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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 15, 1926
Page
2
Fragments describe Ladies Aid meeting led by Mrs Brom and others at the Scandinavian Lutheran Church next week. A long Harper’s excerpt contrasts wit and wit with verse on laughter, noting humor’s role in life. The piece closes with disparate notes on Magnolia Petroleum’s Sabine operations and a whimsical Ramsay-inspired tale about wasps and bees.
Fragmentary OCR shows a mattress making reference and an entry for a farm for rent or sale on the Anish Nywtol farm. It mentions 00 acre cultivation, wood, water and gran and lists W. Anderson, Rawte 2, Clifton Texan.
An eastern farmer who moved to California complains of a neighbor’s livestock tolls while a rental ad advertises 140 acres of wood land and cultivated fields near Crautills Gap. The fragmentary text mentions Joe Lillard, Arlington, and unspecified farm equipment and terms.
The former governor purchased the W. H. Smith property east of Albany and plans to establish a large scale dairy farm there. He reportedly bought 200 cattle from Taft dairy herd through B. St. Carmina, superintendent at Taft ranch near Corpus Christi, with ships expected to move to Ferguson’s Meridian area.
An analysis argues Texas should prioritize expanding manufacturing to absorb farm surpluses, boost demand for Texan products, and create stable markets. It stresses factories as incentive drivers, notes farming gains without markets fail to lift living standards, and cites unions and fairs highlighting local production potential amid skepticism about purely agricultural growth. It references observers from the East and mentions Texan travelers and Centennial exhibits, urging coordinated devotion to industrial development and post posted notices.
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