Fortune Won’t Smile Always Say Small Deeds Count
A brief editorial note urges steady effort and cooperation from readers, noting that progress comes from consistent, modest contributions rather than relying on luck or sudden fortune.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1920
Page
7
A brief editorial note urges steady effort and cooperation from readers, noting that progress comes from consistent, modest contributions rather than relying on luck or sudden fortune.
The piece promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery from the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute in Buffalo New York as a remedy for digestion and blood nourishment. It highlights digestion's role in happiness and health and claims the preparation strengthens the system against disease without alcohol or narcotics.
Local notes from Morgan Texas dated November 2 report several residents sick including Mrs E A Moore and Mrs Fay Stubblefield. Birth announced for a girl born to Mr and Mrs John Weehunt. Community events include a Halloween play at the high school and a Literary Society meeting with refreshments. Nearby visits include Jerodin Thompson from Fort Worth and E E Kelly from Athens.
An advertisement claims hard-working men face organ disorders and pitches Prickly Ash Bitters as a worker’s friend to keep kidneys liver and bowels sound. Price is $1.50 per bottle. Special agents Carpenter Brothers.
Valley Mills items report burglaries at A A McNeill dry goods store and social visits from Col Sherwood and Pat, Clifford M ercantile figures, and local travel. Football injury, births, deaths, teaching moves, and a long obituary for Ingeborg Shefstead detail community ties and mourned matriarchs.
W H Snell of Clifton Texas promotes planting fruit trees from November 15 to December 15. He guarantees peach, plum and apricot grown on seedling seed roots and offers price reductions for orders received by mail.
An advertisement touts Prickly Ash Bitters as beneficial for middle aged men to strengthen kidneys and bladder. Priced at $1.50 per bottle and distributed by Carpenter Bros., Special Agent.
A speaker mocks the idea of adopting children by married couples and criticizes national spending. He laments that once a man earns a bicycle income he immediately buys a car, highlighting impatience with modernization.
Judge BE B Muse of the Forty Fourth District Court urged Dallas pastors to help curb the rise in divorces at a Pastors Association meeting. He condemned waiver and publication citation methods, urged ministers to join the bar, and criticized minor marriage certificates. He argued ministers should certify marriages and clerks who issue minor certificates should face penalties.
Farmers with green cotton can store it securely as ample room is provided. The offer invites them to use this convenience and notes readiness to extend the service.
A notice invites Tyler Commercial College applicants to visit the Record office to purchase scholarships. The piece also notes fashion trends with a humorous aside about short skirts and a mouse.
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