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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1929
Page
5
Store headlines offer fresh potatoes by the pound and bulk prices. Customers are invited to bring eggs meat lard and butter for top prices while the store promotes low Holyheet market rates and reliable wholesale staples.
A misread advertisement fragment hints at a Thursday May 30 show titled Why Not Jerry staged at Jacobs Theater. The note calls for local attendance and teasing dialogue but lacks full details.
The report covers visits by Mrs. Lenoir Komony in Fort Worth to see W. W. Cox, hospital stay of Mrs. Cox for an operation, Fred W. Nelson paying three big dollars for subscriptions, Myrtle Gaines visiting Clifton with county home notes, and G. E. McCaleb’s word from southeast Texas about the Trinity River widening and the San Jacinto River flooding near the San Jacinto battleground. Also mentions Sarah Bilas and a performance by Why Not Jersey on Thursday evening May 20.
Community notes report a May 30 holiday closing for banks, births and deaths in Clifton, local business ads for Humble Oils and Stewart & Vickers, a missing track casing reward, and family visits. The death of William Baldridge is mourned with funeral at First Christian Church, Denton, and other regional happenings include road work, school ties, and local trades.
Our Everyday Bargains advertises heavy tubs multiple sizes brass and silver wash boards various galvanized pails and 48 lb family flour. The store invites customers to come in and inspect the full range of regular values available.
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