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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1924
Page
3
Approximately 75,000 turkeys and about 460 pickers support a developing season. Veal dealers shipped 46 carloads last year and expect over 100 cars this season. Hampshire pigs for sale and a car parts ad appear among terse notices.
An unclear passage describes a shelf item at Thomeia and mentions digestion concerns. The text appears garbled with stray letters and lacks coherent events or named entities. No verifiable people places or dates are readable.
Waco moves to create an $80,000 charity hospital from the McClelland estate. A 1881 will, found in McClelland papers, bequeaths property to the City of Waco to fund a Joanna McClelland ward for female care. The fortune revertible upon Peter McClelland’s death without issue, he died in Dallas with no children, ending a 36 year legal battle.
Bosque County announces a meeting of Pure Bred Live Stock for Saturday December th at 2 p.m. at Clifton City Hall. C D Colwick is secretary.
Austin Texas November 28 nine hundred applications for state jobs have been received by Miriam Ferguson governor elect and James E Ferguson announced they have not yet begun classifying the filings Ferguson noted in America everyone has the right to run for office or seek a job no appointments likely for several weeks perhaps until mid December A conference of troops interested in national institutions is to be held in Houston soon says Ferguson
Chris Aars of Rt 2 Merida Texas offers a 20 twine power double cylinder Arwellon engine freshly overhauled and in first class condition. Bargain price for quick sale.
A vibrant Mustang Parent Teacher Association event on Wednesday night November 26 drew nearly every patron and friend of the school. The Thanksgiving Entertainment and Harvest Sale raised eighty dollars and twenty-eight cents with gifts from G O Bronstad Son Clifton Mercantile and A A Miller boosting the takings. The PTA has funded a piano and many phonograph records for the community and school, while teachers expressed gratitude for the group’s support and cooperation and the pupils are funding reference books.
Hill County Confederate Veterans and Old Settlers Association voted to deed the reunion grounds three miles southeast of Hillsboro to the State of Texas for use as a state park and tourist camp. About 20 veterans attended. one opposed. The deed includes stipulations that failure to care for the property reverts it to the donors and allows continued use by veterans and settlers for any purpose. Governor Neff and party will attend ceremonies Wednesday night.
The program features introductions by Edgar Helton and a list of readings and performances including The AngelyMessage by Ruth Mooney Zacharias Punishment by Hachie Mooney The Naming of the Child by Bonnie Alexander Description of John by Elbert Hel om Johns Great Work by D M Buck The Death of John by Ingram Os a Repent by Velma Helton and Lenders brn mimates Gesing Prayer.
The Magazine Euterpean Club reports two pleasant sessions since the last note. Mrs. Marion J. Grimland led a lesson on Crossing Asia Minor. Misses Moffat Fricke and Thelma Neel offered violin and readings, Dorothy Rew piano solos, and guests Mrs. Feed Nelan and Mrs. Clare Grim bending attended. A later meeting featured Audrey, Raines, and hostesses served tea, salad, wafers, and cake.
C G Jermstad of Cranfills Gap Texas offers a used Majestic range cook stove for sale at a bargain price of 15 dollars. Contact details indicate Cranfills Gap Texas with a terse sale note.
Public notice states all post office work including carrier service will stop at eleven o'clock Christmas morning except essential dispatch of outgoing first class mail and newspapers and receiving but not working incoming mail. No rural delivery that day. Parcels to be rushed to reach destinations before Christmas Day. Postmaster Gal.
In Meridian Texas on November 2, a prisoner who aided in stealing eight bales of cotton escaped from jail. Two inmates on the outside removed bars of a jail window allowing the escape, with another prisoner involved as part of the incident.
Fragmentary OCR cites mysterious diseases in children and mentions a parasite or worm with alleged cures. The text is garbled, difficult to parse, and lacks clear names, places, dates, or concrete outcomes.
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