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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1926
Page
4
New season dresses announced with styles deemed smartest in fashion and value. Describes stunning designs, fine textures, and low prices for rapid appeal in the current market.
The cloth coat is highlighted as the season’s standout piece of personality. Makers showcase fur and fabric in a refined autumn collection, urging shoppers to select a coat now.
Smart new dresses for girls feature English prints gingham and fancy weave suiting in varied patterns and colors. Dainty becoming models with clever trimming. Mothers seek warmth and durability in winter coats for little tots, focusing on comfort and practicality.
The Clifton Record taken from Clifton Texas lists publication data dated Friday October 8 1926. It notes postal information and frequency as a Friday issue, outlines subscription pricing for one year, and presents display advertising rates per inch with extra charges for special positions and black face type.
The writer argues cotton prices will hurt farmers more than volume and urges state action. He laments litigation delays and calls for legislative focus on aiding school children, condemning defection and urging unity despite political conflict.
Austin reports the governor’s grandson Ernest Nalle Jr. is changing his name to Ebert Nulle amid a broad Texas drilling surge. In Travis County, 6,430 wells were drilled in the year, about 83.7 percent dry holes costing around 56 million dollars.
The Bureau of Roads reports the United States has one vehicle for every 1.8 people with total registrations reaching 10,078,882. Texas shows 904,060 registered vehicles an increase of about 6 percent from 1926, with 820,476 passenger autos taxis and buses and 80,574 tracks and tractors. Chauffeurs numbered 8,466 and gross receipts from owners reached 12,046,170, aided by licenses yielding about 280,000 more.
The Clifton Record calls for sportsmanship at Polo NL High School game. It urges respectful cheering and praise for good plays from both teams, supports acceptance of officials’ decisions, and promotes no gloating regardless of victory or defeat.
A farmers meeting organized by local leaders from Norse and Hillsboro groups aims to curb overproduction of cotton to stabilize prices and protect future prosperity. Speakers urge law to regulate production, likening excess cotton to unsafe boating overloading, and highlight benefits for farmers, households, and community stability.
R Larson, Pastor, notes Texas legislature size, a new gas field in Wheeler county producing up to 200 million cubic feet daily, and population estimates around 500,900. He cites dense Rhode Island population, 180000 miles of public roads, and historic dates for San Antonio, Lavaca Bay, and La Salle.
The Scandinavian Lutheran Church holds Sunday School at 0.90 and morning services at 10:90 with C. T. Row as pastor. Both choirs will meet Friday night. A. T. Humes of Turneraville was selected as a visitor in Clifton on Thursday.
A Texas man from Hebron, McLennan County, died six weeks after a grass burr penetrated his knee and led to infection. He was treated locally but succumbed to the complication amid a sequence of illness including pneumonia. Separate note mentions a radio project by the International Astronomical Union to study crust permanence in October and November.
The Queen Theatre presents The Family Operatirw story by Harry Delf with Virginia Valli and J Parvell McDonald, a human comedy about average people. Also Fox News, comedies, and several features including Bucking the Truth, Woman Power, Nell Gwyn, The Non Stop Bride, and Padlocked with daily admissions and multiple showings.
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