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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1919
Page
6
Oscar B Johnson describes life on the front in France during World War I. He recalls shell fire, the Ar gonne Forest drive, and advancing ground, expressing pride in surviving the battle and hope to see home again.
A closing note from Oscar B. Johnson of Co. E, 171st American Expeditionary Force unit, expresses affection and looks back on wartime separations as he wishes peaceful days ahead.
Mrs. C Cook of Macop Illinois reports quick relief from coughs using Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Mrs. James A Knott of Chillicothe Missouri praises its beating for coughs and colds. H J Moore of Oval Pennsylvania says it cured settled chest colds after several uses.
A fragment observes how a youth balances explanations to his mother and wife about late nights, reflecting on life as a sequence of ongoing, explainable events that never seem to end.
Watch for first symptoms such as hoarseness and give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy at once. Product is promoted as prompt and effective in treating croup. January notice.
The article credits the American public with cutting sugar use by more than half a million tons between July and October, preventing a domestic famine. It notes normal quarterly consumption of 1.6 million tons and credits the Food Administration for the crucial restraint that bridged to new sugar crops.
In July 1917 with four months in the war, the U S Food Administrator spoke boldly amid gloom noting gains already achieved. He asserted no American should fear that democracy would not defend itself in these United States.
Americans endure sugar ration cuts from four pounds to three and finally to two pounds as a demonstration of loyalty. The piece portrays public sacrifice as a civic duty during wartime shortages.
The piece emphasizes that shared food secured gratitude from allied nations during war and argues that continued sharing in peace will earn global goodwill. It frames food as a tool for diplomacy and moral leadership in postwar relations.
Fifty West Texas cities formed the West Texas Chamber of Commerce in Fort Worth to foster agriculture livestock mining manufacturing and commerce. The nonpolitical group aims to raise 250000 with dues based on ability and will elect officers from board members.
President Wilson toured England where crowds cheered his arrival at Dover and on the Brighton. British officials and citizens alike praised his efforts to end war and prevent future conflicts. The Dover reception contrasted with the modest march of his party across the Channel amid vast public acclaim.
All but about six ill prisoners have been evacuated from Germany this week. The Americans are now out of the country or at ports awaiting transport. General Harries and W. J. Husband led the movement, with German cooperation easing the pace.
W W Seley, 65, prominent Texas banker, died at his Waco home Thursday from pneumonia. He chaired the distribution of the breat h relief fund in Texas, helped organize the Waco volunteer fire department, and served as president of the Brazos River and Valley Improvement Association and chairman of the Texas Conservation and Reclamation Association.
Officials estimate several thousand people attended the Texas first state poultry show in Dallas. Visitors viewed more than 1,500 examples of prize poultry groomed to perfection from early morning until late at night, marking the South’s finest midwinter exhibition of chickens.
Government orders troops in Berlin to hold in readiness as Spartacus forces seize the Prussian war ministry and the Vorwaerts. The socialist Vorwaerts publishing plant is occupied by Spartacus members amid fears radicals may disrupt the government.
The Munich Post alleges German war profiteers flee with assets by airplane. It reports planes carried securities of great value from Frankfurt to Switzerland. The paper urges the government to seize capital wherever found, notably in banks.
Columbus plans a major religious gathering expected to be the largest in American history. The event commemorates 100 years of foreign missionary work by the Methodist Episcopal Church and is slated to be held here next summer.
In the Hudson on Thursday night 21 superdreadnoughts dreadnoughts and ships of the line lay at anchors joining cruisers destroyers and a host. Ten of the vessels have steamed in after 14 months overseas with Beat ty's grand fleet. The rest are hailed as the flower of the north Atlantic fleet symbolizing the second naval power.
President Wilson spent a quiet Sunday in Paris visiting churches and Lafayette’s tomb. He met with Premier Clemenceau and Colonel House, called on Madame Poincaré, and toured the American Episcopal Church. Crowds swarmed the boulevards as officials and ordinary citizens admired the visiting delegation.
Paris reports plans for a resumed interallied conference and the peace congress with formal sessions not to begin before January 1. The steps toward reassembling are being matured and scheduled in the lead up to the new year.
Pax-Judge Julian W. Mack of Chicago elected president of the first American Jewish Congress held on the American continent. A speaker called the gathering one of the most momentous epochs in Jewish life as Jews from all denominations unite to deliberate for the rights and welfare of their race.
The former German emperor remains a near recluse and cut off from outside contact. Reports of constant communication with advisers are false. No truth to rumors of the empress’s serious illness. She has heart trouble and sought her former physician after arriving here.
Reports from Lisbon say Dr Sidonio Paes president of Portugal was shot at a Lisbon railway station shortly before midnight Saturday. He died within minutes and a crowd killed the assailant. Paes was en route to a train when the attack occurred.
The German armistice is extended to 6 am January 17 with amendments. The Allied high command reserves the right to occupy the neutral zone on the Rhine's right bank north of Cologne up to the Dutch frontier if new guarantees are deemed necessary, with six days’ notice.
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