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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1927
Page
7
Fragmentary notice notes stock items at a local garage including tires and tubes. It appears to invite friends to bring in tires for repair and to offer full service for work. Details are incomplete due to OCR damage.
Fragmentary OCR yields no coherent event or names. Content mentions Rev A Bartling, a dog, a theme of death and Christian notices, but lacks structured facts or dates to form a proper summary.
WG Switser of Cole City drove an old Ford on a family trip traveling 4200 miles from Detroit to Canale and Memphis Tennessee before selling the car for 1008. The buyer, Ford factory visited, and Ford executive were away at the time. The story notes a Buick price comparison and details of the road journey.
A rambling column records numerous visits and social gatherings across families in the area. It notes illnesses slowly improving, with many neighbors hosting relatives and friends for Sundays and weekends, including different households from Coyote county and nearby towns.
A quirky local item mixes a new weather forecaster in Honey Grove with a stray crime tale. The piece notes a government meteorologist in Omaha and odd local commentary about unreliable predictions and romantic mishaps including a car tire theft tale.
A survey by Southland Life Assurance reports improved wheat and crop conditions across West Texas. Southwest areas show bright prospects with potential for strong yields if no major weather setbacks occur. Local storms eased and crops rebound, signaling better fall prospects for cotton corn and pears in the region.
Local families including the Allens from Raleigh Teana visit and a waltz plans with Omar Mohier and Mrs Mae Ree. Mr and Mrs Jack White visit relatives in China Springs while granddaughter Mire Lacile Burleson stays in Aquilla. Mrs D J Outbirth and Mrs Nichols of Morgan visit Temple relatives, Nichols returns home with daughter Mrs Cutbirth. Jim Morrison and family move to Kenwell for a gin job. Reeder from Brazos Valley Cotton Oil Co. spends weekend at home. Odell Moffatt visits Clifton. Ministers Robinson and sons visit Wortham Bend. Tennis Davis and mother visit relatives near Agata. J A Gree of Aquilla and Willie Baines shard cotton picking at J M Davis’s home. E C Kruse and Ben Wheelis visit from Port Worth and Valley Mills respectively.
The article claims Key penned the pledge aboard a rowboat during the bombardment of Fort McHenry, not while a prisoner, and attributes the scene to a Woman's Home Companion feature. It states Key wrote the verse as dawn came while returning to shore, exalting the flag’s symbolism.
College Station reports H B Parks of the Agricultural Experiment Station outlines Texas honey plants. He lists about twenty five major species including cotton mesquite and gamoillo chaparral and notes nectar yields, blooming periods, and regional suitability for Texas apiculture.
The English language service at St Olaf Lutheran Church begins next Sunday morning at 10 20 at the Rook church. The Young People’s Society meets in the church parlor next Sunday night. Marie and Clarice Christenson entertain. The South Ladies Society meets Wednesday afternoon. August events include Sint ee Jonson entertaining.
A garbled OCR segment offers little usable content. It mentions an Englishman and vague references to the world and mohair but provides no clear event, names, places, or dates to summarize into a coherent news item.
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