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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1907
Page
5
Clifton community ads list groceries hardware liquor and farm supplies from W J Loper Odom Walton and Os car J Rea Co. local residents like Dr Olson and J T Forson frequent town. notices announce sales bargains and services, with references to outfits, auctions, and district business.
Mrs Frey entertained guests in Citou with a social gathering marked by the 42 party and Ease Lencheva attending, reflecting a formal social occasion of the season.
The table setting featured orange place cards and large yellow roses. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Tut, Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Baldridge, Dr. Z. T. Scott and Mr. Frey, Minos Lana and Leah Tovey Mead, Alma Peterson, Grace Lewis, Frankie Gibbs and Lottie Snolt.
Mrs Gils Gibbs and Mike Frankie hosted a Friday at home gathering for the 42 Club on May 17. Five tables drew young matrons and maids in bright gowns with Mrs Bewley of McGregor in attendance. Mrs Clifton reminiscences filled the merrymaking as Florence Kell led a graceful ice cream and cake service. Next meeting set for May 20 with Florence Kell.
A local shop advertises clothing cleaning and pressing services at reasonable prices with satisfaction guaranteed. The business is located at a corner storefront on Roller P.O. Gash, Gol.
Rev John McCall of Guineaville arrived Clifton to inaugurate a special revival series at the Presbyterian church. A striking feature was the musical program with hymns sung by a large trained choir and about one hundred voices. Services are at 11 am and 8 30 pm daily through Wednesday May 29. All invited to attend and pray for revival.
Fragmentary note describes a mule straying into a lane near Turkey deowk in May. It mentions Clifton and Schow's wagon yard, with references to Dittrich Brox and FR Cox as possible contacts or owners. Details are unclear and locations are partially obscured.
A garbled notice reports a fatal shooting during a mistaken identity at a home in Wirt Falls Pex on May 20. City marshal Tota Pek Ut shot Ivan Karwell, a night watchman, amid drunken neighbors. Discovery showed wrong occupant, door broken, and subsequent arrest. Details include financial notes and an unsettled gin shipment.
Fragmentary obituary notes mention R Knowles a Christian from the city and a late husband. A body was interred at Valley Mills Cemetery after a church connected incident. Dated references to the Clifton area show school board and census enumerator mentions amid garbled lines.
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