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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1909
Page
2
Midland Clifton Record reports weekly Friday morning market and community notices. Readers are urged to attend, with subscriptions and notices due on Fridays. the notice emphasizes a one dollar membership or entry fee for the event.
A garbled excerpt blends moral judgments on proper male virtues with quixotic phrases about devotion, learning, and authority. Scattered references touch on David and Paul, with digressions about vanity, wealth, and social expectations. The passage also drifts into medical and historical allusions, reading like a damaged OCR of a 19th century moralizing column.
A Chicago boss posts rules for workers across departments. The rules urge punctuality, honest effort, debt avoidance, self reliance, and prudent spending while warning against laziness, treading on others, and stealing in a blunt, old timey voice. The text preserves a typographic garble in places.
July 2249 marks the day for a major Banker Picnic at Leedell with speakers, ball games, and all amenities promised. The event emphasizes lower railroad rates and features a rural park setting likely to attract many friends and visitors.
A garbled 19th century note reports a henhouse theft in East Waco. It describes a thief described as a repeated henhouse robber. Traps captured a skunk victim. forelegs were removed.Community confusion over the incident remains.
John S Mosher a farmer near Sand Flat west of Decatur was killed at about 845 pm in the Sand Flat schoolhouse during a revival meeting. Roy Burnham his 19 year old son in law and his cousin surrendered to deputies and were moved to Chico then to Decatur. The murder followed a separation between Mosher and his wife Mosher died instantly from three bullets to the head.
A large crowd witnessed the wedding at the Presbyterian church in Walnut Springs on Wednesday June 23 as Fairy May Rushing joined Bowie native John Kirby in matrimony. The ceremony drew families from Walnut Springs and nearby towns, with friends offering warm wishes for the couple’s future. Receptions followed, and guests praised the town’s hospitality and the couple’s happiness.
A young man from near Sidney in Comanche County was injured when his horse fell on him during a roping event. He was injured severely and received aid within about thirty minutes.
In HI vaso Texas reports thousands of cattle dying of thirst in North Central Mexico as streams dry up and a year passes without rain. The item comments on drought conditions and references home remedies for burns and pains.
Waco Texas June 23 Deputy Constable Barry Sparks fought for his life when a Mexican tried to seize his gun. Sparks shot the assailant three times on the courthouse lawn, fatally wounding him while officers pursued the suspect.
K. C. Fain, cashier of First State Bank of Mount Calm, was arrested in West and jailed in Hillsboro after a three week disappearance revealed a bank shortage of about 13 000 to 14 000 dollars. A warrant was issued for his arrest as the bank faced a deficit.
A farm dispute on Temi public square led to a violent melee with knives and fists. Police and militia quelled the disturbance after a near riot. Alfred and Amos Palmer suffered knife cuts but were not seriously hurt. Frank Dunlap Grant Lewellen and bystander Holligan were injured along with several onlookers and would-be peacemakers.
An old advertisement features Hucklen's Arnica Salve claimed to cure numerous ailments including boils sores and wiles turns. It lists L. S. Naples of Raylen Kentucky and Price & Geiman as guarantors and promotes nationwide use with dubious medical claims.
A terse notice requests contact for gravel tilting or team work and asks to sew WWE or phone the residence. The fragment names a contact as 19 percent and includes the place Laidele. The text remains unclear and partly garbled.
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