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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1906
Page
2
A fragment describes mountain people in a Virginia setting where a mountain girl in a blue calico dress and pink sunbonnet mingles with visitors on a cabin porch. Elders discuss amusements, jokes, and regional terms like beans and poke, tracing language from early settlers and reflecting early 19th century rural life.
The article explains a Vienna based postal debt collection method where postmen collect debts from customers, transfer funds to the Vienna post office, and inform creditors. It also notes a Marine procession, canal traffic, and a World Today feature on prisoners and reform efforts in the early 1900s.
A chaotic report from Mangehow details corruption in China where officials skim profits from copper canh coins. Heavily weighted coins flood the public, with two Hangzhou mints producing 10 and 20 yuan coins at rapid rates, while a currency gap widens against American money. The government imposes forced payups and labor burdens, triggering unrest and coin shortages as mint operations pause amid heightened public anger.
Wales Daily notes a large revival with an estimated 91 000 converts. It acknowledges not all converts stayed with the movement but asserts awakening touched broad life across communities in Wales and South Wales.
A fragmented OCR line suggests a claim that troubles around Arp were caused by a single baby, with archaic wording implying a parable or misread statement about fate and causation. The readable text is uncertain and may reflect garbled letters from the original source.
Voters in a district covering Bell Coryell Hamilton and Bosque counties hear announcements listing candidates for county treasurer auditor clerk public weigher and justice of the peace among others. Names include G W Turner A Dunlap F Schenck J Cameron and R Barker with precinct designations and positions.
Fragment from a 19th century ad describes cold symptoms including dry cough fever and nasal discharge. It claims Chamberlains cough remedy taken hourly counters the illness and restores health in a day or two. Price and Mitchell The Corner Drag Store offer the product.
Call and let us set you up with a pair of spectacles. We guarantee to fit your eyes or it costs you nothing. Odom & Walton.
Mr M F Burroughs, a resident of Bluffron, Indiana, praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy as the best for tame trouble after years of family use. He notes the medicine is essential during the summer and urges readers to be prepared for emergencies. Sold by Price & Mitchell, The Corner Drug Store.
An old for sale notice from Bosque County six miles from Clifton offers a bargain at a German medicine shop. It lists remedies including Serpent Hit farews and drinks for dyspepsia liver trouble and chills. Mentions B A Brown of Boonetaville and a Clifton Bonding Works.
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