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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1929
Page
8
At General Hospital the Forests welcomed twins weighing thirteen pounds on Friday the thirteenth, while the staff noted the unlucky date with a light mood. The mother, Guan Forest, and the newborns, a boy and a girl, marked a rare family milestone as the calendar’s oddity hung in the air.
A grand ball at Womack Hall occurs Friday night with a performance by the Mounie by Ween Orchestra, featuring a 42-2 program and dance arrangements for attendees.
Card of thanks expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for sympathy during illness and death of mother. Mentions floral tokens and readers. Senior League program lists date December 22 and topics Mrs Watkins Ruth, Tommye Jess Boulware, and invites attendance at Methodist Church Senior High League. Gillespie family update notes Mrs Gillespie home from Temple sanatorium after serious surgery and convalescence.
The Meridian column lists court actions including pleas and dismissals in cases against Gos Trwan and others for liquor law violations, two-year penitentiary sentences for burglary, and several dismissals for want of sufficient evidence. It also notes marriage license intentions, local obituaries, and community updates with names such as Miss Isa Bello Simmons Fern Jordan Evelyn Davis Winston Havey and Rev. Paul Goodwin.
A crowded bill features two reels of a bathing comedy and a world travel adventure with the Sudan region and Tanganyika sequences, plus Fox Movietone News. The program includes The Four Feathers, Tonight at Twelve, Crazy Pete, and Coming attractions Mississippi Gambler and Romance of Rio Grande among others. Admission ranges 15 and 33 cents with 85c top shows on some dates.
A fragmented review of opinion pieces from the New York Evening Journal Detroit News Washington Post and other papers. The notes reference unions in Mexico City a Sweden construction project and Egyptology hints with scattered quotes about fear money and the world. The piece hints at editorial voices debating optimism and global trends without cohesive narrative.
The piece notes 494 Texans report incomes over 30 000 a year with one earning above 100 000. It ranks Texas airports, says 70 new ports may put Texas first by 1980. Brazos basin covers 41 700 square miles. Colorado basin 17 800. Also lists bargains in Music Mall Dept: items include a round proof room, Schaffer player piano, assorted instruments, a four burner Coleman cooker, and glass jars. Mose Hall Clifton Texas.
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