Iris and potatoes auction note in local ad
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1919
Page
16
Legislature Cuts Provisions From Eleemosynary Bill
Lawmakers cut 195000 from the miscellaneous measure and disapprove several items at the State Juvenile Training School and the epileptic colony. Disallowances include 38000 for employee building at the colony, 10000 for fuel, 50000 and 10000 for dormitory at the school, and 31500 plus 3500 for boys building at the colony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Land Deeds And Local Notices In Meridian
Land transfers include Flora Hill and Mary Fort to Denton and Denton in Clifton and Jacob Hanson to Flora Reeder in Clifton with values from 740 to 1950 dollars. A marriage license issues to William H Johnson and Myrtle Todd. Several Meridian visitors and court session noted with multiple town names and itineraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flora R. Hill
Mary D. Fort
J. Y. Denton
A. E. Denton
Clifton
Annie Williams Et al
Wolsey Duran
Fairview
Walnut Springs
Jacob Hanson
Flora L. Reeder
H. E. Newton
F. M. Echols
Block
Rogers Addition
James H. Burnett
E. B. Laine
Koppers
Wm. H. Johnson
Myrtle Todd
Capital Stock Raised at First Guaranty State Bank
Clifton residents welcome a capital increase from twenty thousand to forty thousand dollars at the First Guaranty State Bank. The bank now reports forty thousand in capital and fifteen thousand dollars in surplus, totaling fifty five thousand dollars working capital. New president Mr Waldrop, who acquired control on May 1, expresses gratitude for community support and hospitality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
First Guaranty State Bank
Waldrop
J. W. Butler
Thresher Outfit for Sale Near Harmony School House
One 20 horsepower steam engine used two years, a 32x52 Nick els and Sheppard separator run eight years, and a complete cook shack with stove. Priced to sell, immediate possession. Outfit currently threshing near Harmony school house. Erickson and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nickels & Sheppard
Harmony School House
Erickson & Co
Bridegroom Queries Cost of Living as Six Share One
A humorous note asks if a future groom can manage marriage on a single budget and wonders whether six people could live as cheaply as one. The line hints at a lighthearted social column exploring domestic economics.
The Place of Amusement Listings and Notices
A condensed club of film showings and theater notices listing Wm. S. Hart in The Narrow Trail and The Tiger's Trail, Ford Sterling in His Wild Oats, Wallace Reid in Too Many Millions, Marguerite Clark in Bob's Matinee Idol, Syd Chaplin in The Submarine Pirate, Fatty Arbuckle in Fatty and the Broadway Stars, and other upcoming attractions plus a cinema sale notice and a teacher institute notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. S. Hart
Hart
Danger Signal
Ford Sterling
Ford Educational Weekly
Wallace Reid
Paramount Picture
Carpenter Bros. Drug Store
Marguerite Clark
Bob
Syd Chaplin
Fatty Arbuckle
Fatty
Lawn party honors new pastor Rev J P Gilliam
First Baptist Church members hosted a lawn party at R R Waldrop's home in his honor for their new pastor Rev J P Gilliam and Mrs Gilliam. About seventy members attended as Waldrop introduced Gilliam who urged the flock to be busy in the Master's work. He joked he could preach thirty five years without ceasing before guests were served cream and angel food prepared by church ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Bowflen
Iredell
Methodist Church
Brother Bowden
R. Y. Patterson
Henry Richards
Coyote
Meridian
John Cowen
Clifton
Mina Ellis
Cleburne
F. M. Hornbuckle
Morgan
Frank
Capital
R. T. Turner
Grayson County
W. E. Hellum
Jimmie Morgan
la Port
Marguerite Morgan
Dallas
Hellum
Fred W. Standefer
Valley Mills
T. L. Darden
Emma
Waco
Joe Sheppard
W. E. Sheppard
Germany
First Baptist Church
J. P. Gilliam
Mother Gilliam
R. R. Waldrop
Immanuel Lutheran Church Service Schedule
Immanuel Lutheran Church announces a Sunday service on August 17 at 10 30 a m and Y P 8 at 8 30 p m Regular service also held at Garneraville at 3 00 p m on the same day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Immanuel Lutheran
Garneraville
Revision of Prayer Books for Seamen
The query urges updating liturgy to include a maritime rite for sailors rising to the ships, hinting at broader reforms to prayers and services for seafaring personnel.
Threshers resume work after rain delay and local notes
Grain is badly damaged after rain. Hugh Johnson and Miss Myrtle Todd wed last Sunday. Albert Eckert bought Otto Eckert's farm last week. Oscar Eckert, ill with typhoid, shows improvement. A Landgraf and C M Whitney own new tractors. Mrs Bud MecMillian and family, formerly of this place, now in West Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cayote
Hugh Johnson
Myrtle Todd
Albert Eckert
Otto Eckert
Oscar Eckert
A. Landgraf
C. M. Whitney
Bud MecMillian
West Texas
One Second Hand One Ton Ford Truck For Sale
Local ad notes a second hand one ton Ford truck available from Schow Bros. item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schow Bros. Ite
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Aia
the Home Grocery Company
Clifton, Texas
Mosey
Meridian Weekly
A. R. Ellis
Wylie Jones
Rev. Nichols
Joe McSpadden
S. J. Covey
J. A. Sewell
Sewell Cox
Lane
Chappel
Dr. Pike
R. A. Cornelius
Hamilton County
Carpenter Brothers
Queen Theatre
Bosque-Hamilton Teachers Institute
Hamilton
S. P. Brooks
Harlan C. Powell
Joe Butler
Ora
V. Brittain
Waco 'Ay
J. H. Meyers
Marvin Davis
Minnie Robinson
Chris Westley
Headquarters For
TIRES
Silverton Cord
Clifton Rubber Co
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