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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1919
Page
13
Local ads note poultry netting and fence wire from Clifton Mercantile Co, fresh candies at Carpenter Bros, garden seeds arriving from Oscar J. Rea & Co, and Miller’s syringes. A. G. Gilliam travels to Dallas for business, Finley's welcome a new daughter, and various locals visit Clifton for errands, car service at Clifton Garage, and plumbing by Schow Brothers.
Notable residents and visitors are listed including Marie Grimland from Waco who stayed over the weekend. J W Butler attended a Texas Bankers meeting in Dallas. Standefer Brothers offer top prices for hides, eggs, and butter. Jenson renews dues for the Record and Dallas News. Triumph and Cob seed potatoes promoted by Oscar J Rea and others.
R F Moore and family visited relatives and friends in Hamilton Saturday and Sunday. Our drug shelves are kept full. You can get most any drug at Carpenter Bros. tfc.
Mr and Mrs M L Snell were from Waco and spent Saturday and Sunday visiting relatives and friends, according to local social notes.
Ben Hartley, a popular salesman for the Southwestern Pa Company of Dallas, made a routine call at the Record office Tuesday. His visit was well received and appreciated by the staff.
The Sunbeam Lamp will please you Oscar J. Rea and Co. S. B. Johnson was a business visitor in Cleburne the first of the week. The famous Miller Rubber goods at Carpenter Bros tfc Meal cake and hulls for sale at the Model Gin Also McAl ester stove coal for sale at the gin C C Westley manager tfc John P Hoff of Comanche was here last Friday and Saturday for a short visit with relatives Dont ship your furs bring them to H S Pearson You will find him at T R James shop after 12 o clock every day tfc George Pearson who is salesman for John E Swenson spent Saturday night and Sunday with his family in Meridian
Seed offerings for seed corn feterita cane shrock kaffir millet and a seeds package advertised by Oscar J. Rea & 0. The brief appears as a trader or catalog notice inviting interest from local farmers in purchasing agricultural seeds.
Mesdames R. V. Ferguson and W. D. Hale visited Clinton friends from Meridian on Monday, staying as guests and sharing social moments.
Tax payments for Clifton Independent School District can be made at Farmers Guarantee State Bank. The notice indicates the lender as the designated payment point for district dues.
Walter E Brandes of Clifton Texas advertises a used riding planter a cultivator and a walking middle buster all in good running shape and cheap Also offering some car corn for sale Clifton Tex owner contact details provided in the notice
Mr and Mrs Sam G Carlson of the Spring Creek community were seen buying supplies in Clifton Tuesday as they ran errands amid routine shopping.
H. S. Pearson announces daily at noon top market prices for furs at T. R. James blacksmith shop. Customers invited to bring their fur consignments for appraisal and sale.
Misses Gladys Helm and Nell Baldridge teaching in Fort Worth spent Saturday and Sunday with Clifton friends and relatives.
Wanted laborers to cut wood on Ferguson Ranch apply on premises six miles northeast of Clifton James E Ferguson.
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Jap Fallis on Sunday February 16. Rev J A Kidd visited Milford on Tuesday to see a sister who had suffered a stroke. Horace Schow, then employed in Houston, is at home for a short visit this week.
Mrs. Thos L Gillespie and Miss Kate Hill visited home briefly this week for the Hill Bradstreet wedding. Kate Hill attends a business college in Waco and was in town to visit. Barred Rock hatching eggs from good utility stock and extra good layers offered at 1.00 per 15.
Carpenter Bros advertise 24 hour gs service and Clifton Garage for oils gasoline casings inner tubes and accessories. Roy McDonald and Hawkins offer 200 barred Plymouth Rock eggs for 1 dollar per 15 with purebred stock Wright Butler Clifton Texas promoting a general purpose breed. eggs 1.00 per 15. Advertisement notes availability and hours.
Advertisement from Schow Brothers promoting seeds including Shrock Kaffir corn dwarf maize yellow dent Sure Cropper seed corn Mebane cotton seed and other garden seeds with a claim of best quality. 49-2
Mesdames Stanhiser Hellums and Chase of Meridian visited Clifton Tuesday afternoon for a few hours, stopping to pay the Record a pleasant call with friends.
E. T. Johnson announces reopening of his blacksmith shop offering first class metalwork and plumbing services. He invites local customers to share in business and requests patronage. Shop details are sparse but emphasize versatile craft skills.
A local shop invites customers to design custom sheet metal tanks in any size or shape, promising better value than elsewhere and inviting customers to visit and compare.
Marian N Grimland of Clifton Texas advertises Rhode Island Reds eggs from two pens at 1.00 and 1.50 per 15.nd orders welcome for prompt delivery. direct descendants of blue ribbon and silver cup winners. 47-3te.
Four year old black mule and a red cow available for cash or War Savings Stamps or Liberty Bonds. Also seeking Jersey heifer or cow in trade, plus a second hand cultivator in trade for a Jersey heifer. Willing to adjust value accordingly. Paul Seedig route 2 Clifton Tex.
Mr and Mrs Oscar A Brantley and son Weldon were guests of relatives in Clifton last Sunday and Monday. Brantley praised Clifton as the best town in business and social terms but noted some people must move away to appreciate it. He did not indicate when they might return home.
A local editor notes complaints about residents who do not subscribe to the home paper yet borrow neighbors’ copies weekly. The piece urges financially able readers to subscribe or stop causing annoyance to neighbors who do pay for their papers.
Elder Lee P Mansfield of Wa co filled his regular appointment at the Christian Church last Sunday delivering both morning and evening sermons. He missed last month due to a pest house stay in Wichita Falls with a severe small pox illness lasting several weeks, and this was his first effort to preach since recovering.
Dawson P Parker returns to Clifton after seven months in the service and resumes his old duties at the Record. His return brings renewed reliability and quicker service for customers and is welcomed by friends and management alike.
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