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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1929
Page
2
The text notes rain lifting spirits before starting a new program or home project. It invites readers to let Ox Call estimate bills for materials, promising attractive prices and first class stock if they shop there. It expresses customer confidence they will be glad they did.
Valley Mills Presbyterian Church hosted the marriage of Alta Alms Barnett and Wobart Powell of Moaxton on Sunday night. The piece lists many town visits, social gatherings, and residents traveling to Waco Fort Worth Gatesville and Goldthwaite with numerous mentions of extended families and local shops.
Dr D A Carpenter physician and surgeon runs Carpenter Brot Drug Store in Texas with contact night plan and phone 621 for after hours care and medical supplies.
Willie McClelland Manron, daughter of the late Col. Peter McClelland of Waco Texas, was granted a divorce here yesterday after testifying before Superior Judge Finney. She described married life with Jock L. Manron as unhappy and referenced family regrets over the breakup.
A Shanghai missionary letter describes shifts in Chinese women’s roles from strict domestic duties to public life. It notes women cycling, playing sports, embracing short sleeves and low necklines, and participating in politics and protests. The piece contrasts traditional arranged marriages with modern autonomy while praising mission school graduates forming respectable Christian homes.
Fragmentary OCR describes Clifton railway movements with routes to Waco and arrivals on Saturday. It notes tracking terminal 44 and an army leave, moving without a scratch and requests for information.
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