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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1918
Page
2
An advertisement touts TANLAC as a genuine pleasure to use, claiming it restores health for stomach troubles and indigestion and that it has been praised more than any other medicine. A bottle is recommended to experience its curative powers.
The Tyler Commercial College in Tyler Texas markets shorthand bookkeeping telegraphy classing and business administration as fast tracks to top careers. It claims large yearly enrollments and many graduates in leading U S cities, urging readers to invest 125 to 260 dollars for tuition and books and to join the 1200 students already there.
An old advertisement touts Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy for stomach trouble. It claims many have regained health using the pills, noting a price of 27 cents for a box and referencing a restorative effect.
The report covers a special session planned for February with calls to postpone action until a report is completed. It notes committee activity, wartime measures, and shipbuilding requests in Congress. Also included are health condition updates from military camps, war loan subscriptions in Britain, and rationing plans for England and allied nations.
Washington reports the complete destruction of Guatemala City after a second quake causes many more deaths. Official advices note the city in ruin and American relief sources estimate about 300 additional fatalities, with figures rising from Sam Jones’s telegraph company.
An unclear report notes growing food shortages in France and allied countries since the war began, prompting concern in the American government about wartime supply strains and prior food production commitments.
A fragmented report outlines farm credit and relief steps in several Texas counties including Galveston and Chambers amid drought pressures. It notes emergency federal appropriations, county g o v ernment activity, and a rise in bank deposits from September to November 1917, plus a totals update from the state bank commission.
Anatin-Governor announces indefinite postponement of the organization with the national guard due to inability to provide assurances on equipment and advance planning. The note mentions legal constraints and broader wartime context amid international discussions and local impacts.
A garbled wartime notice reports a large number of soldiers held in guard houses at Camp Ravin for alleged violations after a curfew expired. It names 709 men of a company and hints at possible desertion or capture and order to report or face consequences.
The fragment discusses commodity prices with scattered figures for Cotton, Galveston Woody, New Orleans and New York. Mentions Wednesday doubt and bids, plus municipal or town timing and unclear events, with nonsensical phrases throughout.
A Russian officer in France expresses willingness to fight for American liberty, offering service despite lacking citizenship. He notes officers could aid Pershing's forces as instructors and interpreters, and laments the ban on Russians serving as American officers. He proposes aiding the Red Cross or YMCA if combat is denied.
In a quoted exchange with a Chamberlain representative, the speaker extols the merit of cure preparations, mentions a child’s health issues over four years, and notes a cough remedy's effectiveness. The passage also references a traditional phonograph playing Die Wacht am Rhein.
A fragment describes a person claiming the ability to read a newspaper while listening to a woman simultaneously. It mentions experiments and a device, with uncertain details and garbled names. The passage hints at attempts to combine two streams of information for multitasking.
An OCR inspired notice promotes a secret remedy marketed as a universal cure. Trade names and addresses appear, urging readers to contact Dr V. M Peer for the formula. The text imitates a late 19th or early 20th century patent medicine style with vivid promises and consumer warnings omitted.
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