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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1921
Page
8
A garbled artifact raises questions about gender, birth, and place names through a patchwork of oblique phrases. It references several persons and places without clear context, presenting a puzzle of misread characters and displaced terms.
The readable fragments show stray letters and phrases about people, places, and events. Names and dates are obscured by transcription errors, but hints of a discussion or letter page emerge, with little discernible narrative or clear outcome.
Local Meridian docket lists cases including debt suits, a marriage license filing, and divorce pleadings. Notable entries mention Willie Thompson facing a criminal-sounding action, and ruminations on district court activities, with social notes on a harvest recital and residents visiting Fort Worth and Waco.
Sunday School at 45 Lave reports 12 intact families and a baby of olive months, with a call for support from the twenty unbroken families. Also listed: church services at 7:30 am with a choir program and a 6 pm Christian Endeavor, plus a fund drive for the church organ. In Clifton an auction advertises 235 acres, 100 cultivated, with farm equipment and livestock offered at 875 per acre, terms by agent J. Proffitt. Also notices for Coleman Quick Light lamps and Main Street decorations, and sold listings for a small farm near Darwin.
City leaders declare public support for Clifton College Corporation efforts to build facilities and improve schooling. Mayor Schow and City Council call on Clifton residents and state leaders to back the push, noting the urgent need for better schools and commensurate transportation and services.
The piece argues the Back to the City movement risks draining rural districts of workers and profits, urging that farming only becomes profitable when treated as a business. It highlights the lure of city living versus rural opportunity, noting wage variability and the need for smarter cultivation and livestock practices. The article stresses that agriculture demands broad knowledge, personal stake, and thoughtful planning to pay dividends.
Card of thanks from Mrs. Pete Pederson and family for the neighbors and friends who assisted during the illness and death of their son and brother Selmer Pederson. They express gratitude for deeds and comforting words and note such friends will be remembered in future sorrows.
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