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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1929
Page
7
A fragmented 1929 era notice promotes affordable home building for prospective buyers. It touts a plan to build homes with flexible payments and offers ready-made modern house plans. The ad targets prospective home builders or renters seeking their own place.
The State of Texas Justice Court demands the presence of Percy Pearson in the Bosque County Court House in Chilton on a date in August. The writ requires return showing default on a 1921 note for $60 with 10 percent interest and the associated legal actions, including the 102 percent lien.
Sunday marks the start of a revival meeting at the Church of Christ with Sunday School at 10 4 m preaching at 11 00 and evening service at 8 15. Oscar Smith of Mor ston Texas will preach and Ernest Witt of Grintenville Texas will lead the long services. The minister GE McCuleb invites all to attend and study God's Word.
A clipped ad from Clifton Texas lists J T Hill Drag Line and Transfer Hauling of Winds Bessose with day and night phone numbers 8987 and 266. It appears as a small business contact notice read in a rural Texas directory style. The fragment emphasizes hauling and delivery services with limited context.
An old report recounts efforts to use camels to solve western transport needs before the Civil War. Camels arrived at Galveston around 1860s, were moved to arid western territories, then largely faded with war demands and shifting priorities.
A long list of visits, illnesses, and social activities fills the town page. Entries mention patients in sanitariums, trips to Waco and San Antonio, weekend visits by families to Crawford and Galveston, and numerous relatives gathering in Temple and Brownsville.
In a humorous forecast, the writer satirizes postwar changes, predicting that taxes, scandals, and everyday quirks will persist. The piece notes continued public issues from doctors and sheriffs to marriage, drinking, and politics, while lampooning public sentiment and future chatter.
Fragmented text quotes Roy TL Smith discussing how words reveal truth and cause trouble. The lines suggest caution in speech and a reflection on the tongue’s impact, though the surrounding material is incomplete and unclear.
Fragmented OCR reveals a Bosque County 1929 court notice about maintaining ornamental posts at a courthouse site. It includes references to a royal grant, penalties, a civil petition by A G Gilliam Motor Co, and summons for Robert Linton, with dates and legal costs, in Clifton Texas. The scrawled text preserves names, dates, and payments amid archaic phrasing.
Legal notice from Bosque County Texas detailing a writ of execution and citation to Paul Robert Duvall and Gillam Motor Company. It references Justice of the Peace HW Hering, publication in a home newspaper, and dates in 1928 1029 with monetary figures including a note of interest and attorney fees.
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