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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1930
Page
5
Clifton records note public schools and Chien Fanior College have resumed after Christmas. Farmers report good ground since the show and ample grain prospects. Weather has been mild then rainy and cold. New Year resolutions aside, merchants reopen as Clifton’s business firms balance closures for New Year. The column hints at political candidacy excitement as campaigns begin to heat up.
A rambling reminiscence links the ancient game of mumble peg to life’s gambles. It recalls a country doctor who rose from the sticks to a high rise medical practice while secretly playing mumble peg for big stakes, dissecting limbs and mending bones with the same steady nerve. Albany New York references appear in the closing lines.
Forty reception calves from Bosque County vie for prizes at the Southwestern Exposition and Fat Stock Show in Fort Worth March 8 to 16. Named entries include Finley Poston Talmage Poston Bille Poston D T Poston Jr Evane Picklin Britter Poston G O Brotatad Clyde Guthrie Hayden Miller Harold Boone Lola Boone and Ralph Boone. Calves average daily gains of 2 to 1 pounds since September and are fed on fresh grown foods.
Sewage garbled OCR describes Savote Club members feeding pigs for a Fat Stock Show in March. Named participants include Edwin Krune Monroe Kruse Will Wensel Albert Wenzel Rows Koust and Homer Poster from Valley Mills. Details unclear but mentions feeding for showing and onsite gains.
Nacogdoches Texas December 20 A giant reforestation plan begins with the transplanting of 2 000 000 pine saplings near the border of Bewareward Parish La along the Sabine River opposite Newton County Texas This effort is part of the state wide forestry program and aims to reforest burned and deforested areas.
Records show the state will have a 00 percent deficiency when the Legislature convenes in January. Lawmakers lack a cash balance to appropriate 1,000,000 to establish a centralized prison. The general fund will be in the red, while other state funds remain healthy. Any prison relocation appropriation would come from the general fund.
Senator Ton Connally has accepted an invitation to speak at a Jackson Day meeting in Springfield Illinois on January 8. The invitation was extended by Thomas F Donovan of Joliet Democratic State Chairman on behalf of the State organization.
The Norse Mutual Fire Insurance annual meeting will be held at the Norse school house on Saturday January 4 at 10 00 a m. C M Colwick secretary. Also sale of Yellow Bent Corn at 80 cents per bushel at my barn on Clifton Route Otto Wurba. Mrs Luke Sheppard dies in Bosque county funeral at Cedron Cemetery. Card of thanks expresses gratitude for kindness after Washand Sheppard’s death.
Sunday School at 10 5. m. Morning service at 11 a.m. Evening service at Cromford. Congregation annual meeting Monday at 7:10 p.m. Confirmation Larson meet this Saturday. Willie Bayden and Robert Sprinkle wed after 60 years, honeymoon in Florida, Sprinkle a Chinook rancher, Hayden a retired millinery shop owner. New Year greetings and business notices from White Swan Gate and Davis & Sons. visitors from Fors Worth and Ware.
Fragmentary OCR shows a local notice referencing a precinct and a commissioner with the name Meador, indicating an electoral or appointment action. The readable fragment implies official authorization or listing but lacks complete details such as date, location, or specific action.
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