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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1954
Page
2
Comanche Taee a second class mail matter published every Friday since 1873. J WILKERSON editor and publisher. Subscription prices for Comanche County and rural routes adjacent counties two dollars per year elsewhere in Texas two dollars and fifty cents per year. Minimum subscription received one dollar.
In Comanche the Saturday city election for City Marshal drew 831 votes. The piece notes a short, low spending campaign with no hard feelings and highlights comparisons to statewide races, including Governor Shivers and Judge Yarborough campaigns and proposed constitutional salary increases.
The article chronicles Rev. Peter W. Gravis a pioneer Methodist preacher in Comanche and Stephenville Mission from 1865, his travels across seven counties, and his role as the first pastor to devote full time to the Comanche church. It notes his birth in 1828, Texas moves, ordination in 1855, and later life returning to Comanche in 1888. It mentions a Temple Harp hymn book given to Gus Meyers and the 1992 Comanche publication of Gravis Autobiography. It includes verses from the hymn book and a glimpse of local historical context.
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