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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
5
Clifton merchants promote bread seeds and supplies and invite service visits. Listings show Rea & Co. Os car J. Rea & Co Carpenter Brothers Mercantile Co Clifton Garage and Ford cars offered with service, seeds garden goods incu bator poultry products and furs bought. Local residents visit Meridian Whit ney and Spur with notices of sales and jobs.
Miss Mabel Layne departed for Dallas last week after staying with her parents Prof. and Mrs. J. B. Layne and other relatives in town for several weeks.
Mr and Mrs E T Johle returned to their home at Brownwood last Sunday after spending several days as guests of relatives in this section.
Do not throw away old shoes when you can have them nearly new at Show Brothers Clifton Texas. Now is a good time to get your car running well for spring and summer by taking it to Voy G Fort at Clifton Garage.
The Ford Motor Company boosted wages by twenty percent for thousands of workers to offset rising living costs. The move aims to improve employee morale and retain labor amid inflation, reflecting industry wage pressures during the period.
N. E. Lovelady has visited Temple multiple times in the past week to consult a specialist about an eye problem that has troubled him recently.
Ben Theile, a friend of the Record, called from the road near Valley Mills last Saturday and left a dollar for the county paper for another year.
If you want to make a small and good investment, Cull your Seed. It don't pay to put small and defective seed in the ground which will make a weak and defective plant. It costs about ten cents per acre to Cull your seed. Farmers Gin Co.
Local notices include Clifton Rubber Co. ads promoting tire and tube repairs and accessories. Town visitors: G F Boone, E S Wallace from Turnersville. Mabray Randal of Walnut Springs. former Gov Jas Ferguson of Temple. Dr E C Brannon resumes ENT practice in Waco. Arne Orbeck moves record dates. Also January 31 declared School as a Social Center day. attorney Wy Avra relocates to Clifton. A K Bass Jr visits from Nashville for duty and future plans.
Mrs William Harris accompanied by her daughter in law arrived from Valley Mills last Sunday afternoon to visit Mr and Mrs S J Price and other Clifton friends.
Rev. H. W. Estrem of Crawfills Gap left for Chicago Sunday afternoon to attend the National Conference of State Chairmen. They are to conduct the National Lutheran Reconstruction Campaign in February. Their message urges readers to visit Carpenter Brothers for a gift box of candy.
Why sold 850 tires in six months. People seek the service and protection only Clifton Rubber can offer. A. W. Price returned from Amarillo after two weeks on business. He paused six hours at Wichita Falls, noting the oil business there is a sight.
E. T. Johnson announces the reopening of his blacksmith shop and willingness to handle plumbing jobs. O. D. White of Morgan visited the city last Tuesday, described as a friend of the Record editors known for honesty and fairness.
Curtis Publishing Co. accepts new subscriptions and renewals for Ladies Home Journal and other publications. Mrs. Ralph Helm is available for nation wide subscriptions by walk in or phone. 43-21e C. B. McCoy family moves back to Clifton from Goryell county near Hurst. The farm is sown mostly in grain and they will stay in town for school advantages.
O Q Loggins and family moved from Fort Worth to Clifton this week and lease the E C Driskell farm for the year. Loggins, a successful farmer, prefers country life. J W Golston from Quanah reports widespread prosperity from new oil fields attracting eastern capitalists to Texas.
Homah Forson recently freed from the U S Navy with San Francisco ties returns home last Friday. He served as the ship’s official barber and his months of training promise top quality in his craft. He will join his father J T Forson in the barber shop hereafter.
Messrs. A. G. Gilliam Clarence Carpenter and Joe McSpadden are all smiles this week as their oil well in the Ranger field begins to flow oil. The note mentions the family’s eagerness for fellow citizens to find good places to negotiate a loan.
Mr V C Karnes of Pearl is in Clifton for a two week stay to teach a Masonic Chapter school. The Record notes all chapter members are welcome to attend and that visitors from other chapters may join the sessions led by a leading instructor of the order.
Jim McSpadden of Wichita county arrives this week to spend time with relatives and old friends while caring for his father T. H. McSpadden who has been seriously ill for several days. The elder McSpadden is past eighty five, and relatives express concern over his condition.
The White Swan Restaurant launches at a new Main Street stand last Saturday morning under popular owner and manager Mr J T Torrence. Locals and Texas patrons praise the evolving features and high quality service, inviting visitors to Clifton for the best there is to eat and first class service.
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