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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 1923
Page
4
A fragment from the Clifton Record of February 9, 1923 outlines subscription rates for one year six months and three months payable in advance along with advertising rates for display per inch and local classified per line in black face type. The text appears as a period advertisement or rate card with missing details and numbers.
A garbled editorial urges readers to engage in public questions while noting shifting political loyalties. It references Henry Ford's claimed income per day and discusses Texas legislature changes and Democratic primary voting, conveying a fragmented snapshot of partisan discussion.
Fragments report a disturbance in Warn Texas where a man assaulted property at a jewelry store and was subdued by a bystander before being taken to the county jail. Other items note the death of James L. Belcher, an old settler of Morgan, Texas, and assorted regional notes on taxes, weather, and agriculture.
Greensburg Wisconsin February 2 Mine Rone Wrendike 15 today recovering from a remarkable Wisconsin operation. Surgeons attempting to remove a nail from her lung moved the wrist heart a lock and a pull. Artificial respiration failed to keep the girl alive. The girl’s chest opened and seven ribs temporarily severed. The nail more than an inch long with a wide round head had been swallowed 13 years ago lodging in the left lung.
Local notes report a Box Supper at Meridian Crowle, weather suspensions, and a sequence of visits from Belle Rogstad Allen Amundson Claud and Alvin Thompson. A Norse Parent Teachers Association meeting is planned, with updates on staff moves, millinery work in Clifton, a Stork birth, basketball games with Harmony, and snowbound travel difficulties.
Week program at the Queen Theatre promises Ruth Roland in The Timber Queen episode nine Horned Fu, Bryant Washburn in The Howl of the Rancho, Harold Lloyd in Going Going Fone. Jack House stars in The Desert Crucible with Aino Hallroom Boys No Money to Guide Them. Monday and Tuesday Mary Alden in The Old Nest and Henry B. Walther in Parted Curtains. Doris May in The Understudy Wednesday and Thursday. Coming attractions include Franklyn Farnum in A Fighting Stranger Elsie Ferguson in Foot Lights Beyond the Rainbow The Broken Spur Jack Hoxie Cappy Ricka Thomas Meighan.
The recent Somerville County election approved issuing road bonds to improve access to Glen Rose. Roads from all directions will foster tourist visits to the famed salt water baths and other attractions. The Meridian Tribune notes a major vote in favor and forecasts growth benefiting Glen Rose.
Hamilton Texas February five city authorities awarded the dam project on Two Mile creek east of town to impound 50 100 000 gallons creating a 50 acre lake to supply water. The reservoir and city mains will be expanded with a large standpipe within city limits. Engineers expect a five year water supply. municipal bonds totaling 90 000 for the lake and related work have been sold and approved by the Attorney General.
LM Mayfield, about seventy, died at his home in the Lanes Chapel community last Tuesday after a prolonged illness. He had lived on the same farm for more than 50 years, leaving a wife and several children. Interment was made in the Lanes Chapel cemetery on Wednesday afternoon.
The Hico Chamber of Commerce pledged 900 dollars in premiums for the best two acres of cotton raised in the region this year. A committee was named to raise funds for a publicity man and to finance projects aimed at developing farming, livestock, and community resources. Clifton Racers and the Dalles Nowe sew $2.50 per rene.
Walter L. Hill son of Mr and Mrs John Hill died at the family home nine miles southeast of Clifton last Sunday at eleven after an illness of several weeks. He was thirty-nine, never married, lived with his parents, and is survived by one brother F. T. Gil of this city and Mrs Ola Bell Arther. Funeral services were held Monday at 12:30 at the family residence, with burial in Clifton Cemetery, conducted by Rev T G Story.
Public sale notice announces purchase of 1520 pairs of Munson Army surplus shoes in dark tan with waterproof features. It promises substantial discounts, flexible orders, and delivery upon request, signaling a major sale by BAY STATE SHOE COMPANY at 284 Bemadwep, New Tort.
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