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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1918
Page
8
T R James the blacksmith seeks junk salvage offers in Clifton. He will pay as much as or more than any buyer and urges buyers to see him before selling.
Notice to stock owners states the test peme jersey bull used for four years at the Fort Worth Fat Stock Show is to be transferred for service in Clifton to Lev B C Kidwell and Rowe Bros Baircot Be and suave Tic.
Meridian News reports a long list of land transfers with names such as Renard, Duffey, Osborn, Barton, Outlaw, and Barton amid property deeds and additions including Valley Mills and W. L. Kiddy. District Court items enumerate multiple cases, conclusive verdicts, and sentences, plus a jury list for Meridian next Monday. Local military notices follow with training camp moves and enlistments, a shooting accident near Clifton, an Easter Cantata at Meridian, and high school baseball results.
An advertisement touts Staude tractors and farm gear promising to replace multiple labor tasks, from plowing to road work, claiming efficiency and cost savings. It touts experiences in England and Texas, with a guaranteed satisfaction promise, urging orders amid supply issues and railroad delays. Fort Worth program promotes Texas Truck and Tractor Co as state distributor with manager Robt Summers.
A World War era plea urges Americans to cut wheat consumption to 21 million bushels monthly, reserving a margin for the army and distribution. It emphasizes military necessity and warns of hardship if the home front lags in sacrifice, calling on citizens to use only American bread and to hoard wheat for national needs.
German Lutheran Church announces there will be no pastor on Sunday April 7 and a service will be held in his absence. The notice lists seeds and crops available, including Sure Copper Beed Corn, ber cane, red top, Japanese Honey drip cane seed, whippoor will peas, Velvet beans, large German Millet weed, Dwgel red, mais, Botorita seed.
Fragmentary OCR note mentions Clifton Garage and paying cash for a Ford pot in first class tens and other items possibly in a sales or appraisal context. Reads like a garage advertisement or barter offer with unclear specifics.
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