Comanche Chief Remembers War Era and Local History
The Comanche Chief recounts wartime appeals and local notices from 1942 to 1943, including Roosevelt quotes, business advisories, tax shifts in Texas, Army camp impacts, a county officer consolidation proposal, and a feature on a new county history by Mrs. Eulalia Nabers Wells titled Blazing Vey. It notes labor pooling for cotton, scrap metal drives, veteran leaving speeches, and community prayer thoughts amid the era's turmoil.
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Comanche County
Eulalia Nabers Wells
Visitor family trip to Colorado City noted
Mr. and Mrs. Inter Creek and son Danny spent part of last week visiting Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Creek and family of Colorado City.
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Inter Creek
Danny
J. L. Creek
Colorado City
Ingratitude by Rev Gordon Barrett sermon note
The sermon cites Paul’s description of modern vices in Second Timothy and compares ingratitude to Shakespeare’s King Lear. The preacher urges facing moral decay now rather than later, drawing on biblical and literary examples to warn against unthankful behavior.
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Gordon Barrett
Paul
Do Not Doubt or Flatter For Faith in Christ’s Intercession
A devotional reflection urges loyalty to Christ as attorney before God, citing Luke's rich farmer and the certainty of judgement. It emphasizes eternal life through Jesus, warns against sin and blindness, and ends with a poem about fate and time. The piece frames religious hope and personal accountability in a traditional sermon tone.
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Jesus
God
Christ
George McKinzie Returns Monday From Hospital
George C. McKinzie, manager of the Farmers Produce and Cheese Company, has returned home from Brownwood hospital after four weeks. Doctors report the typhus fever illness is improved though he will remain bedridden for several days.
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George C. McKinzie
Farmers Produce & Cheese Company
Brownwood Hospital
Mr. McKinzie
Walter M. Cox Dies in Colorado at 87
Walter M. Cox, brother of Claude Cox of Comanche, died in a Pueblo, Colorado hospital September 14 after a long illness. Burial was in a Pueblo cemetery. He was born near Lake Charles, Louisiana, on May 25, 1855, moved to Smith County, Texas in 1869, to Comanche County in 1876, and left the area about 46 years ago. He was married in 1872 in Smith County to Mattie Pendergrass.
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Walter M. Cox
Claude Cox
Comanche
Comancheounty
Pueblo, Colorado
Pueblo
Mr. Cox
Lake Charles
Louisiana
Smith County
Texas
Comanche County
Mattie Pendergrass
Benton Layman Back From Huntsville
Benton Layman, once serving a life sentence in the Texas Penitentiary, returned home to complete six months on a year reprieve. He had eight years served before reprieve and 414 months since recall. The Brownwood case ended with dismissal after testimony that Layman loaned his car to two youths and liquor was found after their return.
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Benton Layman
Texas
Layman
State Highway Department
Brownwood
Comanche Visitor From Goldthwaite Spotted Last Week
Herman Reynolds of Goldthwaite was seen visiting Comanche territory last week as locals noted his presence among residents and guests.
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Herman Reynolds
Goldthwaite
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President Roosevelt
Paul Neel
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Lamkin
United Nations
Coryell County
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U.S.A
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Robstown
Victoria
Huntsville
East Texas
F. L. Little
Camp Bowie
Hitler
Sterling City Record
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Cornche County
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Secretary of Navy
Maox
Legion
Joseph Grew
Japan
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Mount Pleasant
Roosevelt
Virgil Pinkley
United Press
Dallas Lions Club
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Dallas Public Schools
Menard
Paul Tyson
Waco
Dallas
Robert Quillen
Rationing Board
Dr. Stine
Rufus Higgs
Stephenville
Clark Gable
Hunt County
Panhandle
Usays
The
Brownwood Banner
Brown County
Methodist Bulletin
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Zebedee
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Nero
Alphaeus
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Matthias
Matthew
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Thaddeus
Philip
Judas
John
Jesus Christ
Shakespeare
King Lear
Beau
Rayon
AY Portis
New York
Park Avenue
Bay
Sige
George McKinzie
Colorado
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