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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1919
Page
8
In this issue of the Messenger, Coryell County is reported to have over the top its Victory Loan quota. Reports indicate county residents have fully subscribed, maintaining the standard of faith with the soldiers and keeping the post until every American returns home.
Jim Atkinson's young child was mauled by the family cat last Tuesday west of town. The father killed the pet and sent its head to the Pasteur Institute in Austin for hydrophobia testing. The child has recovered from the shock and awaiting Austin authorities report. If rabies is indicated the child will be rushed to the institute for treatment.
A man faithful to collect when bets win, but lax about settling losses, highlighting a habit where profit triggers punctual payment while defeat fades from memory. The vignette contrasts punctual collection with forgotten dues, underscoring gambler psychology.
Paris, May 5. Premier Clemenceau told the editor of the Figaro last night that he had done his best. The editor notes that France weighs the immense advantages of collaboration with Great Britain and the United States, and deems a good peace even better as an alliance with two powerful nations.
Stone brick and plastering tools left by Fred Solosth plus shovels picks saws hammers rope and more farm items to a bargain. Also large tank and silo concrete forms to inspect with O C Surrey now. Must be sold in next few days. The 16th Pennsylvania Infantry inspection recorded coin counts calluses toes bunions and misfitting shoes among 1087 soldiers.
The Meridian weekly notes commissioners approving road work reports and warrants, sets a May 19 equalization session, and confirms county school trustees J M Robertson J T Craven and James G Simms. Local items include tax refund to G P Robertson, land deeds, and various residents’ visits and events. A Meridian College beat Oklahoma University 7 to 1 in a Tuesday baseball game.
The Queen Theatre offers a weekly lineup headlined by Mary Pickford in The Poor Little Rich Girl on Thursday, Houdini in The Tangled Web on Friday, and Constance Talmadge in The Studio Girl Saturday matinee. Monday brings Victor Moore in Snobs. Tuesday and Wednesday feature Charlie Chaplin in A Dogs Life and Fatty Arbuckle in Oh Doctor, plus Wm. S. Hart in The Tiger Man. Coming specials include Little Women and The House of Glass. early seating advised.
Iredell baseball traveled to Walnut Springs last Friday and pulled out a 3-2 victory. Preacher Davis and Bob McIlhenny starred, holding Walnut to five scattered hits amid reports of old style Walnut tactics. McIlhenney’s bat mishap and Whitlock’s sighting of a Walnut er, and the writer’s note of past Walnut tricks, prompt a call to fair play from the Iredell Record.
Tests measured pulling power of two horses, one elephant, and groups of men. Two horses at 1600 pounds pulled 3750 pounds, 550 pounds over combined weight. One elephant at 12000 pounds pulled 8750 pounds, 3250 pounds under its weight. Fifty men totaling 7500 pounds pulled 8750 pounds, equal to the elephant and more than their own weight. One hundred men pulled 12000 pounds.
A compact dissent mocks those who equate dignity with servile posturing. The remark critiques pretentious behavior as theatrical display rather than genuine standing. It frames dignity as authenticity, not subservience.
A court rules that statements made in sleep are not admissible as evidence, but the wife may consider them as indicative statements. The decision highlights limits on admissibility of subconscious disclosures in legal proceedings.
Details on the Ludlow and Thomas well eight miles east of Clifton with soft roads delaying hauling. Recent work includes digging slush pits and derrick construction to begin next week. Womack road improvements funded by Ludlow and Thomas. Tulsa firm Burford-Brimm Oil & Gas sends representative to Clifton. Grimland and White block test well resumes after a wood to oil change, drilled by Gulf-Sinclair Oil, with superintendent C S Crane receiving a new Dodge car. A regional note explains drum signaling as native Africa’s long-distance communication method.
Professor d Arcy Thompson, authority on fishes, told a Royal Institution lecture that whales originally had four fins. The hind fins dwindled over time while ancestors of modern whales walked much as seals do in bygone days.
Silven A Grimland, son of P A Grimland from near Cranfills Gap, is welcomed home after multiple deployments and four over the top actions with the 89th Division. He served from June 1918 at Camp Travis and Camp Merritt, sailing to Brest and France, seeing actions at St Mihiel Verdun and other fronts, and was discharged March 21 1919 at San Antonio Camp.
The pastor will preach Sunday morning and night concluding his work with the church. Sunday School at 10 a m Sunbeam Band at 3 p m Junior B Y P U at 4 p m Senior B Y P U at 7 45 p m Men s Bible Class Monday night Prayer Service Wednesday night All are cordially invited J A Kidd Pastor.
The Scandinavian Lutheran Church schedules a Sunday school next Sunday at 10:00 with full attendance desired. An adult Bible class, an English language service at 11:00, and a Crawford Sunday service at 4:00 are listed. Choir rehearsal is Thursday night at 8. A cordial welcome awaits, signed Pastor Theodore Lerud.
Report notes a humorous contrast in roosters behavior, claiming some birds crow loudly in downtown settings with rival cockerels yet become meek around hens at home. The remark uses colorful rural slang to contrast public bravado with private submission.
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