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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1927
Page
5
In Clifton Texas the 1927 issue highlights civic efforts to improve the town with sewer ditching machines at work and urges residents to connect now for three months free service while noting the broader community and school activities as Miss Selma Schow assists with students and registrar duties at Cr. A. Denton.
A jumble of holiday notes and social notices references a Lindy 18 double ace in dominoes. It mentions families, travels, and visitors across Clifton Abilene Mexico City and Tulsa with scattered anecdotes about Lindbergh and rescue missions in Central America.
New Year services planned with Sunday School at 10 a m Morning worship at 11 a m and Communion at 7 30 p m Parish notices include a weekly meeting and a candidate for county clerk position in Bosque County Also mentions residents traveling between Dallas and Columbia and family notes for local parishioners.
A medical college student spent the week visiting home, enjoying time with family and friends before returning to campus. The article notes the student’s alacrity to reconnect with hometown neighbors and recounts local scenes of daily life during the visit.
The Congressional Library building costs 6 347 000 exclusive of the land 1 686 000 more. It sits on 84 acres of site 10 acres wide near the Capitol 1 270 feet east. It claims to be the largest and most magnificent library building in the world with 2 600 000 printed books and pamphlets 141 712 maps and charts 602 474 pieces of music 375 812 prints and many manuscripts including papers of nine presidents. It is a general library accessible to any citizen on simple conditions. The collection is the largest in the Western Hemisphere and among the world’s top six.
The National League set new records in 1927 by attendance surpassing 5.1 million and by using more baseballs and postponing more games than before. President John Heydler told club owners that 86 major games were postponed and 51,906 baseballs were tossed by umpires. Chicago led in home attendance with over 1,000,000, while the Giants drew heavily on the road, exceeding 1,000,000 as visitors.
Mr and Mrs J K Proffitt lost their barn early Saturday morning to a fire of unknown origin at their bhig glity home. Firefighters contained the blaze and prevented spread despite hay and stall areas burning heavily. Local firefighting company fought the flames to stop further damage.
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