Maiden Laments Weeks Amid Men Nearby
A faded thirty year old maid laments lack of romance and jokes about weeks while men mingle nearby, revealing social expectations and longing in a quiet, reflective scene.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1921
Page
8
Clifton Machine Shop Promises Quick Repair and Welding
The shop argues that customers value them only after breakdowns and highlights acetylene welding as superior. They claim parts from factories take weeks and are costly, while their in‑home foundry work saves time and money, restoring things to “as good as new.” They close with a confident, saleslike promise.
Hasty Conclusions In Faint Echoes Of Everyday Errors
An extended reflection warns against acting on first impressions. The speaker recalls vows broken, misjudgments with friends and rivals, and the personal losses from rushed decisions. The piece blends humor and moral urging to pause, reflect, and avoid snap judgments in life.
Clifton National Bank Authorized To Commence Banking
The Clifton National Bank in Clifton Texas is authorized to commence banking business by the Comptroller of the Currency John Skelton Williams after satisfactory evidence of compliance with federal banking statutes. The decision is dated February 11 1921 and bears the Comptroller’s seal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Clifton National Bank
Clifton
Bosque
Texas
United States
Jno. Skelton Williams
No woman ever got so sharp that she couldn't be flattered
A quip notes that wit and praise can charm any woman, suggesting humor as a universal tool of social interaction and flattery as a timeless social ritual. The line plays on sharpness as wit and the enduring appeal of compliments.
SIFTINGS FROM THE FARM AND RANCH
Digest of varied notes from across the country. Topics include coffee as fuel in Brazil, Governor Nef’s political moves, Juarez police ordering shaved heads for pickpockets, a Dallas Holstein cow named Cornucopia Legis Queen yielding 602.5 pounds milk in seven days, secretary George B. Christian succeeding at Harding’s desk, a Utah mining camp death from electric shock, a Pennsylvania coal pipe transport idea, Texas and Louisiana oil output in 2020 totaling 114,143,140 barrels, a Florida sea monster fragment towed for study, and India’s burning tree hairs causing lasting pain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Texas
Cornucopia Legis
Breckenridge Man Safely Handles Explosive Turmoil in Oil Field
In Breckenridge Texas a man captured a twenty quart nitroglycerin torpedo blown from its casing by gas, kept it safe for fifty people and 200 quarts on a wagon to reach safety, then replaced it in the hole and escaped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Breckenridge
Texas
Navy officers reveal 1600 pound bomb test on Indiana
During testimony before the Senate Naval Committee high naval officers disclosed that a 1600 pound TNT laden bomb exploded recently aboard the battleship Indiana without damaging the hull below the protective deck. They said the blast would not have sunk the ship and caused no waterline damage, noting her hull was not as strong as modern super dreadnoughts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Naval Committee
Indiana
Infant Buried in Turnersville Cemetery
The infant of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Blankenship was laid to rest in Turnersville cemetery on Wednesday afternoon. Several local residents, including Mrs. A. H. McCoy, Mrs. B. BE. Hobin, Lizzie Taylor, and Flossie Hobin, were noted with various visits and trips to nearby towns such as Cisco and Waco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Blankenship
Turnersville
A. H. McCoy
Cisco
B. BE. Hobin
Lizzie Taylor
Flossie Hobin
Waco
Hulme
Roswell
Texas
D. D. Coleman
D. C. Epps
Fort Worth
John Millard
McGregor
John Hobin
J. A. Bellamy
Tom Morrow
Odd Fellows’ Lodge
Dry town humor from Leavenworth travel tale
A commercial traveler jokes about Leavenworth Kansas being a dry town. In the smoking car the men ask if liquor can be sold there. The traveler quips that liquor is allowed only if bitten by a snake, noting the town’s odd barrier as they wait in line during a disrupted evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Tank Brown
Democratic Party
Larkins
Sallie
Old Dug
Sal
Leavenworth
Kansas
Paint That Car and Tractor Overhauls Offered
This season we offer auto painting and overhauling services. We specialize in tractor overhaul and repair with a satisfaction guarantee. Visit us in the Clifton Rubber Company Building. Jim Palmer, Clifton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton Rubber Company
Jim Palmer
Clifton
Also Mentioned on This Page
John E. Swenson
G. L. Tidwell
Clifton Machine Shop
Mutt and
Jeff
Mutt
Jel
Matt
By Joe Sappington
Treasury Department
Office of Comptroller of the Currency
Brazil
Nef
Juarez
Mexico
George B. Christian
Harding. Bright
Joseph P. Turmully
Utah
Pennsylvania
City of
New York
Louisiana
Florida
Miami
India
Millican
Brazos County
England
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Carbondale
Rewe County
Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Schcup UL
Turnersville News
Gatesville Messenger
Charley Burns Valley Mills
Clott
THE
Texas Telephone CO
R. A. Babel
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