02 Jun 1905
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1905
Page
1
Clifton stores promote Henry W. Prices Sargent and Carhartt gloves and gauntlets for men and boys. They highlight American-made quality with low prices. The firm claims to be sole Clifton agents for these two well known glove brands, noting rising demand this harvest season.
Product listings include men's gloves in various leathers with prices around $1.25 and $1.30, plus mohair and buckskin options. Also advertised are towels size 49 inches by unknown width described as heavy quality, with mentions of linen, hems, and bleaching. Numerous garbled names and partial phrases remain.
A fragmentary ad lists discounted ladies collars and related wares with prices and timings. It mentions a sale window ending soon and notes various items like white fabrics, pink accents, and decorative inlays. Names and places are garbled but hints at a local market event with cash purchases.
Meridian social and court notes recount a Baptist ice cream supper for Buckner’s Orphan's Home, a new courthouse trial for Joe Yates on larceny, and a postponed revival at the Methodist church due to bad weather. Miss Bennie Jones travels to Memphis, Everett Turner’s wife’s illness prompts a Memphis trip, and a candy pulling at Tabernacle draws crowds. Tom Thumb visits Meridian with a planned wedding in June. County records show births, deaths, marriages, and property transfers as listed in the clerk’s office.
Fragmented notice appears to blend an individual sale of a barber shop, a medical advertisement, and an upcoming Old Settlers Rex union anniversary event. It mentions Cons Haack leaving Clifton, Clark & Brantley taking charge, a Houston infirmary bulletin about a gunshot wound, and a July 4th gathering at Fair Oaks Herford Farm Meridian Texas. A Keystone watch charm loss is noted with contact.
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