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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1911
Page
2
Citations list a petition for construction funds of 1,500 for an aerial bridge over the Brazos River at Smiths Bend, linking Bosque and Brazos Counties. The notice references Foley Kidney Pitts and City Drug Store offering remedies for kidney and bladder ailments and mentions publication in a civic notice.
A readable mix of social notes and public notices from Bosque County Texas. The column lists visitors and residents in Clifton and nearby towns, mentions church and lodge activities, a birthday gathering for Gov. Wise, and references to court notices and a civil suit involving W W Witt and Oscar J Rex Co. The text preserves names, places, and dated events with period-appropriate phrasing.
Fragmentary OCR item reports cedar posts for sale at a location west of Cliften with references to telephone use and other purposes. Details are incomplete and some words are garbled, but it indicates a sales notice for construction materials in a local area.
Mt 4 school election held Saturday in coty yielded four electees, Baley Dorbrite Black and Fallis, all winning their own successors. Official ballot was set by Commercial Club meeting. Forty seven votes cast with Baley 44 Dorbrite 46 Black 42 Fallis 43 and 18 scattering votes.
Austin May 11 John G McKay State Purchasing Agent returned to his office today for the first time since being accidentally wounded by a cartridge weeks ago He uses crutches and may need a skin graft to close the damaged wound Also noted are unrelated notices including a public sale and a lengthy legal publication in Bosque County Texas
Fragmented OCR shows a Justice of the Peace summons for Fred Worthington in Clifton Texas to appear May 26 1911 in a small claims suit by Scow Bros for 12 50 on a goods account with interest and penalties. It also mentions a Paris Monoplane prize report and assorted local notices and advertisements including Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy and Brownsburg Kentucky.
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