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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1918
Page
8
Local readers respond to dispatches of American troops training in Flanders amid war anxieties. The note stresses sacrifice, Red Cross fund support, and prayers for the troops, while detailing community notices and upcoming local events.
A long subscriber list is printed with names and amounts pledged by numerous locals and firms. The note asks that anyone omitted report to Mrs. O. I. Stuart, chairman of the Clifton Red Cross Chapter, and lists many individual donors and businesses. Also mentions a reception Monday evening with Miss Lillie Colvite and Annie Glass, and a public speech by Hon. Jas. Ferguson for governor at Meridian on June 1, 1918, at 2 p.m.
A disparate set of items reports a railroad van incident and a legal settlement offer in a state case, a bridge carpenter injury, and a wartime appeal by President Wilson urging purchase of war bonds and thrift stamps. The report notes local social events in Texas including a charity supper, a Hobby Club formation in Bell County and farm threshing wagon bed guidelines.
Late 1917 notice lists Ford Touris See Bros and N T Wallace in an office context with water access. The fragment mentions an arrangement or meeting at a local business location during that period, indicating a rental or occupancy detail.
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