricks and light fall entertainment.
The issue covers post election reflections on winners and losers, notes bond plans for Brownwood schools, labor day observations, and local anecdotes. It mentions Coke Stevenson’s campaign after nomination, 30,000 bale cotton in Runnels County, and a 27 foot diameter meteorite crater near Menard drawing crowds.
A rancher recalls a brilliant red and blue meteor that lit the sky, thundered nearby, then exploded and left a burned hole in the ground. He rode to the landing site at 3 a.m. and found scorched grass and a 23 feet long mark in the soil.
Wellington Leader lists seven great errors of man from a recent writer. They include worrying about unchangeable events, insisting on impossible goals, clinging to trivial preferences, neglecting reading, trying to force others to share beliefs, and failing to save money. The piece suggests self reflection against this diagnosis.
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