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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1920
Page
13
Local notices list gasoline at 30c from A G Gilliam and ads for Lap Robes and wood stoves from Oscar J Rea & Co. Clifton residents Ross Standefer and family visited in Waco, while S G Wright of Dallas and Mrs G L Tidwell visited Meridian and Clifton respectively. Meals, cakes and hulls offered at Model Gin. Bent on sale Bent? Smith house advertised north Clifton. Water Miller and sons and Gloff toured Waco for Cotton Palace and Queen's Ball events.
Olaf Westgaard and C. O. Sorenson were in Waco on Tuesday as visitors for business. John Nelson visited Fort Worth last weekend with friends. Several ads list items for sale and wanted notices including Ford Touring Car, car casings, and a pony for children. Clifton Electric Light Co. seeks 200 pounds of clean cotton rags at five cents per pound.
Community notices include sales and promotions from A. G. Gilliam Oscar J. Rea & Co and Clifton Mercantile Company. Local visits from Fort Worth Meridian Dallas and Morgan residents. Curbside service claims and a stray cat reward. Shipped cattle and hogs to Fort Worth market. Wanted to trade a work pony for a milk cow.
G. C. Bronstad a Crawfills Gap merchant visited Clifton last Tuesday. A turkey dinner at City Hall on Saturday November 20 costs sixty cents. Lictonic bricks are 40 cents each. Miss Ella Wilson, a public school teacher, visited Blum with family. Mr. and Mrs. John A. Olson toured relatives and the Cotton Palace in Waco. Hendrick Dahl returned from oil fields to stay with family.
Mrs. E A Priddy visited her grandparents Mr and Mrs Geo B Helm at the start of the week. Mr and Mrs R R Waldrop and sons Elmo and Chester visited Cotton Palace last Saturday. Mrs J M Brooks of Dallas stayed with her daughter Mrs C M Cloud. Giant Bronze Turkeys for sale Toms 3 00 and hens 5 00 George Harris Route 1 Valley Mills Texas. Remember the big turkey dinner to be served on Saturday November 20 at the City Hall by the Civic ladies only 60 cents.
Mr and Mrs Chris Olson of Waco spent Sunday driving over in their new car to visit relatives and friends. Miss Zenobia Schow a student at Southwestern University Georgetown spent the last weekend with family in the area.
A brief note promoting reliable vehicle care at City Garage owned by S. B. Olson. Emphasizes regular maintenance and dependable service for your automobile.
Jewel Townsend sets Mc Gregor as headquarters and purchases turkeys eggs and other produce for Clifton Produce Company from home at the start of the week.
Follow the crowd to Clifton Mercantile Co for greatly reduced prices on a complete stock of merchandise. The Palmer Studio advertises photo gift options, urging early purchases. Also promoting a tonic from Carpenter Bros and vehicle services from City Garage with S. B. Olson's cordial business note.
Mrs. O. L. Stuart Mrs. Travis Grim Ralph Bass and others visited Waco last Saturday to see Grand Opera and the Baylor A. M. football game at the Cotton Palace. Clifton Mercantile Co advertises store prices and urges shoppers to come at once. Jake Sexton and Lawrence Wesley also toured Waco for the Cotton Palace and Baylor A. M. game.
FOR SALE One double ten Disc Monitor Grain Drill at price to suit buyer. Also wagons. Case tractor and plow. C. W. Johle Clifton. We urge reduced prices on staple merchandise Clifton Mercantile Co. Giant Bronze Turkeys for sale toms 7.50 hens 4.00 if sold before Nov 18. Satisfaction guaranteed Clifton phone J A Linberg Ite. LOST One Goodrich casing and tube on rim 34x4 reward B B Hickox Walnut Springs Texans. Commissioners Hord and Goodall were business visitors in Clifton Tuesday looking after Meridian road work.
Bud Olson, a responsible bank official in Maybank, is visiting his mother and other relatives this week while continuing to manage farm interests.
Rev. J. H. Walker attends the Annual Conference in Fort Worth this week and Clifton church members expect he will continue as pastor of Clifton.
The Civic Ladies will host a large turkey dinner at City Hall on Saturday November 20. Community members are urged to attend and enjoy the annual event.
The notice urges taking advantage of lowered prices offered by the Clifton Mercantile Co. to avoid losing the opportunity.
S. B. Olson, proprietor, invites customers to experience the City Garage’s dependable care and satisfactory handling of vehicles. The notice emphasizes personal attention and trusted service for every repair or maintenance task.
Teel Dunlap from Meridian visited last Friday with his wife and two other ladies. They came to shop while Dunlap chatted politely with a member of the Rec ord force.
Mrs. Jack Helm traveled from her Hale Center area home for a short visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Parks. She notes their new residence is nearly finished and she came with her father to help build the flues.
John Godager, settling in Hamilton and pursuing a thriving real estate business, visited this week to reconnect with old friends and finalize a land deal. His many friends are glad to see him back home.
Mr and Mrs C S Aanenson accompanied by Clara Anderson motored to Waco last Friday to see the Cotton Palace sights.
Brown Moore of Waco visited home folks with his parents Mr and Mrs R F Moore returning Saturday night from the Cotton Palace.
Theo Howard son of Mr and Mrs Frank Howard went to Dallas last week to enter a business college. His father accompanied him and after returning ordered the Rec ord sent to their address.
Miss Martha Rude from Fort Worth traveled to Clifton to see relatives, then continued to Crawfills Gap to visit her parents Mr and Mrs Neal Rude.
Dainty birth notices announce a baby girl named Billie Louise Polk born November 8 to Mr and Mrs J D Polk near Clifton. The infant weighs nine and a half pounds and joins the family with well wishes from friends.
Mr and Mrs Bert Cloud and Mrs S J Whitacre of Plainview drove to Clifton this week to visit Mr and Mrs Ralph W Helm and other Clifton relatives.
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