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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
5
Meridian based Odle and other locals visit for business. Advertisements promote Ideal Milk Cooler flashlights batteries and farm equipment. Offers list Moline Triple Disc Plow Chalmers Tractor and Oliver Plow with prices and delivery notes. Community notices mention visits, family travels, and town events with vendor names Carpenter Bros Oscar J Rew Co Read Co and local sales.
Local items include Andrew Dah returning to Marlin for a Creattienta course to ease rheumatism, Miss Isyl Koregny visiting relatives in Austin, and Parks visiting his brother in Breckenridge. A 8,600 barrel coil well was brought in at Stephens county oil field. Bakeries and service ads mention Clifton Bakery and Clifton Garage. Weather hints at reduced rain, with threshers soon running and grain damage from prior excessive rains.
Albert Kiechke, living with his uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs H W Meyer, arrived Tuesday night from overseas after discharge at Camp Bowie. He served more than a year before the armistice. Bob Hatley and family of Midland, visiting Marlin for their health, traveled by car to Waco to see Mrs W E Hurst, said to be improving after treatment at a sanitarium.
Local notes describe residents visiting relatives, health updates, and work. Rufus Cox visits from San Antonio for business and family. Townsend family returns from Marlin. rheumatism improving. Auburn McFadden joins the Records subscription. South Texas experience sent Jim home due to fever. Families travel amid rains and mud. several members prepare for trips to Colorado and Boulder. Veterans Johnny Lyons and Kurt Philipp return from France. Gus Philipp and others rejoin in Bosque County. View notes emphasize weather delays, farm crops, and pride in service during wartime.
Ed Godager returned Tuesday night from France after receiving honorable discharge at Camp Bowie. He shows signs of a later setback and contemplates civilian life. Miss Anna Johansen, stenographer at the First Guaranty State Bank, remains in the city after securing a position with a large milling company. He had hoped to avoid further injury but is home with relatives and friends recalling his service. Record & Dallas News $1.75.
The community thanks WW L Howard and others for paper's yearly price. Readers question use of bond money for good roads, as voted by residents. Judge York's letter appears on the paper's page, while a missing funds issue affects a young householder and a woman with children.
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