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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1908
Page
8
Advertising copy promoting low prices on corset covers with embroidery, 27 inch skirts with flouncing and eyelet embroideries, baby edges and insertion, all over embroidery, plus ladies summer vests with neck and arm tape binding offered at 12 1/2 cents value.
The notice advertises embroidery at 35c per yard reduced to 20c, 70c embroideries at 50c per yard, Vienna Suiting in dark green now 8 1-3c per yard, and Clanellan Plaids cut from 15c to 7 1/2c. Includes marginal reductions on various fabrics and materials.
The community reports improving health with grip and chicken pox largely gone. School resumes after a weeklong vacation for illness. Social events include a Sunday singing at Mr. and Mrs. Raney and a Literary Society gathering at Prairie View. Neighbors work on a new corn mill venture and a land clearing gathering at Mr. Temple's. A sad note about a young girl Louise Young choking on a whistle recalls careful medical intervention at Valley Mills.
Norse farming in the area sees many enterprising growers starting corn planting this season. Meridian visitors Messrs. Ferguson and Randal were here last week. Elias Nelson won a 70 acre land drawing at Rotan. Norse Literary Society held a well attended meeting with the affirmative winning the pen versus sword debate. Next meeting set for March 14 to debate capital punishment abolition.
Mr Henry Snell and Miss Willie Heath were married privately in San Antonio on February 24 at 6 30 pm with only close relatives present. They traveled to Clifton to visit Mr Snell's parents Mr and Mrs W H Snell before returning. Snell works as a bookkeeper for Stowers Furniture Co. in Clifton.
The Record records the engagement and marriage invitation for Sallie Lou Garrett to Clifford Lee Batson, set for Wednesday March 11, 1908 at eight thirty in the First Baptist Church, Waco Texas with post ceremony home in Meridian. The piece notes Batson as Bosque County public schools superintendent and mentions club delegation to a Fort Worth convention in March 1908 and local civic discussions on water rents and school building plans.
Mrs J W Butler hosted a charming Kensington party Friday from four to six pm in compliment to her mother Mrs D C Campbell of Fort Worth. About thirty ladies attended and enjoyed tea sandwiches olives and punch in a well lit dining room. Lena Townsend and Grace Shefstad presided at the punch bowl while young members of the Euterpean Music Club assisted in entertaining.
Meeting minutes record 14 representative citizens attending after suspensions. The club endorsed a town clean-up initiative led by health officers and the Civic League. A committee of Townsend Baldridge and Hale was appointed to coordinate with the ladies and seek further support.
A salesman criticizes a neighboring town’s sale ad, detailing lower prices at his firm on shoes from regular price $3.50 to $4.25 ranges and women’s, men’s, and children’s footwear, urging comparisons and promising broader markdowns to attract public business. The missive is signed by Sales Manager District Bros. Bankrupt Stock Clifton and Womack, Paul E. Montgomery.
J K Profitt reports cheap 4 room house with 6 lots for 700 dollars within 300 yards of depot and 20 good farms. General J C Newton adjutant general of the State Guards visited Clifton Tuesday to inspect the local Military Company in Reeder Hall, receiving encouraging remarks on their progress and efficiency. Mayors, doctors, and local leaders attended and spoke briefly. The section shifts to editorial remark about Bailey and Davidson, Roosevelt term questions, and local advertisements for Olsen remedies.
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