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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1929
Page
6
A quirky pitch extols building fantasy payments and modern home plans. It urges readers to start planning to own a home, appealing to home builders renters and aspiring homeowners with the idea of convenient plans and varied designs.
Restored fragment describes a committee of jewelers valuing the Persian Shah’s treasure. It notes the Darya Noor diamond, the Peacock Throne, and weighing pearls and emeralds. Experts estimate immense worth, with rubies and thirteen emeralds among prized gems.
A fragmented Texas item references a carpenter and a surgeon pair and a night time incident at a drug store or stare. Names are unclear due to damaged OCR, but it notes a Wey and the Brothers Carpenter involved in the event.
Detroit reports a record production of Chevrolets with 1 000 000 six-cylinder cars on the road in eight months. The Imperial sedan rolloff at Flint plant marked a new milestone amid a nationwide schedule as Chevrolet forecasts the big sales convention in Detroit August 14 to 16. The assembly line parade included W. Knudsen and other executives.
A letter-like fragment extols a diet drug named Sargon claiming rapid fat gain and renewed energy, followed by an unrelated Harper's Magazine excerpt summarizing Gerald W. Johns on the social function of college education. The piece contrasts medical praise with a campus life critique emphasizing athletics and clubs as civilizing forces.
The Test Genator criticizes a proposed export certificate scheme claiming it would raise farm costs and divert treasury funds, while Senator Connally urges diversification and greater home production to aid agriculture in a currency free market context.
Notice to the public from Model Gin announcing a new local manager in Clifton. The message offers to meet friends in the district and invites cooperation for business, referencing prior dealings at Hurst and Gayote and aiming to provide better service to customers. The paper claims the publication has one of the smallest circulations.
Mrs John Link and daughter extend thanks to neighbors and friends for deeds of kindness and sympathy during the illness and death of their husband and father Phillip Millington of Liverpool. They especially thank Freedom for the floral offerings. May God grant such friends in times of need. A drowning incident involved Phillip Millington diving 80 feet from a building into the Mersey river to rescue a drowning victim.
The Womack 420 Club girls report doing varied work including 22 alterations, 162 chickens prepared, 45 cans of vegetables canned, and 30 purebred poultry operations. They mention piano quality and a list of instruments, plus a Norgey trip note. A farm for sale is listed nearby, described as well improved on public road near a school with good land and pasture, eight miles west of Clifton.
A Palo Pinto County newspaper celebrates 53 years of publication under editor J C Son. The notice praises typographic quality, spacing, and punctuation, while noting the paper’s aging equipment but strong sense of service to the town and community. It references the Star Record and a playful aside about Dutch aqueducts and New York’s water supply. The piece blends local nostalgia with tech challenges of older presses.
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