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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1923
Page
4
A cropped 1924 notice from The Clifton Record urges weekly publication and discusses subscription rates. It warns residents to destroy breeding habitats around premises to reduce mosquitoes, comparing public embarrassment about pests to past fears of bed bugs and body lice.
Display advertising per inch priced at 26e with an extra charge for special positions. Local advertising per line lists 106 black face type, per line.
A garbled rural fragment discusses grain crops, anticipated rain, and farm payments. It mentions Clifton and painting quantities, warnings about law violations, and potential jail risk. The text is incomplete and lacks coherent details.
A man from Vancouver uses a stick of dynamite strapped to his chest in his back yard and detonates, tearing his body across half a city block. Only scattered details and no clear cause are known. The tragedy follows a funeral service and references a local church and community events.
The Clifton College Academy is classified by the State Department of Education as an Institution of the first class and has an affiliation with leading colleges and universities of the State. Graduates can enter any college or university without limitation. Meridian resident Fergus leads a few days of activity through Saturday.
Hamilton Texas June 24 The new dam forming four lakes to bath and water supply subsent to forma the ity for seven years once filled has just been completed and in writing rein to All it The lake is located five miles east of town and will give Hamilton one of the last water supply systems any town of size in the lake John Standerer of Meridian was business visitor in Clifton for a few hours Tasaday
June 24 Anetia reports a new fish law sanctioned by the legislature this year. It prohibits certain nets and traps and establishes a maximum catch limits for commercial fishing. Enforcement details and penalties are to be set by regulators.
A report from June 27 discusses revenue ratings of the Santa Fe Railway and related devices for catching, with references to Chicago and broader railway finance. The article mentions eight and more figures, a five month period, and commentary from Linde Daine and Fick Commission in 1852.
The Queen Theatre offers Friday and Saturday night showings with Jack Hoxie in Gallopin Throng based on The Fog Man and Hank Mannini in Myatic Mash. Admission 10 and 26 1¢ vent. Next week George Larkin stars in Baved by Radio with a WWo reel remedy. If the Dempery Cribbons fight is broadcast July 4 by radio, it will be free to all.
Hill County Commissioners Court approved a highway project with Womack Construction for the King of Trails Highway north through No Man's Land. The contract totals 26,018, with the county paying 27,415,000 and the Texas Department of Highways covering the rest.
Hillaboro June 24 James N Weserved died earlier today at his homestead in Hill County aged over 14 years. He resided with his family in Osceola vicinity. Funeral set at the residence two and a half miles from Osceola at 11 o clock tomorrow morning. Survived by two daughters and four sons.
Corsicana June 27 report from the old Seid bere yesterday a white man fined 10 dollars on guilty plea to cruelty to animals after beating a horse that died from injuries. Other items note Gen Andrew Booth death in New Orleans and local social notes, market mentions, and community happenings around Clifton Meridian and Walnut Springs.
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