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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1930
Page
8
The Honey Grove Signal notes wheat prices remain low while bread prices stay fixed from the high period. It jokes about August running and citizens working to avert drift, mentions extreme heat and its impact, and lightly mocks endurance contests as feats of nonwork.
Miss Alice Miller of the State Board of Control and Roy J. Tennant test food, clothing, and supplies for state institutions, guarding over a million dollars in bids. Miller, a longtime tester, detects substitutions and frauds in samples from prunes to fabrics, saving the state large sums annually.
Forum by E. Ferguson critiques election results. Article claims rural and poor voters lost, alleging pressure against Sterling and congeasation messaging in big cities. Report notes unclear statements and political tension surrounding the aftermath.
A busy slate at the Cliftex theater features "The Sea Bat" a Paramount all talking epic with Charles Bickford Nile Asther and Raquel Torres plus Jimmie Rodgers in "The Singing Brakeman" and "Boy Wanted" with "There’s Only One Who Matters" sung by Clare Row. Also "Why Bring Them Up" and "Anybody’s War" a Paramount comedy and "The Border Legion" a Zane Grey Western with Richard Arlen Fay Wray and Jack Holt. Open every night with good sound and big shows.
May Bronstad, born February 17, 1880 in Harmony, died August 23, 1980 after a career as a nurse beginning with training at the Central Texas Baptist Sanitarium in Waco and service at Clifton College and Clifton Mercantile Co. She died peacefully after an operation and was honored by family, colleagues, and a large circle of relatives. Her life was marked by devotion to God and to helping others, with a nurse's memory cherished by the Clifton community and her fellow nurses.
A candidate thanks voters in Commissioner's Precinct No 8 for their support in last Saturday's election. He pledges to serve all citizens and the county to the best of his ability and invites suggestions and criticisms to improve service.
The article explains radium as the world’s most precious metal, with ore sources in the Belgian Congo and Juachimethal Austria. It discusses its high cost from ore extraction and handling danger, its medical and industrial uses, and that a single ounce supply remains spread over years.
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