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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1908
Page
7
A Tennessee life insurer, Volunteer State Life Insurance Company, touts numerous attractive features that require personal explanation for prospective policyholders.
The article notes a mass meeting where Bartlett and the Hunt County region organized a permanent agricultural association with a capital of $3, including a planned half mile track, grandstand, and stables to open this fall. It highlights local efforts to improve infrastructure and civic life, referencing jail conditions and notable local voices.
A fragmentary note discusses the alleged dominance of certain horses, asserting that ants have sired more than others and claiming extreme speed superiority. It mentions a list containing 285 trotters including Wilkes and Electioneer and hints at the dispute being unresolved.
A strained resident of Killeen recounts a morning visit from a dejected man driving a shabby hack. He arrived with a woman and several children including a boy, claiming the woman is sixteen and has inflammatory rheumatism. She says her husband died in South Texas and they seek passage to a sister near Bangs in Brown County. The account portrays a very pitiful situation.
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