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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
14
The piece contrasts casual weather chatter with the solemn, lengthy discussion of food likes and dislikes. It imagines a dinner table where guests debate berries and fruits in earnest, noting the humorous absurdity of the solemn tone. A final nudge suggests a winter game guessing Europe’s war duration.
Gatesville Texas will install a sewer system at an estimated cost of 25000 dollars. The Commercial Club and City Council plan an election to authorize bond issuance. Preliminary engineering will set the final amount before a referendum. Officials also hope to macadamize Main street to avoid tearing up the main thoroughfare again.
A proverb likens delaying needed action to a sick patient who refuses medicine until recovered. The speaker argues both delays are equally unwise, urging prompt response to present needs rather than waiting for improvement.
Cameron Milam County Texas farmer Tom Rogers was bitten by a copperhead while working near his home. He removed the snake with his other hand, treated the injury with kerosene oil, then saw a physician. He suffered no ill effects from the bite.
The speaker urges the community to act for local prosperity by prioritizing neighborhood advantage when buying goods, stressing that neighbors’ well being matters more than distant interests.
A mass meeting of Hico citizens and business men called to discuss building a warehouse to store soon to be marketed cotton. W Pitt Barnes elected chairman Wilson Straley secretary committee formed to raise stock 7500 dollars 2000 subscribed toward 5000 bale capacity.
Los Angeles plans to spend about a million dollars to beautify private and school grounds and highways for the 1915 Panama Exposition. More than 100 miles of rose borders will be planted along roadsides with climbing roses on iron trellises. In the San Fernando Valley 25 miles of roses are already planted and school children may win prizes totaling 25 000 dollars for moral effects along county roads and on school grounds.
Gus Feldmann of the Aleman community lost his automobile and garage after a gasoline tank exploded when he carried a lit lantern to fetch fuel. The blazing tank flew two hundred feet into the air, the garage burned quickly, and Feldmann narrowly escaped with his life. his uninsured car meant a total loss.
On the last Sunday afternoon four couples were united in marriage at Patton. Rue Elrod wed Miss Mattie Bonds and James Bond wed Miss May Griffin with Rev Arthur Lopez officiating. The couples later visited Waco then returned home and will reside in Patton.
Clarence Ousley leaves as editor in chief to take the director role for extension work at the Agricultural and Mechanical college in College Station. Hugh Nugent Fitzgerald succeeds him, bringing a long southern newspaper career and tenure with the Record since January 10, 1913.
Washington reports Rep Henry of Texas introduced a bill for temporary relief of cotton growers authorizing a 12 cent per pound advance in federal reserve notes on middling and other grades. The measure is endorsed by Charles S Barret, president of the National Farmers Union.
A father introduces his large brood at a baptism, naming Clarence Wood Burst, Helen May Burst, Frederic Otto Burst, Oscar Will Burst, and Mary Kant Burst. The priest admires the family as rain patters, and the father declares they will have a cloud burst.
Duck hunters will have until February first to pursue ducks as the season opens October 15 under recent federal migratory bird law changes. Doves and other game remain at November 1 to February 1.
A French army withdrawal is blamed for rising egg prices in reports. Cables suggest a German lure toward Paris. An inebriated German officer burned a historic church, and questions arise about London’s damaged treasures amid urban unrest.
Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady was assaulted and robbed in Italy, inspiring potential material for his next novel. A man without arms was found guilty of forging checks in Terre Haute using his teeth, shown as an extraordinary display of energy. Huerta’s 1913 presidency saw ten million in currency declared counterfeit by Carranza as Mexico’s turmoil continues. Ford’s August 1914 to August 1915 announcement outlines period notices and plans.
An Arizona mail carrier, who hauls mail between Holbrook and Snowflake, buys barley at Mesa and ships it to Snowflake. He pays 95 cents per 100 pounds for grain and 1.05 for postage, totaling 2.03, while the government pays 2.25 per 100 pounds for the trip. This yields a net profit of 22 cents per 160 pounds delivered, suggesting a future grain retail venture.
Practical tips include using a rattlesnake for mice, bats for mosquitoes, sponges to dry damp cellars, and goats or hornets for pests. The piece also cites a Collinsville Times editorial lampooning small, vocal critics and suggesting practical communal effort over quarrels, plus a quip about nations joining against China after wars end.
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