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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1916
Page
18
An advisory notice directs applicants to the Record office to apply for a scholarship to Tyler Business College, noting the opportunity is available for sale or distribution through official channels.
Community notes from Cranfills Gap recount visits and travel. Martin Sorenson and M L Lambertson journeyed to Hico while J L White and family headed to Estelle Springs Tennessee to visit relatives. Various residents, car owners, and visitors are mentioned with minor local happenings.
Fallis and Miss Alma Snell visit relatives in the area. Mrs Tindall and Miss Minnie Ross travel to Hico. Dr Pluenneke and family go to Hamilton. Richard Somrud seeks treatment in San Antonio but halts at Meridian. Others, including Mr Davidson of Clifton and Marion Grimland, are seen in nearby towns.
Governor Jim Ferguson, son of a Methodist preacher and anti prohibitionist from Temple Bell County, seeks a second term and aims to change the Robertson Insurance Law. Challenger Charlie Morris, a Winnsboro Wood County banker, pro prohibitionist, campaigns to keep the Robertson Insurance Law unchanged and to win the governorship.
Advertisement offers marble and granite monuments made to order in Texas. Encourages keeping Texas money in state by purchasing Texas built monuments from John Christenson in Clifton on Line 5. Contact for designs and prices.
Advertisement fragment notes a repair shop offering shoe repairs in Clifton Texas with references to ingredients or remedies and mentions locations in Alabama Springs and a person named S W Meilandon.
The District Court of Bosque County Texas issues a writ summoning O C Hartley George Allen G W Chapman John H Pinson John Henning John B Henning John Dickinson and heirs and legal representatives to appear on the first Monday in September 1916 to answer a trespass to try title petition filed May 5 1916 by Frank Brittain T W Brittain and G B Brittain alleging ownership of 100 acres on the Brazos river described by surveys G W Chapman and William Connor and seeking judgment to quiet title remove cloud and award damages and costs.
An unnamed local machine shop invites automobile owners to repair needs and offers free tire air. The passage includes a quirky quote about truth and safety, mentioning Neil Nelson of Clifton Texas and a cautionary note on charity.
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