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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1918
Page
3
The page blends community items from Cranfills Gap with notes of daily life. It includes updates on residents, church social plans, a car mishap near a culvert, and letters from soldiers, plus casual anecdotes about farming and local happenings.
A letter describes long standing pain in the back shoulder and side, previously severe, with a trial of a remedy and a claim of gradual improvement after about a month. The writer notes prior pain episodes of several days and cites personal experience with limited relief from earlier methods.
Local items note midweek visits by residents to Fort Worth and Clifton, obituaries for Uncle Sam Bowen and Miss Eoin Tweesly, and funeral services led by Rev. D Head in Valley Mills. Family remembrances include Cawthon and Moore families with relatives in Ardmore and Roswell.
A garbled health column urges readers to fight influenza with cleanliness and home remedies. It recommends a clean mouth, skin, and bowels, daily laxatives, and bath practices, insisting proper hygiene can ward off disease despite unclear details. The piece reads like a period health tip and stresses self care.
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