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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1936
Page
7
The piece recalls diverse 19th or early 20th century events from rural communities. It notes an Indians leaders and a one hundred year peace medal ceremony at a village ceremony in Texas, plus a Christmas Ball in Ansonstone County. It mentions local officials, a newly named chief and a Texas land purchase. The text also reflects on retirement and financial independence attitudes, and odd technical notes about spider webs used in telescopes.
The text lists small tax allocations and revenue shares including relief at 80.5 cents, 0.3 ventes elecmosy nary institutions, 61 cents for higher education, 6.5 cents for Confederate pensions, 25 cents for judiciary, 1.79 cents for miscellaneous items, gasoline taxes yielding 99.94 cents per dollar, real estate at 26.80 cents, rose production tax for oil at 7.17 cents, with the balance from miscellaneous sources.
Washington Cocoa Island near where Roosevelt fished during a presidential tour is famed for pirate lore and treasure tales. Centuries of legends, including the Lima vaults and gold church treasures, drew hunters though modern gear has yet to yield a cache.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram discusses World War I era memory of a war to eat war noting the U S military build up to unprecedented levels. It cites United States land forces at about 118 750 enlisted with 32 000 regulars abroad and 86 000 at home plus 20 000 officers and men on the Mexican border and reserve strength estimates. The piece references wartime casualties and the 1920 act affecting National Guard strength, and compares past totals to projected future spending and manpower shifts.
A survey by 428 editors ranks top stories of 1935 including Supreme Court rulings on New Deal, The Ethiopian conflict, Hauptmann case, Will Rogers and Wiley Post death, Huey Long murder, airmail service expansion, and Germany rearmament. Franking privilege costs and penal envelopes details noted. Father Coughlin’s rise from fringe priest to vast radio audience is recounted along with Congress session expectations and early tax and social security policy debates.
An obscure OCR fragment lists cows for sale with garbled names and locations, showing a local livestock advert disrupted by misread characters and spacing. The readable gist notes cattle for sale though supplier and price details are unreadable.
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