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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1919
Page
20
The Chautauqua programs draw large crowds in Clifton with patrons praising the high class entertainment and hoping for annual continuance. Mr and Mrs J M Bettis return to Clifton after teaching in Morgan and declining further offers.
Governor Hobby intends to call for an early June special session of the Texas Legislature to ratify the prohibition amendment. The piece notes a rush for property and discusses home ownership as a government aim, with market moves in cotton reflecting rising prices and ongoing crop conditions.
J T Porson has repeatedly sold Clifton homes including he sold his own property to Mr Gohlke of Crawford the buyer and his son A P Gohlke plan to move in Gohlke recently sold farm near Crawford Porson then purchased the G Grim land residence in South Clifton an attractive home.
Family members accompanied Miss Odessa Tenni son to a Waco sanitarium Wednesday night after a surgeon removed a nasal bone growth. She had nasal hemorrhages since last Saturday, despite all efforts to stop them, and grew weaker. Friends and family hope for her improvement.
A mixed transcript notes slogans about Prohibition and a 1980 world vision, plus a San Antonio trip offer by a local promoter. Chicago coverage critiques the League of Nations covenant as a liberty milestone and outlines party leaders debating a Wilson third term and the coming campaign.
Frank M. Smith expresses gratitude to Liberty Campauen and the sales force of the Eleventh Federal Reserve District for their efforts in the War Loan campaign. He notes that without their help publicity would have little value and asks the press to publish the acknowledgment.
About 241 votes were cast Saturday in Clifton on the proposed amendment. Prohibition supporters won 10 to 1. The Record did not obtain details on the other proposed amendments on the ballot.
196 acres in Bosque Valley Tarvailes north of Clifton with 186 acres in cultivation, good improvements, timber and water, school nearby in Ferguson town. Farm ten miles from town. sale by owner V.E. Wallace Clifton Texas. See or write at once.
Fort Worth Texas May 24 Tel sieramh officials demand army trucks be sent into West Texas for ninety days to aid grain harvest. Clarence Duxley of the department of agriculture in Washington town is cited as the contact. Wheat owners seek men and teams and Army support to move and protect the big crop.
The appeal of Mire E. Brittain of Shelby county, Texas, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for violation of the local option law, was filed in the court of criminal appeals. The indictment set that she had a third violation of the same law.
The Attorney General states that after June 14 1918 the public weighers law takes effect making it unlawful to operate weighing for hire without a weight certificate or sheet. Weighers must be elected or appointed and qualified public weighers or deputies to legally weigh and issue weights for goods.
Washington May 2. Representative Wheeler republican of Mi introduced a bill calling for a 25 cents per bushel tax on wheat imports 15 cents on corn and oats 10 cents on rye and a new ad valorem tariff of 2 percent on wheat flour. The measure also proposes an ad valorem tax of about 0. Pet cent on live animal imports. Premier Lloyd George of Great Britain is reportedly favorably considering a proposal to visit the United States to attend the first League of Nations meeting in Washington in October.
Memphis reports the centenary missionary drive of the Methodist Episcopal Church South topped its goal by May 23, with a total raised around 80 137 709 dollars. Leaders announced the fund surpassed the 836 900 4 target, signaling completion of the southern church’s centenary drive.
One time night riders used dynamite instead of fire brands to destroy a dipping vat fifteen miles from Fort Worth. The act sparked a feud in Trad and prompted a county offer of 100 dollars for the conviction of the perpetrators.
The fragment indicates German counter proposals to allied peace terms will not be made public until after further Allied discussion. The Peut Parisien notes secrecy around the German position and ongoing negotiations.
A reflected remark suggests a man’s judgment is swayed by appearances, though his admiration for Judie’s looks hints at attraction. The piece uses playful wordplay to contrast sense with superficial judgment.
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