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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 30, 1926
Page
8
This week at Queen Theatre features Bob Custer in The Riding Streak a fast Western. A Tailoring 2 reel comedy The Tight Cargo 4 reel comedy and Helpful Al Fox 0 reel. Saturday Night double show includes Madge Bellamy and Basil Rathbone in Black Parade amid other features. Admission 10 and 2 cents.
An archaic verse piece dramatizes prisoners trapped by crime and poverty, contrasting a path to wealth through lawbreaking with a road to freedom and reform. It laments the living death of confinement and recalls a past when innocence prevailed, now haunted by systemic obstacles and failed prospects.
Special Cayote news reports a Baptist revival starting next Sunday led by Rev. Harris of Seminary Hill with all invited to attend. The column lists local visitations and movements, including Raymond Robinson and wife returning to Olden Texas after visiting kin, Mrs. Minnie Robinson, and others in the area.
A fragment from Ruth About Texas laments exaggerated Southern boasting about Texas wildness and progress. It references longhorns and frontier imagery, notes Texas agricultural strength, and critiques frontier myths while praising modernization and industry.
Vernon voters hear that a contract for additions to the municipal light plant was awarded with a bid around 14 dollars. An engine was bought for installation, and more equipment is planned. The report recalls debates over selling the plant to a large corporation and reflects the era’s social discourse and public curiosity about local utilities.
The fragmented notice lists Sunday worship at noon and evening services. A mid week prayer meeting is shown for Wednesday at 7:00 pm. Community members are encouraged to attend the church events and partake in the activities described, though text is garbled.
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