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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1909
Page
2
Baldridge, Rober L Baldridge entered at Clifton Texas post office as second class matter. The weekly Friday morning subscription is one dollar per year.
A caustic set of social maxims contrasts marriage, money, and vanity with sharp witticisms. It cites debt, martyrdom, dress, and social pretense, then praises Bucklen’s Arnica Salve for piles and skin ailments, touting quick cures and a 25 cent guarantee by Price & Grimland.
The piece extols marriage as a timeless, divinely managed institution with love as its capital stock, two-thirds faith and one-third hope. It compares the union to a domestic corporation benevolently employing lawyers, noting its enduring bonds despite failures and its appeal to those seeking no trial goods.
A short ad promoting Ballards Herbine as a health aid for liver balance, claiming longevity and health in a Golden Wedding context. It urges keeping a bottle in the home and taking it when the liver is inactive. Priced at .50 per bottle and sold by Price & Grim land.
W P Collins of Poe Allen farm was run over by a loaded wagon last Saturday while traveling to Valley Mills with oats. The load slipped, pinning him and breaking four ribs a collar bone and bruising him. Dr McNeill treated him and reports him as well as could be expected.
Hillsboro Mirror reports Deputy Sheriff Frank Glasgow arrested Jeff Goodwin, a colored man, Saturday night and jailed him to await trial on four counts of violating the local option law. Affidavits allege sales to white customers. Goodwin has long appeared in county court records for bootlegging with many past acquittals and dismissals.
The great mortality from dysentery and diarrhea is due to lack of proper treatment at the first stages of the disease. Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy is a reliable and effective medicine, and when given in reasonable time, will prevent dangerous consequences. For sale by all druggists.
Aquilla Tex June 24 A heavy rain fell here yesterday which will assure a good corn crop. The shower drenched fields and lifted spirits as farmers count on a bountiful harvest this season.
An old advertisement urges households to keep Ballard’s Snow Liniment for burns and scalds promising instant relief and quick healing. Sold by Price & Grimland, also offering bed bug poison guaranteed by the same sellers.
During a recent electrical storm a bolts struck the new Baptist Church building in Hillsboro Texas. The fire gutted the structure and its contents including newly furnished items being installed. The storm swept through Covington yesterday afternoon as the flames destroyed the building.
An old advertisement touts a contented woman product in the same house as Ballard's Snow Simmer. It claims to prevent aches and pains, heal cuts burns and scalds, and cure rheumatism neuralgia lumbago and muscular soreness. Price 25e 0c and 1.00 per bottle at Price and Grimland's.
H E Graves postmaster of Georges Creek Somervell County was bound over to the Federal Grand Jury in the sum of 750 dollars to answer a charge of embezzlement of post office funds. The case was heard before Commissioner McCormick.
McGregor Texas June 29 Mrs W P Smith fearing tuberculous illness shot herself through the heart yesterday and died this morning from her injuries. The report includes a stray remark on evolution about what monkeys think, not central to the tragedy.
Itasca and vicinity endured a heavy afternoon shower extending to Hillsboro Pluto Iverson and roughly halfway to Grandview. The rain should aid the corn crop, which had been nearing the drought point.
A Wills Point Chronicle excerpt urges the primacy of good health for individuals and families. It links health to happiness, work, and mood, stresses personal habit and diet, and calls for public cleanliness and neighborly duty to preserve community health. The piece ends with a local ad for soaps and toilet articles by Price and Grimland.
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