Clifton Record fragment description
Local paper fragment notes weekly Friday edition and subscription rates. Contains garbled lines about mail matter and committee, with unclear debt status and organizational notes.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1928
Page
5
Local paper fragment notes weekly Friday edition and subscription rates. Contains garbled lines about mail matter and committee, with unclear debt status and organizational notes.
Analyzed is the notion that rural upbringing helps leaders reach top roles. Cites Ford, Rockefeller, Edison and presidents as examples, noting urban migration shrinking rural shares. Argues country boys arrive with drive, lack of local support, and higher resolve to prove themselves in cities over comfortable city peers.
A West Texas editor humorously lists Archer City features including a fine courthouse, a $20,000 interior jail overhaul, banks, a republican post office, a printing office, many churches, several breweries, hundreds of automobiles, a power system, schools, stores, and a colorful array of residents and amenities reflecting a lively but exaggerated town portrait.
An exhortation on aligning work with personal gifts to avoid waste and failure. It argues that hard work alone does not guarantee thrift, and advises honest self-study to direct life toward suitable activities. Emphasizes investing saved money wisely and avoiding unsound ventures.
Washington report says Senator Mayfield of Texas along with McKellar and Robinson attacked the radio commission for inactivity, claiming one New York station has more power than all southern stations and alleging benefits to a major radio corporation. Also notes bees in New York wintering and local prices for cotton seed meal and cake, plus social visits in Valley Mills.
The notice lists political candidates and officials in Clifton with re election mentions. Names include G L Polk Drury Weeks John Robertson Mack Bertelson Wallace Duncan Lumpkin Gandy Lowry Lewis Thornton Wright Dudley White J Plerce Richards Maggie Little Char M Gandy Os Bpadden. It requests cash with order for tax assessor and mentions sheriff and county positions.
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