Clifton Record summary of local notes and travel mentions
Local items report political race chatter with Wea and Cross, contractor bids for rail daily routes near Clifton, and several resident movements. Notes cover a revival, a Fourth of July accident at Mermaid Pool, visitors including Pat Ryan and Mrs Gandy, and a personal recheck from Chas Gandy reflecting ties to Clifton and Livingston.
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Chas
Gandy
Livingston
Clifton
Poxas
Texas
Government fines small exhibit deepen penalties
A fragment hints that authorities impose fines at minor exhibits and that repeatedly larger sums may be required to satisfy penalties. The text references ongoing government actions and monetary amounts, though details are incomplete.
Local Builder Jacob Jorgenson Noted Figure
Jacob Jorgenson, a young man raised in this area, recently took up residence at a local recording office after pursuing his trade as a builder in stone and cement. His presence and brief career path are noted in the Record.
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Jacob
Jorgenson
Government and finance items in wartime budget plan
A fragmented list details 4,880,000 supplying jobs, loan authorizations, mortgage refinancing, and tax measures. It cites extending temporary fees, home owners loans of 710 million, and 400 to 600 million nuisance taxes, plus extending NRA law and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation two years. It also notes baby bonds, navy port construction of 38 million, 645 Army cadets, and aviation cadet corps creation.
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Warner
Wniona
NRA
Antil
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Virat
Navy Port
United States Military Academy
Aviation Cadet Corps
Melmer Bekkelund Dies After Ill Health In Dallas
Emil Bekkelund of Clifton reports long illness of Melmer, who remained a church member at Our Savior's Lutheran. He died two weeks after a health decline, married to Luella Covert of Water Valley, Texas. They lived in Dallas after moving from Dal lain. Funeral held in Dallas on June 22 with burial in Dallas Cemetery.
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Nove
Jil
Aoen
Stend
Mion Loraine Covert
Water Valley
Texas
Dalian
Ms. Bekkelund
Emil Bekkelund
Clifton P. Johnson
Fort Brothers
Herman
Milford
Gary
Simon
Edwin Hondigh
Otto
Clifton
Dal [Tas
Dallas
Man Pays Cash for Farmall Plow Outfit at Local Implement Firm
A Mort Worth ranch owner, A. A. Davis, bought a Farmall tractor, plow, and implements totaling over 3700 at Clifton Tractor Implement Company. He paid with hundreds in cash, surprising manager W. A. Finley who noted such full cash purchases are rare. Also mentioned are visits by Evelyn Rachning and Myrl Martin to Morgan and Glen Rose relatives.
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Clifton Faemma
A. A. Davis
Mort Worth
Ples Ranch
Morgan
Kimble Bend
Tg Cifwn Trawtorsh Implement Company
W. A. Finley
Mrs Norman Bratcher Visits Clifton Relative Recall
Mrs Norman Bratcher of Cleburne stays briefly with her aunt Mire and Emmett H Sehow in Clifton. Clifton residents will recall Mrs Bratcher as Sue Vivian Hall, her name before marriage and from Clifton High School senior year.
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Norman Bratcher
Cleburne
Mire
Emmett H. Sehow
Clifton
Bratch
Sue Vivian Hall
Clifton High School
Watermelons and heat stir Congress debate in July days
A chaotic Washington scene features calls to suspend summer sessions due to heat with remarks from Senator Copeland and physician warnings on older members, alongside a note on Charles Lindbergh’s invention of a mechanical organ-preserving device at Rockefeller Institute and its implications for medical science.
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Solons
Washington
Congress
F. J. Bradstreet
Senate
J. W. Calvert
Royal
Copeland
New York
House
Representative Eicher
Iowa
New Deal
Abilene
Charles A Lindsbergh
New ‘York
Parin
Rockefeller Institute
Lindbergh
Adxis Carrel
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