Land Deeds And Marriage Licenses In Meridian Summary
Land transfers include J O Carpenter and wife to O L Brantley in Clifton for 2050 and Vina Helton to Mary Buck in Clifton for 1450. A Meridian water works parcel changes hands for 10000 as part of a larger set of deeds. marriage license issued for J B Hardwick and Ruby Turner. Local notes mention Baptist ministers' education campaign meeting and deaths of Mrs M D Emmerson.
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J. O. Carpenter
O. L. Brantley
Clifton
Vina Helton
Rudasil
Odle
T. R. Beck
Juan Diaz
Mary
Elizabeth Buck
A. S. Lomax
C. C. Williams
Meridian
Meridian Water Works System
Pinkney Hawkins
W. H. Worley
D. A. Cureton
Walnut Springs
N. W. Smith
C. E. Patterson
L. Stockton
Francis DeSaque
Field
Ing Helm
Mre
Elizabeth Gillespie
James Simmons
D. E. Bullock
Ed White
J. W. Best
E. H. Young
Anna L. Hodges
L. A. Armstrong
D. C. Thomas
L. S. Omenson
A. W. Moore
Lucy T. Hosmer
G. D. Adkinson
William Riddle
H. ©. Fitzgerald
W. M. Chenney
John Richardson
J. R. Dickson
H. C. Fitzgerald
Baptist Church
C. C. Wilcoxin
Morgan
J. A. Kidd
J. N. Hunt
Kopper
H. D. Head
Valley Mills
J. H. Rhodes
Dyresville
J. A. Vaughn
Meridian Association
W. A. Bryan
T. J. Cook
Weather Prophecy From 1897 For North South East West
Cisco Texas January 3 1897 A letter describes a weather rule tied to wind direction predicting forty days of cold or rain or mild warmth. The forecast notes a nineteen year record and cites physician R L Smith and family lineage in Cliftany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cisco
Tex
Bradstreet
Scandinavian Lutheran Church Sunday Services Schedule
The Sunday School is set for next Sunday morning at 10:00. An English Bible Class and a Norwegian language Communion Service follow at 11:00. A communion announcement is due Saturday afternoon from 4:00 to 5:00 and Sunday morning from 10:80 to 11:00 at the church. An English Service with a Creed sermon is planned for next Sunday night at 7:30. The catechumens meet Saturday morning at 10:00 at the parochial school building.
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Cathecumens
Meridian notes and community updates from local column
Local items from Meridian and Coyote sections recount visits by Hodges Hughes and families, tidbits about the Board of County Trustees, a shipment of clothes to destitute Belgium, and small town events. Notables include J. W. McClelland and Mollie Young visiting Meridian, Cutbirth taking over Show Bros. in Coyote, and a carload of cattle shipped to Fort Worth.
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Meridian
Dallas
Belgium
J. W. McClelland
Walnut Springs
Mollie Young
Dan Cutbirth
Show Bros
Coyote
Mr. Cutbirth
Hubert Dittrick
Miss Ida
Dixie Downing
Clevie Jones
Camp Travis News Notes Detail Bayonet School Training
Company K 360th Infantry at Camp Travis Texas reports Private Chris Johnson of Meridian assigned to the Bayonet School. Private Ed Freeman entertained his father at camp, Private Duke C Halverson of Clifton orderly to the colonel. Training continues daily with health and fitness improving. Bosque County men largely joined the recent insurance campaign.
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Chris Johnson
Meridian
Ed Freeman
Duke C. Halverson
Clifton
Pvt
Halverson
National Army
Bosque County
Johnson
Childress
Chapman
Dehtan
Erickson
Freeman
Janek
Schools and the Treasury Unite for War Service
The Treasury Department mobilizes schools and pupils for Liberty Loan clubs and War Savings efforts. Ponds are bought by students and War-Savings clubs aim to be in every school. Secretary McAdoo envisions schoolhouses as open forums for patriotism and national service.
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Treasury Department
McAdoo
United States
PTA Meeting Set for Friday February 8 at 4 PM
The Parent-Teacher Association will hold a meeting Friday afternoon February 8 at 4 o'clock. Members and friends are urged to attend. Published in The Clifton Record and The Dallas News with a one year subscription rate of $1.75.
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Parent-Teacher Association
Clifton Record
The
Dallas News
Urges South to Produce More Food for War Effort
Secretary McAdoo as Director General of the Railroads urges the Southern states to grow hay and corn for their stock and produce food for their people. He says each section should supply its own food and feed to ease railroad transportation and help win the war without discouraging cotton.
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McAdoo
United States
South
Obituary Notice for Opal Marguerite Mayfield
Opal Marguerite Mayfield died January 23, 1918 at age seven after a brief illness. Born July 10, 1910, she was cherished by her parents Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mayfield and remembered by teachers and pupils who dismissed school for her funeral at Lanes Chapel conducted by Rev. Turner.
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Tom Mayfield
Opal Marguerite
Opal
Lanes Chapel
Turner
German Lutheran Church Service in Garnersville at 10:30
Regular service in German at Garnersville at 10 30 a m includes celebration of the Lord s Supper. No service at Clifton. Congregation holds a business meeting at 2 30 p m.
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Clifton
Garnersville
Junk Wanted Scrap Iron Paid At 45 Cents Per Hundred
T R James blacksmith advertises scrap iron buy price at 45 cents per hundred. Dallas News records a $1.75 sale or value note.
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T. R. James
The
Black
Lutheran College Corpora tion Holds Semiannual Meeting
The Lutheran College Corpora tion met in the college chapel with Rev. H. W. Estrem presiding. Officers reported the corporation thriving and the building committee noted over 3300 dollars in summer improvements. Ladies Hall offers top dorm accommodations. Clifton Texans invited to tour the campus.
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Lutheran College Corporation
College Chapel
H. W. Estrem
Ladies’ Hall
Texas
Clifton
A. H. Danby-Olson
Cranfills Gap
Henriett Pederson
Marie Bronstad
Hilma Mickelson
Pierson
Norse
Marie Rogstad
Oris Pierson
Walter Hoel
Louelle Amundson
Edna
America exposes terms of Norway food export pact
Christiania Norway reports surprise over United States disclosure of the proposed food export agreement terms. Norwegian newspapers urge quick public release of Norway’s reply, with calls for open discussion and an end to secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christiania
Norway
United States
Washington
Dagbladet
Morgenbladt
Aftenposten
America
The
Social Demokraten
Foreign Office
Scrap Iron Wanted Money to Loan on Land
The article notes land loans offered at 4.78 to 5.53 percent interest by tfc O. K. Snell. It specifies scrap iron as the collateral or context for the borrowing arrangement.
Senior class plans annual photo poses with anxious girls
One student remarks that a picture is needed for the annual published by the Senior class. Girls worry over how to pose and present themselves, but no drastic mishaps are reported and everything is proceeding normally.
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Specgirls
Just
Stewart’s Racket Store
Meridian News
A. R. Ellis
J. B. Hardwick
Ruby Turner
Walter Anthony
Ft. Crockett
Galveston
Indiana
John Christenson
Grandpa Bradstreet
R. L. Smith
P.S. R. L. Smith
R. C. Smith
Wichita Falls
Scandinavian Lutheran Church
Rowe Bros
Texite
Meridian Cemetery
Board of County Trustees
Hodges Hughes
His
Mrs
H. C. Hughes
Lulu Hinton
Frank Hornbuckle
O. K. Snell of
Cayote News
J. M. Todd
John MacMillian
Austin
A. M. Jones
C. E. Wagley
A. Landgraf
Vesta
Elsie Strickland
Mae Johnson
A. C. Bearden
J.D. Hord
W. H. Richards
Fort Worth
Camp Travis
360Th Infantry
the Schools and the Treasury
German Lutheran Church
de Monte
W. J. Loper
Pure Food
Clifton, Tex
Lutheran College Column
G. L. Polk
Tfc
O. K. Snell
John E. Swenson
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