Comically Obscure Note on Poultry and Cotton Crop
A fragmentary report notes pollywog farming and an average cotton yield of 4900 balers, suggesting agricultural data from a bygone era. The item remains brief with limited readable detail.
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1927
Page
8
A fragmentary report notes pollywog farming and an average cotton yield of 4900 balers, suggesting agricultural data from a bygone era. The item remains brief with limited readable detail.
City Council invites residents to a free talk by Rev P B Thorsen on China and Chinese conditions at Clifton City Hall on Tuesday November 20 at 7 30 PM. He has served as a missionary in Chile for fifteen years during wartime years and will speak in an instructive manner.
Town items and social updates list birthdays guests and visits among Pleasant Hill residents. Families include the Wensal Ott Eckert and Thiele households with a horse incident from confirmation class and a note on McAlester coal sales at Farmers Gin Co.
The Wake County Fair drew strong crowds with top school booth displays and heavy premiums. Mount View won first place for two consecutive years while Live Oak and Boggy followed. Local breeders showcased prize sheep and cattle with notable entries from J N Colwick and Sons and others. Armistice Day speeches, a high school orchestra, and county agents aided by specialists marked the event, signaling pride in this Wake County community.
A Clifton yard judging feature lists cleanest lots and notable entrants. The committee praises Mrs Page Olsen’s yard as among the best kept, and mentions residents including A O Swenson Mrs Strange H C Carpenter and Mayor Handley. Church notices from Immanuel Lutheran outline Sunday School Bible classes and Thanksgiving service details.
Weekly schedule lists W C Fields and Carol Dempster in That Royle Girl on Thursday. Friday through Sunday feature Tom Tyler in The Sonora Kid with Buster's Station and Kraay Kat. Saturday offers Taylor and Keylor, Laure Lam Plante in Love Theory, Now You Tell One, Dr Quack and Fox News. Admission 4. Watch for coupons.
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