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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 20, 1910
Page
7
John Tyler of Temple, president of the State Constables' association, visits Gainesville in consultation with Constable Cey Compton while the group plans its annual meeting in Texas. An unrelated drug ad promises liver and stomach cures from Corner Drug Store. Pasturage rates note ample water and grazing for horses and cattle from L. Scott.
A garbled roster names several candidates and officials for sheriff, county attorney, tax collector, district clerk, and commissioner posts. Notable mentions include Homer Randal, E R Robertson, Geo Mammo, Thos W Elliott, Ora Lee Bettis, and W A Menemal with various precinct and district assignments.
A lease closed on the Fourth and Austin streets building once home to the Woulfe Bookstore signals a new national bank for Waco. Gip Smith P. E. McLarty and others head the tenement as financiers join the project. The bank aims to open around August 1 after renovations.
Meridian merchants unite to form a commercial club aimed at advancing Meridian’s interests. GT Trudworth elected president. E Muirhead and C M Careton named secretary and assistant secretary as membership grows. The group plans active efforts to attract business and advertise local advantages.
The governor prepared a proclamation for a July 24 special election to fill senate and house vacancies but withheld it after finding the law requires a proclamation issued 30 days before election day. He now plans to issue June 24, with primaries statewide on the same day, aiming for a full legislature.
A distressed notice promotes a liniment claiming cures for nervous complaints and remedies for fatigue and insomnia. The ad urges trial of the product with “Antiefaction guaranteed” from Corner Drug Store amid weather and flood reports in Texas. The item also contains weather bulletins and a local joke about a St. Joseph man with two wives.
Fragmentary notes describe danger to a child from croup and a remedy or medicine. References to Dr Kings New Discovery and Corner Drug store appear amid garbled terms and names, with uncertain locations and dates.
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