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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1924
Page
4
Friday October 1 1924 ad and column note Clifton hosts the Live Stock Poultry Show and Flower Carnival attracting big crowds. Local traffic officers push for safer driving while community figures comment on politics and public festivities. Noted speeches and football views anchor a feature section as residents plan seasonal entertainment.
The readable lines reveal uncertain chatter about election outcomes and media claims. It contains garbled phrases, speculative bets, and references to political processes without recoverable facts or identifiable entities.
Weekend rundown lists multiple features at Queen Theatre including Oh! Fou Tony a mixed comedy with Tom Mit and Tony the wonder horse, Ridgway of Montana Western, Telephone Girls number 11 fast action, Devil Show Ride, Andy Gump in the Ring, His Children's Children epic, Triling with Hosoe and Behold the Woman Irene Eich in a Beloved Woman tale, plus Fox Educational The Pur Trapper and additional Western thrills and new releases. Admission varies by screening.
In Mexia this week, Mee Olaf Westgeard visits Br. and Mrs. Hiram Hlobibe as a hunting of news continues. The article mentions a gusty day with wind and rain, noting a replaceable climate detail from the New York Herald Tribune as a distant echo.
In a Chicago letter Jacob Franks father of Robert Franks denies reports he planned a trust fund after his death to aid freeing Nathan Leopold Sr and Richard Loeb from prison. He says he never intended to help their release and condemned the idea.
A fragment argues state polls should decide Miriam Ferguson versus Dr. Butte, urging majority rule. The caller notes the district court should not decide eligibility issues and urges voters to reveal wishes by ballot. Mentions Terrell Tribune names Swenson and Carrell.
Washington reports Capt Bassett says a new ocean depth of 32,096 feet was located about 145 miles southeast of Tokyo. The discovery confirms depths over 4.28 miles, exceeding Mount Everest’s height, and notes vast dissolved salts in seawater amounting to thousands of tons per 250 to 500 tons.
Sunday services at 11 00 am and 7 00 pm with Brother Carlson from Seminary preaching at both. All Baptists urged to attend. Visitors welcome. Also cotton seed for planting at 1 40 per bag, contact Q McBride at Farmers Gin, Genre Lee, to place orders.
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