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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
20
Clipped items discuss rail wages, legal debates, and wartime food adaptation. The Panhandle population shifts to maize flour as wheat flour is restricted. The Gilmer Mirror urges calm despite war news. front lines remain a source of strain.
The May quarter ending May 21 shows cash totaling 9 106 459 and bonds of 22 786 297 in the state treasury. Disbursements included 5 584 to general revenue and 2 055 507 to the available school fund with 29 2 from highway funds, per quarterly treasurer’s statement. The message also references broader war-time sentiment and local booster notes from Temple Telegram.
Chillicothe Texas June 4 One thousand dollars for his first German airplane would be offered by a father to his son to obtain news of the first Hun down. A naval flyer sent a telegram promising four thousand dollars to the credit for the first Hun. The note says the sender vows Texas will back the effort.
General Crowder praises district and local boards for handling June induction calls as the Texas selective service system records 1 808 354 men registered by June 1. He recalls the previous year when ten million men registered in a single day and commends the effort across boards.
President Wilson, in Washington, June 1, opposed more prohibition bills until the Fund Administration deems it necessary to conserve foodstuffs. A Washington amendment to the agricultural appropriation bill would prevent expenditure and reflect the president’s stance amid Senate debate.
President Wilson sent a telegram to the Louisiana legislature urging the adoption of woman suffrage. He called the issue world wide in significance and a standard for democracy, expressing a deep public interest in its settlement.
Theodore Roosevelt returns to the New York Republican Club at a dinner, greeted by cheers after years of hostility. The event signals a shift as farmers await rain and crop prospects improve. Plus, 178 Bosque county men registered in Meridian under the draft act, now age 21 since June 5, 1917.
A garbled spread of political notices and legal actions appears, naming candidates for various districts and offices alongside a preliminary hearing for a negro charged under the sweepings act. Details include a fee of 500 dollars and mentions of local figures such as Teague and Teelon, with references to June and a United Militia hearing setting.
For sale a horse gasoline engine advertised by Neal Nelson. Also offered shorthand and typewriting instruction by Mia W. E. Prather with phone 113. Terms low.
Mrs Will Manske and B Johnson contribute to the Ed Cross in support of Sunday School at 9:45 and Bible classes. A sermon is scheduled at 11 AM and 8 PM with Christian Endeavor at 7:42 PM. An invitation is extended for attendance and Agee farm is listed as a wanted property.
A flood of recruits overwhelms stations as German submarine activity offshore drives enlistment requests. Officials report over 3 000 applications in New York with renewed urgency to fill naval ranks.
The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the ninety nine year sentence for Wilbur Flewellen charged with the murder of Roy McKinley in Temple. The case was tried in Williamson County Court.
A local church announces daily prayer sessions in Taylor Texas beginning tonight at 6 15 to run about twenty minutes after business hours for merchants and businessmen to attend Pastor James F Hardie will lead the first service this evening.
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