22 May 1908
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
1
Reasons Buck's Stoves and Ranges are top choice include competent workmen high quality materials and scientific design. The oven is large well ventilated with white enamel lined doors and racks and a two piece bottom to prevent warping. The enamel lining reduces radiation reflects heat and keeps ovens clean. Visit our big line when in town.
The store offers groceries, flour options like Light Crust and Marechal, White Lily Washing Machines with a five year guarantee, salt in barrels, Queensware Glassware Tinware and Graniteware, a new Jos W Moon Buggy, second hand Deering Binders and Mowers, Milwaukee and Deering Mowers, canned goods, wagons from Bain and Luedinghaus, Canton planters and discs, harnesses, pure graphite for roofs, and linseed oil, all at competitive prices. Nicest line in town.
At a Commercial Club meeting in Clifton, committees were formed for a June Trades Day with a street parade and trades display. Decorations, advertising, and funds were arranged, with hundreds of dollars pledged. Other notes include Baseball Club organization, school board teacher elections, and the Bible School closure at the First Presbyterian Church.
May 4 Longview reports a man died instantly at 2 am near Eldureile in Gregg County when struck by lightning while in a wagon. A 12 year old passenger was shocked but survived to recount the incident. One horse died, the other likely will. Local names and details appear fragmented in this OCR item, with references to Blackburn and Luce families and notes about community events and weather, plus a separate obituary of Ham Sullivan and a man known as Old Sam.
Dick Beall of Waxahachie, brother of Congressman Jack Faall, was shot and killed in a doorway in Dallas. The incident reports an unexpected death linked to the Beall family and a Dallas location. Further details pending.
Regular services at First Presbyterian Church on Sunday May 2 include Sunday School at 9:00 a.m. Worship at 11:00 a.m. and 4:18 p.m. All are cordially invited. Strangers in the city are welcome.
A large rattlesnake measuring about thirty six rattles was killed at the Blockhouse ranch near Brady Texas, located roughly twenty miles south of the town. The incident adds a remarkable wildlife note to local reporting.
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