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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1911
Page
4
An advertisement for Schow Brothers promotes a line of school shoes for boys and girls. It claims the shoes are the best value, offer perfect fit and comfort from first wear, and come with a satisfaction guarantee. The copy urges buyers to choose Schow Brothers for the best school shoes.
Show Bros offers boys and misses school shoes in calf and leather, stressing style, comfort, and fit at low prices. The shop promotes a wide range of sizes and styles with emphasis on value and service for school footwear.
In Clifton sources the Governor Colquitt stance and prohibition debate are echoed. Editorials from the Houston Post and Mur an Mirror call for fair play, while farmers critique infrastructure and rural roads. The text discusses tax, water quality, and road building amid political discourse.
A Texan guest at a banquet was asked to speak on his state. He quips that if all the wheat in Mexico were one grain, the grand canyon of Arizona could hold it all. The muddled reminiscence ends with fragmented imagery about grain, steam, and effort, reflecting a humorous, garbled speech.
A garbled OCR page reports scattered items including agricultural notes on dry farming in West Texas, legal proceedings and contempt in Habana Corpus, and notices about milk and butter shipments. The text mentions the Central West Texan Dry Farming Congress, a lawsuit context, and references to officials and dates, though many words are scrambled.
A fragmented Atlanta sized clipping describes a young farmer charged in a fatal incident near the Tinh River north of Gain Cal e with a mystery surrounding a baby found nearby. The report interleaves urban disaster scenes from rail yards and demolition aftermath with courtroom actions and a presidential proposal noted in passing. The messy text references a wide range of events including a baby, a murder allegation, a governor granting a reprieve, a railroad accident, and a plan for a public works project. It mentions Be the wife of a farmer and a series of late 19th to early 20th century figures and places, but the precise sequence is unclear due to OCR corruption.
A group of visitors at a Dallas area resort perished in a peat bog accident during a storm. survivors, including a man named Wille Skinner, reported seeing others trapped as floodwater rose. Local authorities say eight people died and several injured as efforts to rescue continued through the night.
The notice lists timetable fragments for Santa Fe trains and connections including trains to Waco and No.18 at 4 am, with references to McGregor, Kania Pilan, and No.12. It advises contacting the ticket office or agent for rates and further connections.
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