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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
14
In this satirical monologue the speaker rails at a patent churn scheme and a patent-right peddler. He imagines cold blooded murders of the groan-inducing schemer, recounts courtroom scenes in Coryell county, and recalls the Texas v Sappington style trials and juries broken by sympathy.
Walter P. Fulkerson, a St. Joseph banker, is constructing a row of rental houses aimed at families with children and newlyweds. Tenants with children receive rent refunds when a child is born, while families without children after one year may vacate.
Leonard Hord, son of Mr. and Mrs. T. P. Hord, nearly fell victim while helping unload a gasoline tank at a Santa Fe switch site. The tank was unlevel, fumes staggered him into a hole, his father crawled in to rescue him, both men narrowly escaped until help arrived and a doctor treated them.
A speaker recounts returning home on foot and surviving by eating grasshoppers. He then narrates a dramatic scene with his wife at a window and a judge weeping as she proclaims him alive, claiming he killed a patent right grafter only in imagination.
County Clerk candidates include J C Tubb and E H Young with J B Coleman also on ballot. District Clerk is S C Smith both running for reelection. County Treasurer R E Bynum and H C Hughes seek reelection. County Superintendent Mrs Daisy Bible and A D Clark listed. Sheriff candidates D D White W W Wright and W H Doty. County Commissioner Pre 3 J H Myer J D Hord reelection G W Clardy. County Commissioner Pre 4 Luther P Raley P J Pierson Silas M Baskin. Public Weigher Pre 5 8 R T Fort Jr Mrs R C Hill John M Jenson. Constable Precinct 8 G W Standdefer. Justice of the Peace Pre 8 J T Forson.
Bosque County Red Cross note informs ex soldiers of thousands of civil service positions for discharged or partially disabled veterans with preference for them or spouses. Posts include stenographers clerks messengers watchmen skilled labor carpenters and more. Contact War Department Civil Service Commission or Federal Board for Vocational Education for details. Prickly Ash Bitters promoted as a liver cleanser priced at 1.25 per bottle.
In Indiana a church denounces talking machines and labels automobiles as devil machines. In Teschen, Poles and Czechs clash as war looms, with locals urged to prepare for possible mobilization.
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