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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
5
Mrs. E. L. Boston visits relatives in Killeen while Clifton Produce Co offers fur prices and bargains on secondhand buggies. The jon Bakery promotes bread and the Carpenter Brothers market Germ Free Black Leg Vaccine and cough syrup. Oscar J. Rea & 0 advertise services.
Rev and Mrs George F Kornegay were visitors in Waco last Monday. Os car J Rea & Co promoting heavy lap robes as weather appropriate.
Meal cake and hulls offered for sale at the Model Gin. Also McAlester store coal for sale at the gin. C. C. Westley is the manager. tfc
Prof. J. O. Milsted came back early in the week after visiting his East Texas home for Christmas.
Mr and Mrs Ole G Hogster visited relatives and friends in Fort Worth last week. The outing highlights family ties in a post travel note from the region.
Miss Kate Hill has returned to school in Waco after spending Christmas at home.
Mr Stockman asks Price and Stuart for literature on a new Black leg vaccine. The request appears to be related to veterinary medicine and livestock health outreach. No further details are provided about deadlines or recipients.
The Civic Improvement Society will meet Monday January 6 with Mrs H W Hering.
A Bosque Valley Creamery advertisement offers daily rye and white bread delivery by Show Brothers and claims the highest market price for cream plus a fair test.
Kodak films developed roll ten cents per roll prints four cents each and up A Burreson Clifton Tex as 42 41p For preparing your corn land get one of our good John Deere Middle Breakers Oscar J Rea Co
Clifton Produce Co offers fur grading and purchase at top market prices. They promise the best grade and highest payment to sellers. 42-3tc.
Lieut. Duke Helm and Barron Fallis visited relatives and friends in Hamilton on Saturday and Sunday, sharing time with local residents.
Schow Brothers tfc advertise they buy all kinds of produce at the highest market price, inviting sellers to bring in fruit vegetables and other farm goods. Their notice emphasizes strong prices and prompt payment for available harvests or stock.
Mr and Mrs John Grimland and their young son John Martin visited relatives in Whitney earlier this week. The outing highlighted family ties and travel within the region.
Examine your stove pipe then visit Oscar J. Rea & Co for new pipe and an additional heater.
A. W. Vickery sends in cash to renew the Dallas News and his old county paper for one more year in advance, ensuring uninterrupted service and continued local coverage.
A cameo broach is reported lost in Clifton. Please return to Miss Katie Parks to claim a reward.
The notice advises buying meat on Saturday since the market closes Sunday. Standefer Brothers are named. Do not ship furs. bring them to H S Pearson at T R James shop after 12 o'clock daily. The Messrs Hamilton Keller Brede visited Prof J B Layne and family during the holidays.
The business notes a year of strong Tanlac sales leading to reappointment as agents for Clifton and the surrounding territory.
An automobile attachment for home wood cutting is on display at Clifton Mercantile Co in the implement department. The showcase highlights how the tool aids domestic carpentry and woodworking projects.
H. S. Pearson offers top market prices for furs at T. R. James blacksmith shop each day after noon. This notice runs in the local business pages announcing the buyer and location.
A brief suggestion urges buying a pear burner to feed cattle with pears and to save the stock by destroying prickly pears, attributed to Oscar J. Rea & Co.
Mrs. R. T. Womack requested the newspaper be mailed to her daughter Mrs. Addie Giesenschlag in Snook Texas for a twelve month period starting last Monday.
W. J. Veiles of route one Valley Mills telephoned last Monday and arranged to have the Dallas News and his former hometown paper mailed to his address for the coming year.
T. J. Rhodes, a friend of the Rec ord’s and a regular on Route One, phoned from the city on Monday and left a dollar to mark his dates as January 1, 1920.
Miss Glenn of Tyler, a Clifton public school teacher last term, spent the past week as the guest of Miss May Schow and other friends, sharing time and hospitality in the community.
O H Hess, famed harness and saddle dealer of the Clifton Mercantile Co, had his name added to the Record’s subscription list for a New Years trick.
Our Market will be closed every Sunday and open until 9 30 p m Saturdays Buy meats and supplies for Sunday before closing Standefer Brothers.
S. F. Snider left last Saturday for Des Moines Iowa where he expects to remain for an indefinite time making that city his headquarters in the insurance business.
Miss Mabel Layne of the Western Union in Dallas is spending a few weeks with her parents Professor and Mrs. J. B. Layne in this city.
Lieutenant and Mrs. Tilden Anderson left last Friday to visit relatives at Indian Gap after spending Christmas with kin nearby. Tilden has been released from the army and plans to resume practicing law once he rests.
Wagoner Willis Thiele of Camp Sheridan Oklahoma was a guest of his home folks near Coyote during Christmas week. He returned to his camp January the first.
Dr and Mrs L W Helm and their two young daughters visited in Mart with his parents Mr and Mrs Geo B Helm for several days. The household hosted relatives and enjoyed time together in the family home.
A W Vickery of Rec one Valley Mills mails in the price for renewing both the Dallas News and his old county publication for another year in advance.
Andrew Dahl and R. E. Forson finished a new residence on R. W. Standefer’s ranch east of town last week to replace a house lost by fire several weeks earlier.
Paul Seedig, a hustling farmer from route two, called from the city on business last Saturday and left his check to pay for the Dallas News and his old home paper.
A. E. Boeler of Hamilton visited his brother-in-law Charlie Leck who has been ill with influenza pneumonia. Leck is reported to be improving at this time.
A. O. Dahl, a prosperous young farmer along route one, stopped by the office during his city visit last Saturday. He will receive the Dallas News for twelve months.
Q O Loggins and family have moved to Fort Worth last Saturday. Loggins now holds a fine position as a meat cutter, reputed as one of the best in the trade in the city.
J. D. Jones, a notable young farmer from near Coyot e, visited Clifton last Monday and there added his name to the Record's yearly subscription list.
Mrs C Burreson called on New Years day and ordered the record sent for one year to her brother O J Haugen in Minneapolis Minnesota so he may keep up with relatives and friends in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hale of Waco visited Clifton last Monday during a trip home from a stay with relatives in Hico. Mrs. Hale, formerly Miss Johnie Tilley, is known to many Clifton friends.
Dave White travels to Austin to enroll in a Deaf and Dumb College program. He has been deaf for about two years and under constant specialist care, though recovery seems unlikely. Friends remain hopeful his hearing might return suddenly.
Local Clifton firm advertises purchases of furs from one small opossum hide to hundreds of furs. The Clifton Produce Co promises top grade for furs offered and invites sellers to contact their Clifton, Texas location.
Miss Reba Little returned to Denton yesterday where she is a student of C. I. A. While at home for Christmas holidays she had as her guests Miss Willie Lain of Sanger Captain Rosco Howse of Camp Travis and Lieutenant Guy Gonett of Camp Stanley.
E. T. Johnson announces the reopening of a blacksmith shop and offers first class metalwork plus plumbing services. He invites patrons to share business and notes readiness to handle any plumbing needs.
Mrs J Owen Carpenter and her son Owen Jr stayed in Clifton from Waco for a few days this week. Mrs Carpenter plans to relocate to Clifton in a few weeks as Dr Owen is due back home soon from France.
H O Dahl of Norse called in town last Friday to have the Record print his dates moved up twelve years and to take advantage of club bing rates with the Dallas News.
Ensign Antone Peterson, visiting relatives, accepted his discharge and plans to resume his former oil company job based in Houston after completing vacation. He will return to civilian life and his Houston headquarters position once the break ends.
B. C. Kidwell topped the year by being the first to call and pay his Record subscription. Andrew Dahl had held the record for nine consecutive years but was absent citywide to meet his son Hendrick who had just been transferred to the aviation field in Waco.
George Wallace of Norse visited the city Monday to renew his Record subscription for another year for himself and for his sister Mrs. J. Mayfield of Sonora. He makes renewals before January 1 each year and the paper praises this habit.
Dr. O. J. Colwick and his family have moved back to Dallas and he is reported to have accepted special work in a sanitarium, signaling a career shift and new location for the physician.
Ben Harris left a message yesterday about renewing the Dallas News and his old county paper for another year. The note signals ongoing newspaper subscriptions and price discussions.
A house party of six couples stayed at the Butler home for the weekend of the holidays. The hostess planned each day’s pleasures with care and the guests will remember them. Attending were Sara Kendrick Bessie Earle Gilder Gertrude Butler Murray Kendrick of Gatesville Catherine Chambers of Waco Dennis Glass of Aleman David Conrad of Marietta Oklahoma Campbell Wright Mary Butler Zenobia Schow Carl Olson of Clifton.
The firm thanks Clifton residents and the trade area for generous support during wartime. As conditions normalize and staff return from service, Carpenter Brothers pledges to redouble efforts to provide the service customers deserve.
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