Local Surname Visits and Out-of-Town Guests Gather in Clifton Area
Mrs. W B Raine and Mr and Mrs BW Rains visited Stam Sunday to see their mother who is critically ill. Dan Case was in Clifton Saturday. Mesure Dan Jake Bush Sos Horn and family and Mrs Horn spent Sunday with relatives near Prairie Valley. Merman Findley and family of Falls County spent the weekend here. Willie Day and Mrs Day of Iredell were Sunday guests. Mr and Mrs C C Rose and Mr Cobb had business in Meridian Monday. Virgil Rains and baby were in Clifton Monday for a physician visit.
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W. B. Raine
BW. Rains
Me. C
Smith
Whitney Priday
Dan Case
Clifton
Dan
Jake Bush
June Paint Offer For Barn and House Paints At No Extra Cost
Richard Thiele Davia Representative advertises a June sale offering seven or more gallons of House Paint with free Barn Paint in return for large orders. Inside or outside paints qualify and buyers are urged to write for full details at Route Three Valley Mills Texas.
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Richard Thiele
Davia
Route Three
Valley Mills
Texas
Man Buys Centennial Ducat On Muscle Goth Birthday
Dairys June entry notes Valley Mills resident Centennial Shafter buying the first ticket at the Texas centennial exposition. Shafter, born June 6, 1876, also marked his birthday. Governor plans were announced with a Texas contingent including Col. Wakefeld, Col. Repass, Col. Safford, and Adjutant General Nes, though he could not attend the presidential train event at Little Rock on June 10.
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Centennial Shafter
Valley Mills
Shafter
Texas
Mra
Alfred
Paull Wakefeld
Austin
W. C. Repaas
H. R. Safford
Houston
Carl Ness
Little Rock
Allred Accepts Challenge to Tobacco Spitting Contest
Dallas June 4 The Texas governor accepted by proxy the challenge from Louisiana Governor Richard Leche to a tobacco juice spitting contest during the Texas Centennial Exposition. Governor James V Allred named Leon Pack, Centennial police chief, as the official tobacco chewer for the state and praised Pack for reputed accuracy at long range.
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Dallas
Texas
Louisiana
James V. Allred
Richard Leche
Pack
Centennial Police
Texas Ranger
Allred
Leche
Alfred
Leonard
Jand
Louis
Ian
Gulf of Mexico
Copper the royal historical metal of humanity
Copper has long been called the royal metal for its wide uses and role in human progress. From 8 000 B C the metal began to be tinned as a malleable stone signaling a new age, bronze followed, and copper influenced Greece Britain Troy and Europe as brass appeared around 1 000 B C with cementation. The history of copper traces the world from stone age to electric era, shaping civilization.
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Troy
Greece
Sicily
Britain
France
Allred Back in Austin After Dallas Exposition
Gov James V Mired returns to Austin after attending the Dallas Exposition. He notes no complaints about wide open conditions in Dallas. The remarks reflect a cautious stance on openness and public spaces.
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Allred
Austin
James V. Mired
Dallas Exposition
Jin Dallas
Unclear exchange at auction over Burns bust misidentified as Shakespeare
In a crowded sale a man objects to a bust titled Robert Burns being mistaken for Shakespeare. An auctioneer replies with a quip about knowledge of the Bible as the bidding continues, highlighting confusion and humor in the chaotic scene.
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Robert Burns
Burns
Shakespeare
Income Prom Liquor Tax Passes Three Million
Austin officials report state liquor taxes and licenses under control totaled 3 016 161 dollars with gross receipts 2 484 146 dollars in excise taxes and permit fees distributed to revenue streams including the old age pension fund. The report notes liquor permit fees and beer license revenues plus confiscated liquor sales. The note includes a peculiar stray line about an anteater.
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Austin
C. R. Miller
Hiquoet
Inncome
Old Age Pension Fund
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Sears
Warner
Wwe Pune
Chevrolet
Standefer Chevrolet Company
Pleitan Thra
EAM
Meridian, Texas
Sormrude Gro d& Market
Cuitton, Texas
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