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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1907
Page
9
Fragmented OCR text references divers and remedies for a health condition using Swamp Root and other tonics. It mentions testing in fields and mentions engineers Meyers and Copia, with unclear dates or locations. The readable portions suggest a report on curiosity about herbal cures and miracle tonics rather than a clear event.
On June 1 a massive sun spot, described as the largest yet found, was reported by Rev. We Hicks of St. Louis, who tracks solar phenomena daily. The spot appeared Friday after rapid changes in the Sun’s surface, grows to about one eighth the sun’s size, and is linked to expected storms and high winds across the United States within days. Hicks cautions the event could trigger further solar eruptions and weather effects as it moves across the sun’s disk.
Constable J H Good was fatally shot during a duel with a man identified as Reed after entering a home to arrest him. Reed fired injuring Good, who returned fire wounding Reed. Both men are hospitalized with life threatening wounds.
Mount Cals Texas deputies report a burglary at a drug store located at BN Herron street. Entry appeared through a transom with watches and other items taken. Deputy Sheriff John Starhan was on the scene handling the investigation last night amid tense conditions.
A fragmentary exchange hints at a claim over ten acres of land with a bet on five years of occupancy without starving. The text blends informal talk with a newspaper ad style line about Walton's pharmacy touting pure drugs.
An 1900s travel diary describes a Fort Worth to Meridian run via Benbrook Cresson Granbury Glen Rose and Walnut Springs. The writer praises a durable vehicle and rough roads, notes hospitable Granbury committee, and observes improving routes toward Meridian with towns preparing to adopt better roads and new machines.
Work will start soon on a new warehouse project in Anatin. The corporation is capitalized at three thousand dollars with most funds used for erection. Officers include Inky Miller as president and J B Yourer as secretary treasurer, with several directors named. The 70 by 150 foot reinforced iron building will be fire resistant and situated behind the old ice vault, accessible to railway, street, compress, and cotton yard.
In Br o o k e n s community southeast of Abbott Texas a youth named Lattimer aged 18 son of Wash Lattimer was arrested yesterday charged with shooting a negro at close range the incident occurred about sixteen miles from Hillsboro in the Brookens area near Abbott with details still developing.
Temple Texas June 24 Proposals emerge for a Texas militia encampment at Midway Park to showcase maneuvers and drills. Col Hamilton of the Texas Central favors lower berth rates and special cars. the rail commission debates sleeping car service and reduced fares for the event.
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