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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1932
Page
4
Fragments show Clifton Texas publication details with post office and Friday printing, plus advertising rate notes and terms. The readable parts indicate display advertising per inch and payment in advance for a Friday issue in 1932.
A late February Bosque County event saw a train with farmers and agricultural exhibitors visit Clifton and Megan with livestock displays and college specialists aboard. The Siesta Aidway company hosted the stop as attendees counted livestock, farm tools, and cost-saving practices, drawing more than 600 to 1,000 people to the station and fairgrounds for demonstrations and a charity auction in connection with the county’s agricultural program.
The piece discusses veterans seeking full payment of adjusted service certificates, arguing for immediate cash instead of bonds. It highlights figures like Congressman Wright Poon of Texas and efforts to reloan funds into Texas business channels, urging government action to honor certificates without taxpayer bonds.
In Shanghai February reports describe hunting on small farms ponds canals and roadsides as gunfire rages in the Japanese occupied zone. Hunters say troops conserve ammunition and wild birds like pheasants partridges pigeons and doves roam the front between fighting lines amid the hubbub of war.
Dan Cotbirth a Bosque County resident and former county clerk announces his bid for county clerk again. He aims to run in the Democratic primary next July after years in the mercantile business at Coyote. He emphasizes active campaigning and plans to secure support from local voters and public residents.
A list of Democratic primary political declarations across multiple districts names D H Cross for Congress Vernon Lemens for District Attorney Penn J Jackson Maggie Bitter Alfred Hardwick Lumpkin Gandy Ferguson Drew Wemringir Polk Moorman Preston Hornbickle Alma Butler for County Treasurer Dudley White J S Lewis Prari Benson for County Judge F Selis Shaffer Tom Brittain for Commissioner Precinct 5 A C Grimland Richards Caldwell Jonn Jenson listed with various precinct and county offices
Texas memory of the Alamo endures in the line immortalizing its defenders. Major O'Reilly Brown and Yoakum are cited in debates over authorship, tradition linking the phrase to Col Thomas Greene, with myth and history shown to blur the true origin as 17,000,000 board feet of lumber were used for canopies and boats in Paris in 198%.
Forest Service tests show hickory is the heaviest wood grown in the United States. The report notes no western red cedar when green. The piece mentions Grace Fowler of Austin Texas a patrolman on the Texas state highway patrol and as the only woman member of the squad.
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