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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1928
Page
2
Weather remains dry in Gatesville as crops and stock face strain. Farmers shift energy to stock raising and dairy poultry with sheep goats and sows present. Wool selling rises as cotton diversification grows along with social improvements and better days ahead. Reunion plans due.
Price and Stuart pull ahead as Scores Stack Spoils conclude with decisive results. The event crowns new leaders and highlights sudden shifts in the standings, with competitors facing a tight battle for top positions across the final rounds.
British writer Sir Philip Gibbes predicts 50 years ahead that airplanes will replace cars, highways will be crowded with travelers, and communication will be instant via telegraph and telephone, transforming daily life and social visits.
A slice of Dysart life in Collin county shows frugal farming with home grown foods and a two rule household routine. The article blends local detail on dairy sugar and garden produce with a digression on Caesar and the calendar, noting how February came to 28 days and July to 31 in an ancient adjustment.
A fragment summarizes a thrift talk urging focus on a fixed skill, citing Franklin and Roosevelt as examples of persistent effort. It stresses avoiding scattered efforts and valuing cumulative practice to excel in daily tasks and lifelong learning.
For sale a wood processing point engine mounted with gasoline power unit. See at C Westley’s house in town. Price H40-B. Also note: many new film companies are being started in England.
Methodist church invites attendance with messages on family worship and motherhood. Services include morning and evening sermons, Sunday School, Epworth activities, and a flower tribute for deceased or living mothers. Also acknowledges community kindness after a family tragedy. Dinosaur egg discovery note adds a separate scientific item about Colgate University funding and a 10 million year old egg.
Detroit May 4 Edeal Pond president of Ford Motor Company announced the formation of the Universal Credit Corporation to finance Ford products on a time payment plan. It will start with 10 000 000 capital and operate nationwide through Ford dealers. Ernest, former vice president of the Bord Company, will head the Universal Credit and serve as executive vice president for the Guardian Detroit Bank.
An 18 year old Temple boy pleaded guilty in county court to driving a Chrysler sedan without owner consent. He received a fine of 810 dollars and court costs totaling about 340 dollars. Judge Owen B. Carpenter presided as the youth admitted taking the car belonging to Frank Doeting of Temple on the night of April 11 and was arrested in Temple the next morning by Clarence Alken and Tip Saulabury.
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