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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
2
The fragment preserves a drowned captain Stephen Allen tale aboard the Gen. Clay and a pasted moral quip list. It quotes a cardinal urging frugality amid national life and cites a Cardinal Gibbons remark on wasteful luxuries.
Sears Roebuck and Swit & Co pledge substantial funds for the war effort promising men money and resources. The firms assert strong support to secure victory and encourage others to contribute as well.
A discussion on War Savings Stamps and Victory stamps promotes thrift and sacrifice to aid soldiers in the trenches. Citizens are urged to buy stamps, fund equipment, shelters, and clothing, with the idea that small personal sacrifices back the troops and hasten victory.
The article reports a state effort led by Louie J Apalte as Nation War Savings Committee erects thrift campaigns. Cherokee county and others in Texas mobilize workers to promote war savings certificates and baby bonds while local banks and businesses engage in public education and distribution of certificates amid wartime appeals.
Fragmentary text discusses a birthday gift and thrift stamps with garbled phrases. Mentions a person named Buch Azi and a director at an antiwar group. Overall content is unclear and jumbled.
A damaged OCR fragment presents opaque phrases and garbled words. Readable names, dates, or subjects are absent, making a clear noun phrase or event hard to determine. The record notes incomplete text with no verifiable entities or actions to summarize.
Wichita Falls Texas February 10 Profits of 1500 percent on a borrowed capital of $150 in a year are shown by Otair Holly son of a Wichita county farmer. Holly borrowed $10.60 from a local bank in February 1917 at 6 percent interest. With this capital he bought a brood and in a year the hogs realized $106 from pigs and he has two pigs valued at $16.
A group of live speakers from Reg. Jane County will discuss The War and Christianity at the Baptist Church Sunday afternoon at 3:00 p.m. All the public is cordially invited. Signed JA Kidd.
The text quips about an eligible young man engaged to a girl and why other girls wonder about his eyes and sense. It jokes to not shoot a neighbor starting cornet lessons but to learn trombone instead. It notes a home lacking a cook and jokes about Friend Wits not affording staff.
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