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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1919
Page
16
Land deeds recorded in Meridian include transfers in Valley Mills and nearby additions with values listed as 300 dollars and 2100 dollars. The community reports large church services, conversions, visits from nearby towns, and social notes including travel, funerals, and district court juror lists for March 19.
A lighthearted quip notes how a man grows irked when his coat is flour-smudged each time he visits a girl, while the girls keep pondering.
The Queen Theatre announces a week of features led by Bert Lytell in The Trail of Yesterday on Thursday, Houdini in The Master Mystery on Friday with shorts, Norma Talmadge in The Safety Curtain on Saturday, Madge Kennedy in The Service Star on Monday, Anna Q Nilsson and Franklyn Farnum in In Judgement of on Tuesday, Viola Dana in Blue Jeans on Wednesday, and previews of Charlie Chaplin Shoulder Arms and other titles including Life of Theodore Roosevelt and Our Teddy.
North Texas county commissioners lease highways and public lands for drilling. Wichita County leads by leasing land near Humble Oil wells on Herndon 160 acres near Burkburnett. Counties Stephens and Erath consider or pursue similar leases as towns and schools join in, risking impassable roads and broader mobility changes.
The Scandinavian Lutheran Church lists Sunday School at 10:00 next Sunday with full attendance urged. An English language service at 11:00 includes an offering for the parochial school. No service at Crawford Sunday afternoon. Choir rehearsal Thursday 7:30. Cathecumens meet Saturday 10:00. Pastor Theodore Lerud extends a cordial welcome.
A box supper will be given at the College Auditorium March 17 1919 at 730 pm. Before the sale of the boxes the program will include Piano Solo Sylvia Nelson Reading Jesse Knudson Vocal Duet Miss Liebe and Alice Petterson Play The Girls Over Here Piano Duet Miss Rudd and Lou ella Amundson Everyone is invited.
W M Fleetwood of the Fleetwood Company Tulsa Oklahoma spent the first days of the week in West Texas finalizing plans to drill a deep oil test seven miles southwest of town. He said the contract is closed and machinery has been shipped from a Kansas field and drilling will start as soon as machinery is positioned.
A witty quip notes it is tough to amuse a girl who wrinkles her nose when she laughs. The line plays on social wit and dating dynamics with playful irony.
Camp Travis Texas reports active recruiting for the U S Army under War Department orders. Previous service men may enlist for one year with furlough options and cent a mile home visits, while non veterans must sign a three year contract without dependents. Recruiting offices are at Avenue F and 9th Street with Captain W B Martin as recruiting officer and Captain E H Keltner in charge of the depot post.
The note states personnel will be dispatched to various camps and posts across the United States as required to fill units.
Bill Hart relates a quip about a film actor who visits a doctor. The physician misreads the issue as nerves and charges five dollars. The patient offers five dollars total and jokes that two dollars will cover the prescription, prompting the doctor to declare the real ailment is gall with no cure.
Chicago March 9 Commissioner of Health John Dill Robertson said the first death attributed to lethargic encephalitis was reported. He ordered physicians to report all cases with observations on its character. He noted the disease resembles but is not the Africa sleep sickness.
Bids for filling and surfacing the Clifton and Womack road from Bosque Bridge to Precinct No 15 line are invited until noon March 20 1919. Separate bids by cubic yard and for entire job may be submitted. Details from R L Scott. Right to reject any or all bids reserved. Send to Bid for Road Work Box 247 Clifton Texas.
City Hall in Clifton Texas will host an election on Saturday April 5 1919 to fill trustees’ seats formerly held by Tom C Parks Henry Gray R F Moore J M Jenson O D Nelson and G L Polk whose terms expire Citizens are urged to vote Record and Dallas News report the notice urging broad participation.
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