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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1925
Page
4
Advertising rates listed for Clifton Texas newspaper include display 30 cents per inch, extra charges for special positions, local advertising 1 cent per line, black face type 1 cent per line, and special rates on time contracts. The note appears in a Friday morning edition dated September 4, 1935.
A fragmented note discusses wartime hardship, migration to CARGA for schooling, and a partial crop failure amid civic effort. It mentions Clifton families moving, a city ordinance on citizens and insurance, and local resolve to support the community through hard times. Citizens pledge grit and coordinated effort to bolster the town’s future.
Clifton forms a golf club with twenty five members, a pasture course laid by H A Nelson, while the Baptist revival draws crowds and cotton prospects brighten. Ditton hosts busy Trades Day with Red Bell money and new subscribers, amid plans for an Indian Detour rail trip through New Mexico and California with Santa Fe travel offerings and grand excursions.
A fragment notes the prohibition on Bible importation into Soviet Russia. It mentions goats and a desert or Nile Valley scene, though details are unclear, leaving the main fact the ban on religious book importation.
We extend sincere thanks to friends and neighbors for kindness after the illness and death of our husband and father Mr R T Fort Your acts of sympathy and favors were deeply felt We remember each one and stand ready to help you in return Sincerely Mrs R T Fort and children
For sale at once all my household goods cheap. Can be seen at the home of IT Torrence Homer Furrow at Palace Barber Shop. One brown horse, years old, gentle, bargain sold at once by J A Dobiyanski Clifton Texas. Visitors from Wichita Falls and Meridian noted. county official E Jenkins seen in town.
MeTdomsT CHURCH invites worship with cordial invitation to Sunday School at 10:00 p m. A collection of notices mentions marriage licenses and names including Hervel Blackstock, Arma, Santers, Seanie Cox, Dollie Grace, Lanshart, Genco Moorman, Albert, Matthews, Mac sie Sean Smith, and Browne belt. Also an ad note for sale of several tons of fulvon grime this week by Oscar Jy Rentte.
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