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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1911
Page
2
Local newspaper fragments report Meridian visits and sales offers. Advertisements list goods from Jenson Castleman and City Drug Store, farm for sale near Clifton, and various tonics, poultry feed, and sewing machines. Social notes mention residents visiting relatives and a church-related meeting.
The Clifton City Council orders an election at City Hall on the first Tuesday in April to elect a Mayor, a Marshal, and two Aldermen for two years. S. J. Tennison and J. Cameron’s terms expire. H. H. Baley is the presiding officer, with others to be chosen as judges and clerks. The election follows general city laws.
Designated for Saturday March 11 the event invites all residents to join in a general clean up of rubbish and trash. Participants should separate burnable material from items to be piled for disposal using city wagons and avoid cleaning horse sod cow lots. School children and the community are urged to participate.
An OCR garble essay outlines a local news item with scattered names and places. It hints at stockmen, a person named Whaddon, and geographic references but lacks coherent specifics or dates. The readable fragments suggest a brief notice about a community event or incident affecting a local figure and regional area, without clear outcomes.
Mia Oscar Killgore, sick with pneumonia since last Sunday, died at the family home at 6:30 AM and was buried at Valley Mills Cemetery at 4 PM. A newborn baby, born Tuesday afternoon, died the same morning. both rests were laid to rest together. Friends extend sympathy to the family at Valley Mills Tribune.
Writ commands publication in a Bow Que county newspaper or nearest available paper for a case in Bosque County. W. Griffin and J. W. Griffin are summoned to appear. residence unknown. Document notes judgment sought for Way Conpet versus defendants with total due $105.60 plus costs. Justice J. E. McShapnee signs. Clifton Texas dated August 24, 1011.
A clever young Philadelphia physician never smoked a cigar. At a Washington dinner party he refused a cigar, saying he would rather have half of his dinner than all of it, prompting astonishment from a friend.
A proposed May 4 election in Hamilton County Texas may decide if Happy Hollow remains dry or allows intoxicating liquor sales. The vote will determine whether the local area near Hatties is demarcated as wet or dry, with officials considering a precinct-wide result and potential polling locations.
J W Plummer of Mulberry sold his last cotton crop yesterday and provided a detailed statement. He spent three days breaking and planting, six days cultivating and harvesting, with picking and ginning costing 100 dollars. After expenses the net amount came to about 8540.28, roughly 10 dollars per day for his labor.
Notice to stockmen regarding a forthcoming auction at the Water Mill in old Chilton. The notice mentions a price around 1200 dollars and references mares. It emphasizes responsibility for errors and notes constraints on accents and names.
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