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Clifton Record

Location

Clifton, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1929

Page

18

Laying of Dress Contest Girls at Garnersville

The Gar club hosted a dressmaking contest with Margaret Helms and other entrants from Womack. Visitors include Opa Arthur and Mildred Coured. The meeting, cutout sewing lesson led by Mim Gaines, drew several contestants and ended with a warm farewell.

Garnersville Gar‘club Margaret Helms Andy Baby Wiede Christene Bonrad Twesday Mim Gaines Womack Bernice Link Alice Schwarts Talita Conrad Opa

The Bettany Trial and Hidden Motives in Court

The cross examination reveals a witness admitting secret visits to Thorne Cottage to confront a suspected meeting with Mimi Bellamy. The trial unfolds as a national spectacle in a small courtroom, while the cinema entries promise diverse features and comic acts.

Bettany Thorne Cottage Mimi Bellamy Fox News

Meridan Area Raid and Local Notices In Mid May

Federal officers from San Antonio Waco and Fort Worth, with county sheriffs, raided Samarvell County on Monday the 13th and arrested fifteen men and three women. They destroyed whiskey, mash and eight stills. The report also lists numerous expense payments approved by the commissioners court and notes the burial of Holver Carteton near Meridian after dying of heart failure. The piece closes praising Texas educational funding and legislature decisions.

Tone Cham San Antonio Waco Yort Worth Johnson County Holver Carteton Meridian Clifton Galveston Meridian Cemetery Commissioners ‘Court C. Bailey B. F. Ward Alms Butler HL. W. Haring Miss Myrtle Gaines C. Baeteach H. K. Cooper Waco Paper Co C. Hill Telephone Co Turner Drug Co Texasina Power Co Sta. Ak- 1 Gandy Lon Crabtree C. G. Bari Tom Gandy Gulf Befg. Co J. T. Craven W. F J. P. Barnes Meridan Cash Store BS. M. Marti T. W. Barry T. A Greer Walter Thompson Pierce Petroleum Co M. P. Greenwade F. Draper Boesch Lamber Clifton Mercantile Co Ad Podle and Son Prather Oi! Co Joe Bearden Pins Weatherboo P. A. Womack Magnolia Pet. Co A. . Carlson Tom Nesbitt BM. Reesing Gus Thiele J. B. Rallaback C. E. Show W. W. Wright Margaret Jones Joe Brown A. T. Payne Taylor Campbell Major Jules Mra. Crawford Dan Johnson W. F. Freeman Erica Barker Lovvorn J. A. Belcher Billie Mail T. F. Ingram Joe Mo. Kinney Alf Hines W. W. Wagner G. W. Whisenant Lie Dentin Rose Phillips W. Kilgore Momer Sanders Zill Phillips Anderson Gibbs Alex Linberg

HOGWALLOW NEWS Hike Cafe Serves 39 Cent Feasts

The Hike Cafe offers meals for 39 cents with odd remarks from local residents. A large dinner at Columban Allsop’s home is noted, and Washington Hike hints at past advice on conduct. A portly helper helps push a wagon from mud on Gender Creek road. The Tickville Marshal arrests a man with patent medicine in a jail visit. Italian families of ten or more children face school tax exemptions.

Hike Cafe Ridney Hicks Columban Allsop Washington Gender Creek Tickville

Hardware Firm Moves to Clifton Opening Soon

The H. K. Hardware Co transfers from Wave to Clifton and announces plans to open in the former White Swan Cafe building on Main Street. Mineral Wells plans an airport celebration to attract aircraft and thousands of visitors, highlighting progress and community interest.

H. & K. Hardware Co Wave Chimton Itoelk Gameter Tee White Swan Cafe Main Street Mineral Wells

Blackberry sale notice near Norse Clifton Road

A garbled sale notice indicates blackberries will be sold in a 100 gallon fee event at a garage on Norse Clifton Road, about three miles west of Clifton, on Saturday. Mention of Phillip a Piling State and a twentieth child to Mr and Mrs Garrense in Iowa appears as fragmented text.

Blackberries Norse-Clifton Road Ifton West Charles Garrense

Grand Ball At Womack Hall May 12

A grand ball is announced for Friday May 12 at Womack Hall with music by the Waco orchestra. Committee details are listed in the advert accompanying the notice.

Womack Hall Waco

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