Cotton fire at Clifton yard and local newspaper notes
A float loaded with five bales of cotton caught fire on the way from the cotton yard to the depot near Clifton. Firemen used a gasoline engine to extinguish the blaze quickly, with damage under $10. The fire started when a match in driver Oscar Hamilton’s mouth ignited the cotton. The Clifton Record also includes long notes on borrowing and subscription practices from Whitney Messenger and mentions political candidate expectations for Knight, Nelson Phillips, Beall, and an upcoming struggle for office.
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Dallas Commission
Oscar Hamilton
Corton
Whitney Messenger
Full Guaranteed Goods and Bargains at Our Store
A local shop advertises fully guaranteed Upper Crust Flour. It promotes Joseph W. Moon Buggies, Luedinhaus Wagons, Bowsher Feed Mill savings, saddles, second hand buggies, Buck's Stove, Ranger, White Lily Washers, Tennessee Triumph Potatoes, seed potatoes, saddle, Golden Gate Spices, Lustre Coffee, I. H. C. Gasoline Engines, mules, White Rose Washer, Texas Victor Cultivator, Middle Buster, Pipe Frame Lever Harrow, Success and Canton Plows, and second hand wagons and surreys at bargain prices.
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Golden Gate
Congress seeks federal building at Temple in $100,000 bill
Congressman Henry asserts clear need for a Temple federal building and introduces a bill for $100,000. The measure aims to secure funds during this session of Congress.
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Henry
Congress
Temple
Temple Times
Dallas Political Gossips Celebrate Speaker Love Victory
In Dallas supporters celebrate Love after his triumphant election as speaker of the thirtieth legislature. Friends say he may seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1908 to succeed Jack A. Beall, with two other Dallas figures noted as potential rivals.
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Dallas
Speaker Love
Mr. Love
Hunting Forbidden in Enclosures Notice
Public notice states all hunting on enclosures is strictly forbidden. Signed by Oscar Olson and John Olson.
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Oscar Olson
John Olson
County Tax Assessment Begins For 1907 In Bosque County
The 1907 assessment period opens January 1 as Geo M Nichols Bosque County Tax Assessor urges residents to inventory property and stock. Individuals should prepare lists and leave them with family or associates for officers when called. Merchants are asked to inventory their stock to promptly render when assessed.
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Lee
Measles Spread Amid Town Activities and Local Travel
Measles are spreading in the community as W. W. Barkley attends court in Gatesville this week. Turnerville residents attended Rev. Armstrongs ordination at Liberty last Sunday. Rev. Libscomb of the Methodist church preached both services here. Willie White visits grandparents in Jonesboro this week. Cecil Dansby had an accident while riding a wild colt last Sunday.
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W. W. Barkley
Gatesville
Turnerville
Armstrong
Liberty
Libscomb
Methodist Church
Willie White
Jonesboro
Cecil Dansby
Unconscious man injured in incident and local notices
A man was thrown and seriously injured and remained unconscious. Local social notes include Rev B F White and family visiting, Findley from Clifton working for Wm Connolly Co, farm rental offer on Neils Creek with 100 acres cultivated and 11h in pasture, Mrs O Canuteson of Waco seeking farm ad, the Advertiser publication suspended by Reddick & Roberts, L King and S R Gerald dissolve their partnership in Clifton, and local yard Stop at old Nelson yard with feed and fin yard.
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B. F. White
Jonesboro
Olfie White
Neils Creek
Meridian and
Gatesville
O. Canuteson
Waco
Texas
Newspaper Office Purchases and Moving Supplies
The Advertiser office force has started moving type, jses, stands, and office furniture after purchase. The Kimble ae Citizen notes progress and hopes for a better future, remarking the paper has endured years and local hardships but remains a part of town upbuilding.
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Kimble Ae Citizen
Addere
Bro
Winslett
Ars
Amu
Times
Kood
P N Reeder Promises Trade Meeting Availability
The message offers readiness to meet for a trade. It greets P N Reeder and signals willingness to arrange a meeting, emphasizing cooperative commerce and timely coordination.
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P.N. Reeder
Wholesale poisonings shock Knecz in Temesvar county
Anonymous tips sparked exhumations of 25 Knecz cemetery bodies where arsenic was found in 18. Four husbands and eight wives are under arrest for suspected spousal poisonings. Two women allegedly murdered two husbands. a peasant is accused of poisoning three wives.
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Knecz
Temesvar
Petrubany
Haayok
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Canton
Oscar J
Rea & Co
Clifton, Texas
The
Clifton Record
Robert L. Baldridge
Clifton
Con
Cii
Knight
Nelson Phillips
Hillsboro
Beall
Joseph W. Moon
Meridian
First National Bank
Bosque
Beaul
Geo. M, Nichols
Bosque Co
Turnersville
Findley of
Wm. Connolly & Company
Advertiser
Reddick & Roberts
Brothers
McCulloch County
Limble County
N. L. King & Co
N. L. King
8. R. Gerald
S. R. Gerald
Nelson Yard
Mr. Bailey
Price & Mitchel
Wholesale Poisoners
Hooper
Pricy
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