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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1927
Page
7
Washington reports the Bureau of Standards has developed a new time measurement device using a pendulum with a center clip and light pathways to record half-second intervals. A tiny electric current from the sensitive surface is amplified for radio practice, and a moving photographic record captures the results.
A dialogue reveals Hogan tired of city life seeks homestead knowledge from friend Clancy. Clancy warns the rugged move risks malnutrition, claiming the venture requires two hundred sixty acres of land at fourteen dollars, with a five year test likely to starve one.
Local advertisement for J A Brewer offering quick hauling service by telephone 18. Mentions prompt pickup and customer appreciation for business.
The piece surveys Texas infrastructure hopes with railroads expanding across Texas and water conservation programs forecast to spend over one hundred million dollars in the next decade. It notes Cameron County bonds for road building, Edinburg launching a daily paper, and the role of local newspapers in regional progress. It laments the death penalty case in San Antonio and honors Dr. J. Withite for rabies work at the Pasteur Institute in Austin.
Local residents and visitors frequent Valley Mills this week with reports of travels to San Antonio Fort Worth and Waco. Notable movements include Charley Smith visiting Sam K Lewis and Mrs J Tubb returning to Brownsville after weeks away. Community projects expand as telegraph and phone lines are laid and Dr C L Tubb receives a promotion to Chief Physician and Bar Rcon with Humble Company. Obvious concern centers on Mrs Diamond's illness and Mrs W A Harris injury, while local gatherings feature Rev Maples speaking on the Baptist Conquest campaign and social visits at the Geitin and M cNeill households.
The United States shows Texas ranking high in export value, second to New York with Phil Adelphim ranking third. Texts indicate disparities in industrial output and export totals, noting a 4 billion dollar threshold for certain sectors and mentioning Toray Jeada and Haneae Tavem in relation to manufacturing and market share. The fragment hints at broader trade dynamics and country comparisons within the region.
Harold Naylor, a leading Corpus Christi poultry man, notes that poultry and products are valued at about 1.47 billion dollars, far exceeding many other farm sectors. He cites U.S. poultry production as 42 percent of world output, with exports mainly fresh poultry and eggs, and regional shifts toward the Gulf Coast with rising prices and increasing production nationwide.
Houston Texans report 4100 members of First Baptist Church of Houston were dropped from the church rolls by Dr. James B. Leavell for refusing to sign the church covenant. Excluded members allegedly engaged in card playing dancing and theatre going and did not attend church activities. A court injunction was sought by some objectors.
A fragmented notice mentions an ad error with unclear reference to Mary Beatie and a Cratle Gap Baty. Readable parts point to a misprint or misattribution in a small public notice and require correction. Further details are unreadable in the surviving text.
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