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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1923
Page
7
Walnut Springs May 19 W B Thurman local schoolboy was badly cut when attempting to jump the school building fence. He dived headfirst into a stationary automobile. scalp torn from scalp to skull four inches long though skull fracture is not believed.
The Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas reports it has adopted a music based method for teaching typewriting after experiments showing improved speed and regular rhythm. The program uses phonograph guided practice and simultaneous writing to build steady tempo and accuracy. The college also offers courses in bookkeeping shorthand telegraphy wireless telephony and correspondence training with job placement for graduates.
The Austin Senate and House consider a broad slate of measures including a uniform weights and measures act, a railroad and streetcar tax, and a joint health board reform. A pending public lands sale in Jeff Davis County would wait until Jan 1 1925. Border thefts near Laredo and Brownsville prompt calls for expanded Rangers. The fiscal plan includes $43 000 for vehicle plates and education funding totaling over $11 921.80 for the conference committee.
Local notes from Valley Mills record visits and travel by A M Jones in Morgan and A A McNeill in Dallas. Several residents including Mrs Kate Mallard and Miss Lethe Congeove are visiting kin in Waco Crawford and Meridian, with many attending or hosting relatives. Community figures like Daisy Bibb, Dr C L Goodall, and Mra J C ducrett appear amid transfers, illness, and social calls, with a Waco Shrine ceremony, Fort Worth trip, and upcoming marriage plans noted.
An old advertisement touts Blue Star Remedy for eczema and skin sores on children. It claims relief for boils, cracked hands, ringworm, chapped face, poison oak, bunions, and old sores, with prices and seller Price & Stuart.
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