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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1923
Page
6
The advertisement from Hartingd Co of Atlanta Georgia offers seed packets from Seed of the South and a 1912 catalog. It promises 704 page catalogs with botanical photos, garden tools, and floral selections.
A garbled notice from a Texas druggist named Waller shows a health recovery claim amid a confusing string of words. The text references a drug store, a “Remarkable capretner” and various peculiar phrases, with no clear date or verifiable details beyond the name Waller and the business context.
A Dallas newspaperColumn argues a Belfast linen order could revive Texas linen trade and spur textile education. It links a large New York purchase to plans for a West Texas technological college, urging diversification of farming and local raw-materials to support home manufacture and jobs.
A state education supervisor report on Clifton High School outlines conditions for accrediting a fourth unit in English, including hiring an additional high school English teacher, retaining qualified staff with competitive salaries, and improving science labs and equipment. It commends mature student English work, careful course planning, and strong general instruction but warns that inadequate science facilities and missing apparatus could endanger accreditation.
The Norse PTA held a social with chocolate and cake. The Declamation Contest named Thelma Homeraad Joseph Solberg Madeline Ringness Arnold Homeraad as Inter scholastic League representatives. The Young People’s Society will meet March 7 at Miss Helga Jahn’s home. A Norse Church circuit meeting is planned for March 11-13 and a home talent play Peggy of Primrose Farm will be staged.
Dallas reports Miss Barbara La Marr adopts a baby named Marvin Carville at Hope Cottage. She plans to take the child to Los Angeles after visits in Houston and San Antonio. La Marr says she will provide for him, intends military school, and will not remarry. Oil well No 1 location announced for Texas Leasing and Development 50 near Walnut Springs, drilling expected soon. map and details available at the local Pharmacy.
Mandy's infant is christened Opium Bryant by a colored parson. The parson objects calling Opium an unsuitable name for a girl, but Mandy insists the name fits. The exchange highlights a strange name origin tied to Opium's historical uses and final production notes.
In a brief exchange, Preshia and a fellow student remark on courtesy. The piece notes Goodrich bottled goods and hot water bottles sold by Carpenter brothers, hinting at a local shop or vendor in the scene.
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