The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1920 Page: 3 of 8
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Bar. C. F, Brown of Fort Worth at-
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that their little fellows have
about recovered from an attack of j
pneumonia.
Mra. J. D. Gaston and sons, Willie
and Raymond, haye moved to one of
Lawrence Orbeck’s farms where Wil-
ESTIMAXES CHEERFULLY GIVEN
If you want to know how much it ia going to cost you to make
eome desired improvements on the place, come in and let us make you
and estimate on the lumber you will need. You probably imagine the
cost to be much greater than it will figure out.
We believe that you can buy lumber and all kinds of building
materials to better advantage right here than anywhere else. Anyway,
lie has rented some land.
Postmaster Fallis of Clifton was
here Friday with the postoffice inspec-
tor, who took a squint at Postmaster
Witte's books and pronounced them
all right. The Clifton postmaster has
a lot of friends here who are always
glad to see him.
The Gap girls journeyed over to
Agee’ Friday afternoon and played
the Agee girls a game of basket ball
which resulted disastrously for the
L. D. TOWNSEND, Manager
Gap, the score standing 11 to 20 in
favor of Agee.
News was received here last Monday
SHOP MADE
Buggy or Wagon Harness
POLITICAL ANNOUNCEMENT
“My fel-low coun-try-men,” vouch-
safed former Senator Joe Bailey, “I
am sorely aggrieved to note that us
Texans are getting away from Jef.
fer-son-i-an principles. There was a
time in this glorious empire of the
southwest when it was said that any-
that Mrs. M. Brown had died at her
home in the Schoolerville community,1
about 9 miles from Hamilton. She was !
about 73 years old and had been in
bad health for some time. |
Mrs. Highland of Meridian is vis-1
iting friends in the Gap.
- N. M. Murphree is in Marlin taking'
treatment for- rheumatism. *
Thos. Hasting has a patent for his'
cultivator attachment for making the!
cultivation of notion
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STAND ALONE
one who tried to forecast Texas weath-
er was either a fool or a tenderfoot.
Although I have been accused of be-
ing both, I am neither. (Applause) So
I do not make a specialty of forecast-
ing the weather. (Applause)
“But I understand that the govern-
ment spends thousands of dollars an-
nually in maintaining a system of
weather bureaus in this, our noble
This is a waste of money.
■deache, Backache, and Weak-
■aaa, Relieved by Cardm,
Say* This Texas Lady.
cultivation of cotton easier.
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Stanford have
moved into their home in the Gap,
recently purchased from Bud Cosper.
Ole.Nystel of route two, Clifton,
was in the Gap last Wednesday.
John Ellington of Fairy was here
Thursday to meet a fine span of mules
he had purchased from a party near
Turners ville.
Rev. P. C. Nelson informed us Fri-
day that, the day before, he said the1
words that joined Walter Eddington
and Miss Mamie Clark in the holy
bonds of wedlock. We join their many !
friends in extending congratulations. I
Will Shipp is here visiting his broth-
er, Mack.
Cal McFadden finished taking the i
scholastic census of the Stanford Val* j
ley community last Saturday. He
found 35 in that age. j
Knute Olson Tvet of Long Beach,'
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Gontalee, Tex.— Mrs. Minnie Phil-
' ***. of this place, writes: “Five rears
•go I was taken with s pain In my
left aide. It was right under my
left rib. It would commence with an
•drinv and extend np into my ton
Shoulder and on down Into my back,
a By that time the pain would be so
|f ’ jRsmre I would hare to tsks to bed,
end suffered usually about three days
-••I tattered this way for three yean,
•ad got to be a more skeleton and was
so wash I could hardly stand alona
V 7*? 004 *ble to so anywhere and had
*wii£ tootMsw work go.. .1 anffered
awful with a pain In my back and I
had tha headache all the time I just
state.
Davy Crockett, Sam Houston and old
Fred Alamo didn’t have weather bu-
reaus to help them strike the shackles
of Mexico from our fair state. These
new-fangled innovations make me
tired.
“How long, Oh, my fellow-country-
men, will we stand for weather bu-
reaus which perform no service to the
people except to forecast the weather,
which the fathers have said could not
be done in Texas?”—(Protracted ap-
Cal., is visiting relatives and friends
in this section.
Mr. and Mrs. Anton Knudson have,
moved to the home they recently pur-
chased in Hamilton.
Willard Murphree reports his little
ones, who have been sick for a few i
days, as improving.
Johnie Christenson and Armind !
Sather are running a bachelors’ hall j
while the Sathers are in Marlin.
Misses Jewel Cox and Lillian) Drap-1
er of Meridian visited relatives and 1
friends here Saturday and Sunday. j
Some of the farmers are running a j
double crew and are plowing at night. I
This is where the tractor shines. I
R. M. Bums, candidate for Tax As-
sessor, passed through the Gap yes- I
Mia. I hud Jut about given up all time. To rid the little body of these
hop* of our gottlng anything to help parasites WHITE’S CREAM VERMI-
jP*: .__ j FUGE is an approved remedy. When
> one flay a Birthday Almanac waajthe worms have been driven out the
XT,™.,!*?! irea<lln* child grows strong, healthy and robust,
tta testimonials 1 decided to try Car* —Sold by gll druggists,
dul, and am so thankful that I did,
tor I began to improve when oh the r™ „ , , .. _ „
second bottle...I am now a well Th clfton Record and the Dallas
woman and fooling fine and the cure News now *2.50 per year,
hag been permanent for It has been - ■ _
HERBINE cures constipation and
^i^TCT CwduTtoSi ^e?g reestablishes regular bowel move-
try warn toaay. Ju <* ment- onij hv _,i
Hercules Buggies
Car Unloaded Last Week
Latest Styles
for the YoungfeloV
Don’t Let Lightning
Get There First
In view of the abnormal cost
of labor and material, the pro-
tection of property from Light-
ning is vitally important this
year-even more important than
insurance, since prevention of
loss saves the property entirely,
while insurance only
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Saturday and Sunday.
J. J. Applewhite of Hamilton visited
at the home of hit son, Dr. Apple-
white, in the Gap, from Thursday till
Sunday. He was accompanied home
by Mrs. Applewhite, who had been vis-
iting here for several days.
It was thought best to move Ole J.
)lson to a sanitarium and yesterday
I to waa feeling well enough to make
community of the well known Shinn M tm\\
System of Lightning Protection. It m lmt\\
surely does prevent Lightning Losses. # /Mf\\
We give a Cash Bond to the owner m .2, MuimJ/lJ 8t\-
of every building we protect guarantee- K jmmMSn P\V
ing that Lightning will not strike. K JMIMmIW —7V\
Ask for a copy of the book on Shinn- Ifl jwl .lift a*
Flat, explaining the Cause and Control ■ % •i»ff
«f Lightning. It’s free.
O. M. BRONSTAD, Dealer
Clifton. Texas
Weber Auto-Track Farm Wagons
Made from Government Specification!
and we hope his stay in the sanitarium
will prove beatficM,
Mr. and Mrs. Will Smith and daugh-
ter, Miss Hsliie, visited his uncle and
aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M. Brown, of
Peter Schuttler Wagons
“The Old Reliable”
YOUR PROPERTY
worth more today than it was a :
ould cost you a lot more to bur
ire Demon got it—so why not
isurance? Some are
ear ago—it
d it—if the
increase your
a third, others
lore. Is it the wise thing—th esafe thing—to
o? It takes only a little accident to turn the
iggest house into a pile of ashes.
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Clifton, Texas
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Baldridge, Robert L. The Clifton Record (Clifton, Tex.), Vol. 26, No. 2, Ed. 1 Friday, March 26, 1920, newspaper, March 26, 1920; Clifton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth775205/m1/3/: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Nellie Pederson Civic Library.