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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
9
Fragmented OCR text outlines admonitions to support World War II aims. It cites defeating Germany, pledges to sacrifice for country, and lists civic duties such as paying taxes, investing in government bonds, aiding the Red Cross, and avoiding waste. Mentions PTA event and community activities.
Sunday service at 10 00 includes a Heine Mission collection and a sermon on greed. English service expected next Sunday. Catechumens meet Wednesday and Friday evenings. Choir rehearsal Thursday night. Community notices list event points and welcome remarks at Herman Avenue.
The Haw County Commissioners Court orders an election in Clifton precinct for a $15 TX bond funded by a U S government grant to maintain the Meridian road through Hosque county. The Clifton precinct will appoint a Nine on the project and establish a Road District Committee to oversee maintenance without pay, funded by county bonds and state support.
Meridian residents hear court actions on road petitions and road-bond elections amid regular county business. Visitors include Rev W A Bryan and Clifton’s H H Bailey, with Meridian College hosting a T W C Glee Club recital.
Advertises a hens sale starting April 1 offering the highest cash prices. Note line appears as garbled OCR but indicates a marketplace event for purchasing hens and bidding for cash prices.
G L Polk offers to buy scrap iron at top market rates, inviting owners to bring or ship their material for immediate payment and prompt handling by the buyer.
Waco Texas April 1 ground was broken this afternoon for the hospital to be built on the Methodist orphanage campus. The project valued at about 913000 marks the widney of the noted Methodist evangelist May Abe Mulliny who was revered for the company’s work.
Reported district meet details from the Interset College meet with representations from multiple towns. Weather disruptions affected events with held and postponed races and field events Sunday afternoon May. Names of attendees and participants are listed among the readable fragments.
A misread note outlines a Clifton Cemetery Association meeting with fragmented phrases about attendance and a president and secretary. The text references a toast and a potential hike or visit, with unclear names and roles due to garbled OCR.
A fragmented wartime promo claims Liberty Bond purchases will protect 118 soldiers from smallpox and typhoid fever and aid 154 wounded in Belgium. It promises painless 400 operations, 2 miles of bandages, and plaster to treat thousands of injuries with humanitarian packets and medical supplies.
For sale a grid train 1m in good condition and rapidity shout one too. Also fair kit of carpenter tools by J R Bekkelund Clayton Ue.
Clifton Garage advertises buying and selling new and second-hand Fords with bargains available. Local shop notes has a focus on Ford vehicles and trade options.
Across the country State Public Utilities Commissions and other rate regulators are approving higher telephone charges. Officials acknowledge that prewar rates no longer cover the costs of modern telephone service, despite personal and political pressures to keep rates low.
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