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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1919
Page
13
An assortment of local ads lists Colorite products at Carpenter Bros and Oscar J. Rea & Co with prices and services. Mentions Kodak goods, flashlights, a U S Dream Separator, eggs and butter market prices, and requests for grocery orders and hog remedies. Robert Wendland visiting, electric motor for sewing machines, and a Dodge car purchase planned.
Fresh box candies of various kinds and flavors offered at our store. Carpenter Bros. announce the Miss Ella Graham of Crawford visiting her sister Mrs S M Summers.
Local ads invite readers to buy Martin's Blue Bug Killer for poultry pests and view jewelry. Carpenter Bros offer Ford deliveries this week and promise to order items if not in stock. Clifton Produce Co seeks scrap junk while Mabry Helton adds a year to the Record subscription. Little Miss Virginia Sears visits Valley Mills guest Cecile Cantrell. Evelyn Summers returns from Waco relatives. Tergerson of Mus tang visits city on Tuesday.
Egg prices remain high prompting buyers to switch to Pratt's Poultry Food advertised by J. N. Hill. Mrs. Mary S. Taylor visits Haslet, staying with her son W. R. Taylor and his family.
A. Na Gilliam offers one hundred Racine tires direct from Racine Wisconsin in any size and ready for shipment.
John S. Pool arrived from Valley Mills for a brief business stay in our city. Mr and Mrs A G Gilliam and their children visited Valley Mills on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs C C Hightower of Mo ran spent last week in Clifton as the guest of Mrs M E Swilling staying at the Swilling residence and enjoying local hospitality.
Rev. J. B. Berry of Gatesville spent a few hours in Clifton while enroute to Meridian.
A. G. Gilliam and Mr and Mrs Chas W Clarkson moved into their new Edgewood residence this week marking a tidy local housing update amid community growth and neighborhood change.
Carpenter Bros. promotes Colorite for straw hats in any color. White eggs remain expensive in the area. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Helm and Mrs. E. L. Boston visited relatives and friends in Waco last Sunday.
Barron Fallis and Clarence Carpenter, noted business visitors, traveled to West Texas oil fields at the start of the week to inspect operations and assess prospects.
Debt reminder to pay Lovelady Brothers due to Clifton Produce Co E Lovelady. Miss Annie Hanson returns Saturday from a term at Carrill Bible and Training School in Kansas City.
Residents announce Clifton Garage as a meeting hub for local plans, even without specific needs, turning the facility into a focal point for community organizing.
Thos Bates and his Valley Mills family paused in Clifton last Saturday during their trip to Hico to visit relatives.
Quote from A G Gilliam asserts Racine Country Road tires outperform others when worn longer in 90 of 100 tests. The remark appears in a brief endorsement-like statement attributed to Gilliam.
Miss Elsie Coston, a former student of Meridian College, returned home Monday after the close of this year's work.
Meridian Abstract Co. of Meridian Texas offers a complete abstract of lands in Bosque County with prompt and efficient service.
E G Bronstad, visiting from route two, left paid for another year of the Dallas News and his home paper, as reported last Tuesday.
Mrs. R. S. Haynie and her young daughter Edna visit Mrs. Haynie's parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. S. Sansom, in Stamford.
T H Burkett of Turnersville sends in his check this week to renew the paper for another year, continuing his long support as a good friend of the Record.
Advertisement from A. G. Gilliam urges readers to book Ford premiums now for quicker access, noting that rewards are available today and encouraging immediate action to secure a better deal.
Clifton Garage advertises oils gasoline casings inner tubes and accessories with friendly note that customer business is appreciated.
Bob Swilling, once a Clifton citizen and local restaurateur, died at his Waco home after a brief illness. The body was later taken to Meridian for burial yesterday.
L. E. Tennison returned to Caddo the first of the week and plans to stay for several weeks to work for the Swensondale Oil Co.
Miss Gladys Helm, long employed in Fort Worth schools, returned home yesterday after the term's close. She was re elected to teach domestic science at the same school with a very handsome salary advance for the next term.
Antone Slocha, formerly with the U.S. Army in France, has returned to his Roswell area home with his discharge. He served overseas and is now back in civilian life.
C. E. Schow arrived yesterday from Chickasha Oklahoma to join his wife and young son for a family visit with relatives and friends.
The Record reports that Grandpa G Grimland has purchased the home previously occupied by John Halverson, where Voy G Fort and his family now reside.
Edward Meyer, fresh from a college business course in Waco, has accepted employment in the Schow Brothers office. He brings formal training and local ties to the position, expanding the firm’s administrative staff.
Miss Agnes Sertrand, who has been attending college at Ft. Worth, returned home the first of the week to spend her summer vacation.
Postmaster Theo Colwick of Norse called on Tuesday en route to Mineral Wells to attend the annual meeting of the Texas Postmasters.
A. G. Gilliam voices a territorial stance about selling Ford vehicles, arguing against pushing would-be buyers out of territory and prioritizing availability over exclusive advantage. The quotation reflects competitive distribution concerns and fair access principles in automotive sales.
Mrs. E. L. Boston and brother Robert Wendland, Rev. and Mrs. Geo. F. Kornegay and Mrs. M. E. Swilling attended the district Sunday School convention at Crawford Wednesday.
A. C. Grimland, manager of the Show Lumber yard at Crawfills Gap, spent a few hours Monday on a business visit to the Record.
A. Biffle of the Womack community visited on Tuesday and left a dollar to extend his county paper’s weekly delivery to his home for another year.
Mrs Olaf Westgaard and her little daughter Mary are visiting Dublin this week. They traveled through the country by car, accompanied by Oden Westgaard who has returned to his work in the city.
Lenoir and Kornegay, working with the McGregor Mirror, were at home last Saturday night and Sunday. He seems well pleased with his work in the printing office.
Dr and Mrs G W Collins traveled to Dallas last week for the Baylor University Medical Department graduation exercises where their son Wilson is listed among the graduates.
A resident reports a missing stash between Clifton and Boggy cemetery including 1 box Camel cigarettes 1 box figs and another box. The owner offers a liberal reward if found and left at the Record office.
Charlie McFadden arrives from Port Arthur to visit relatives and join his family in this section. He says he may stay to help finish the Ferguson Wildcats season and team efforts.
A. G. Gilliam warns about molded black tread tires that rot dry without use. He advises choosing a wrapped tread Racine where fabric and rubber are best. Mesdames Mary Gary and T. J. Weaver arrived Friday from Fort Chatburn to visit relatives due to Mrs. Jonathan McFadden’s illness, now reported improved.
The Farmers Gin Co. announces a coal supply for thresher and domestic use at 11 dollars per ton. H W Meyer buys several acres of land adjacent to his Edgewood home, south of Grimland, Townsend and Bronstad blocks, connected to his other property for pasture or feed.
Mrs Pines Greenwade returned home Saturday from Fort Worth where she had visited Mr Greenwade a patient in a sanitarium. At the time she left him he was better and it is hoped he will soon be able to return home.
The M E Missionary Society plans a Spring market on Saturday afternoon June 7 in the Wilson Building featuring eats such as cakes pies salad dressing and home made bread among other items for sale.
Mr and Mrs Henry Gibbs Mrs Pool and Editor W H Carter of Valley Bills rode through Clifton on the Meridian route when their car broke down. J B McCoy offered a ride in a new touring car and soon had them safely home.
G O Bronstad of Cranfills Gap reported farmers in his section are busy harvesting grain crops. Persistent rains have left some fields too seepy for reapers, forcing those patches to be saved by the old method of cradeling.
S. J. Tennison and Mesdames LE Tennison and O A Bronstad visited his daughter Miss Odessa at a Waco sanitarium last Tuesday. Mrs. J H Davis, who has been with Odessa, returned with them, while Mrs. S J Tennison remains to Sunday as Odessa shows improvement and is expected to return home soon.
P. E. Schow and his daughter Miss Zenobia attended commencement exercises of CIA at Denton early this week. Zenobia plans to study at the popular institution next session, and with a strong home record friends predict she will do well in college.
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