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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1913
Page
2
The Baldridge publication from Clifton Texas enters postal service as a second class matter on Fridays. Subscriptions cost one dollar per year, signaling the paper’s regular, modest local news run.
The brief item notes January 10, 1918 as a period when winter lingers and even the cantankerous observer has little cause to complain. It portrays a light, local mood shift rather than a major event.
Descriptions suggest a growing trend as people reach a desperate frame of mind and stop caring whether neighbors notice what they do on Sundays. The tone implies concern about social norms and personal restraint.
A reader remarks on fashionable skirts and attire for girls, criticizing overly tight outfits that reveal contours such as a dime in a stocking, and argues for more modest dress standards.
Cooperation is the biggest and most vital problem facing Texas industries today and the Farm Safe Commission is destined to solve it.
In Texas during a two year period 5 401 people died of tuberculosis the disease that killed more than any other. In the same span 2 024 died of influenza while smallpox claimed 134 deaths.
Business interests gather to discuss problems and secure investments as they seek progress and prosperity amid political resistance.
From present indications his tory will repeat itself in 1918. The note points to a possible recurrence of past events with similar patterns and implications for future developments.
The new year opens with 445 miles of electric transmission lines being built and a handful of small railroad projects progressing with uncertain momentum.
A writer urges the democratic party to reduce the vast sum of government expenditure totaling about 39 billion dollars. The emphasis is on cutting extravagance and waste of public funds.
A humorous remark suggests a printer would curse using the word hell instead of underworld when typesetting a Bible edition, highlighting the clash between sacred text and printing pressure.
A Texas citizen remarks that despite the habit of deriding lawmakers, the 33rd legislature meets this month with hopes for greater sanity and action benefiting Texas and its people than prior bodies.
Many industries live beside each other for centuries without true interaction. They exchange only strained knowledge, glare over metaphorical walls, and suffer indifference and envy. In that climate, anarchy thrives and demagoguery holds sway.
The Bonham Favorite notes many residents in Fannin County work as tenants on rented farms. The piece highlights rural livelihoods and the significance of shared land use in agricultural communities.
The text warns that many landowners with cash between $500 and $2,000 could partly fund homes yet refuse to invest in what they deem the best land. It predicts many will be poorer a year hence and less independent, arguing that a man who can acquire a small home and does not is harming himself and his children.
Washington January 6 Senator Culberson commented on Colonel Johnston's appointment to succeed Senator Bailey saying it was expected and a graceful compliment to Johnston He urged his election by the legislature as proper recognition of Johnston's party loyalty and service He recalled Johnston's twenty years of Democratic support including help during his governorship campaigns Then the note urges Bosque County residents to visit Clifton to buy goods before prices rise as merchants offer moving stock.
Austin Jan 6 finding that a conditional pardon granted to a Houston County man involved transfer of land and money to securing the pardon. Governor Colquitt canceled the conditional pardon. the man denies wrongdoing and says he will return the funds. The governor declines to act further.
In Featherstone near M Lions? No, M Alester Oklahoma, three December newborn triplets of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Anderson have died. Named for Woodrow Wilson Champ Clark and William Jennings Bryan the trio perished from lack of vitality. Wilson died first followed by Bryan and Clark.
Winter weather brings half an inch of snow as local residents visit family and travel for studies. Sherman and Waco hosted students and relatives including Miss Olga Hoel and Miss Lillie Colwick. Norse Fire and Protective associations held annual meetings naming officers. Grandma Engeborg Johnson of Cranfills Gap died at 87. burial at St Olaf cemetery. Ose Postum ad ends.
Regular services at Scandinavian Lutheran Church next Sunday first at 10:45 a.m. in Norwegian and at 7:15 p.m. in English. Sunday school at 4:45 p.m. All are cordially welcome.
Cranfills Cap mourns as Grandma Johnson dies in the community. The notice reflects on mortality and the afterlife, urging readers to consider their own condition and readiness for the final passage.
Mosheim notes traders Shafer and Blankenship swap vehicles, while a four cylinder motorcycle changes hands. Local residents visit family. a hand injury from a shooting accident is treated. The school grows with new enrollments from other communities as Rev. Hearn makes his regular appointment amid a blizzard. The Record notes subscriptions, legislative session opens January 14, and court recess due to illness. A Lyceum event features Francesco De Bona, the Italian harpist, with a broader commentary on life as a business asset and employee welfare.
The article argues firms invest in playgrounds, rest rooms, libraries, gyms, sanitary lunchrooms, and safety devices to keep workers healthy and productive. It states these measures are smart management, not charity, predicting health will become a fundamental business asset and sickness a costly liability.
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