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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1920
Page
6
A reminiscence voiced as a satirical confession about patent churn schemes and a county right dispute. The speaker imagines murdering a patent right peddler in his mind, recounting dramatic fictional trials in Coryell county and the stubborn fight for justice against a grafter.
St. Joseph banker Walter P. Fulkerson is building a row of rental houses for families with children and newly married couples. If a couple has a child, that month’s rent is refunded. Tenants must vacate if no children appear within a year. He cites ads saying no one with children need apply, and argues for incentives to rear children. The homes sit in a desirable district.
Leonard Hord nearly fell victim after gasoline fumes in a Santa Fe switch tank sent him sliding toward an open hole while he leaned over to view. His father T P Hord crawled in to help but grew faint, both were rescued by others and later revived by a doctor.
The narrator recalls a hypothetical tale of hunger on a return journey, eating grasshoppers and bugs, ending with a dramatic reenactment of a wife’s reunion and a mock murder verdict to defend a patent dispute.
The county slate shows J C Tubb and E H Young as re election candidates for County Clerk along with J B Coleman. S C Smith seeks District Clerk re election. R E Bynum and H C Hughes listed for County Treasurer. Daisy Bible A D Clark named for County Superintendent. O D Dudley White and W W Wright and W H Doty for Sheriff. J H Myer J D Hord re election and G W Clardy for County Commissioner Prec 3. Luther P Raley P J Pierson Silas M Baskin for Prec 4. R T Fort Jr Mrs Br C Hill John M Jenson for Public Weigher Prec 5 and 8. G W Standdfer for Constable Prec 8 and J T Forson for Justice of the Peace Prec 8.
War Department opens thousands of civil service positions for discharged soldiers with priority for their spouses or widows. Posts include stenographers clerks messengers carpenters and more. Details available from War Department Civil Service Commission Federal Board for Vocational Education or write to the Civil Service Commission Washington DC. Also a medicinal note touts Prickly Ash Bitters for liver and stomach cleansing. An Indiana church decries talking machines and cars as devil machines while Teschen fights pit up for war.
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