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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1925
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for display and per inch, with extra charges for special positions and black face type. Local notes discuss rainfall impact on farming, property transfers, and county prospects. Mentions Bosque county, Plymouth Vermont, and a birthday reference alongside a stray curious assortment of phrases from a community page.
Austin Texas May 1 Old Man Texas starts the new south with a balanced state treasury showing 12 746 596 in various funds General Fund 3 866 863 Available school fund 773 038 Permanent school fund 527 240 Confed rate pensions 447 507 Highway Department 6 079 406 Special game fund 117 453 University of Texas building fund 215 210 Permanent University fund 248 872 Federal vocational 92 242 Remainder scattered The State Live Stock Sanitary Commission faces financial trouble but still has tick eradication work funded by appropriations through several months
A brief fragment notes a small cash payment and easy terms for a Clifton home with five rooms and bath. It mentions Wilkerson and plumbing concerns as part of the listing.
Hamilton Texas May 6 The Gatesville district conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church elected delegates for the annual conference and instructed them to vote against the present plan of unification. The meeting drew a large crowd in City Park where Booster Monday was enjoyed, with odd garb and a show indicating local enthusiasm.
Melbourne reports a Brisbane woman sought legal relief for her children and recounted a shocking tale. She claimed she was not legally married to her partner, and that a second man offered her husband a horse in exchange for the wife ten years earlier. The husband allegedly accepted the offer and also received $7.50 to seal the bargain.
Meridian May 2 Dogs chased a wolf through the residence streets. Willa Owenm, a local express driver, cornered and killed the animal with a 2x4 plank. Henriette King, owner of the world’s largest ranch, died at 93 in Kingsville Texas. Her husband, Captain Richard King, was a famed cattleman and early Texas soldier. A warm current off the west coast of South America brought torrential rain to arid regions, causing the desert to bloom.
Georgetown Texas April 39 This section continues dry but farmers gain comfort from past drought history. A Jim Hoge area farmer noted last year’s corn planted on May 20 yielded about 40 bushels as the season progressed and fields were well cultivated.
Breckenridge Texas May. A chamber of commerce member ate a raw cabbage after a bad stock-guess in a fair selling campaign. A chamber committee publicly presented the cabbage, prompting the member to exit in front of onlookers. Several automobile wrecks occurred in the area with at least one serious injury. Dr J Owen Carpenter survived a wreck after veering into a ditch to avoid a head-on collision. Eddie Parks of Clifton narrowly lost an election for circulation manager of the Lassette College of Industrial Arts.
Fort Worth Texas May 31 Fatheree of Dallas chief agent of the Texas and Pacific Railroad may lose sight on the angle of an injury received when a flying glass window of an incoming Rock Wall and passenger train from Dallas was broken by a rock on the outbound side near the city at two o clock.
The Gatehumen class meets Saturday May 9 at 10. Sunday May 10 includes Norwegian service at 11 and English services at 7 30. The enacts Society meets Wednesday night May 13. Ladies Aid meets Thursday afternoon May 14 at Mrs Alfred Knudson’s home. Allen Pastor invites all to House of the Lords. Harmel returned home after two weeks with sister Enns Gloff family. Monette Tilley of Wasa visiting this week.
Houston May 2. The past winter has been one of the driest in 31 years nationwide with Texas experiencing exceptional dryness. The United States Agricultural Bureau announced that rainfall this winter was about an inch more or less than the 1917-18 winter, marking a striking drought period for the region.
Austin April 20 motorists are prohibited from having muffler cut outs though the exhaust cutouts are not used the Attorney General's department held Thursday in an opinion to County Attorney J W Hornsby of Travia County. The last Legislature passed a law prohibiting cut outs on all motor vehicles but did not specify whether such vehicles could still have motor cut outs as part of the equipment. This law becomes effective June 18.
Sunday School at 10 am Epworth League at 7 30 pm preaching in the morning by the Presiding Elder Dinner on the grounds Quarterly Conference at 2 pm Mother's Day program by Jno SM Grimland's class All welcome TG Story PC.
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