02 Nov 1928
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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 02, 1928
Page
1
A humorous Honey Grove Signal excerpt explains hay fever as a common fall ailment with painful, comical symptoms. It catalogues headaches, watery eyes, nasal congestion, sore throat, body aches, and taste changes, noting no cure exists and most mistake it for a cold. The piece emphasizes the season’s misery and social impact.
In 1890 a bicycle shop birthed a car maker, a hotel man rose as bell hop, America’s steel king fired engines, and a railroad president tapped a telegraph key. The Traveler’s Beacon notes the rules of success remain hard work and conscience through to 1950 and beyond.
An advertisement asserts Liquid Borozone instantly relieves burn and scald pain and prevents infection. It urges every woman to keep a bottle at hand in the home and notes Price and Stuart as the sellers.
Valley Mills notes show visits by Roy Sherrill of Temple and Mrs Kate McNeill, Corneil Brown of Clifton, Maxie Lane of Waco, and many other relatives. Reports of illnesses, travel to Fort Worth, Stephenville, and Temple, plus community events and a Democratic speaking engagement.
Ten thousand farm families are invited to the Cotton Palace barbecue at noon Thursday in Waco on the athletic field. Officials expect 10,000 attendees with beef for dinner, multiple gallons of coffee, and abundant rolls and pickles. The event follows a parade and county club demonstrations, with a cotton dress ball in the Coliseum that night.
Free thrillers will be shown hourly when the Texas Cotton Palace opens November 9 to 18 at Waco. The program includes a diving horse monkey and baboon circus acrobats on a rope act and a traveling Uncle Hiram and Aunt Lucinda couple to amuse visitors. The orthophonic Victrola returns with fresh records for the 1928 fair, continuing a tradition on the lawn before the main building.
Fish and game of Texas will host a wild life exhibit at the Texas Cotton Palace in Waco from November 9 to 18. The Fish and Oyster Commission led by Will Tucker and the Texas Outdoor League with secretary J Frank Elder organize the show. Some specimens will be live in pens and pools while others are stuffed with placards detailing capture sites and captors.
A reader ad promotes a “Paid-in-full” home and a five minute talk to reveal a plan used by hundreds to achieve home ownership and financial security. It paints home ownership as a path to opportunity and confidence.
Statistician Dr Louis I Dublin analyzes American family life linking marriage, birth and divorce rates to economic conditions. He notes higher country marriage rates and births, with city families facing higher costs and divorce. He cites Arkansas Louisiana Oklahoma and Texas as high divorce areas, possibly from towns and cities. He argues rural life offers greater pathway to a stable home despite poverty.
Advertisement warns that daily toxin absorption from accumulated waste in a constipated digestive system leads to disease. It lists symptoms like dizzy spells headaches coated tongue and insomnia and promotes Herbine, a vegetable cathartic, sold by Price & Stuart as the remedy.
College Station reports a newly found cotton disease by Dr. J. J. Taubenhaus, Texas A and M, linked to cotton root rot studies. Found in three Texas sections including the blackland belt, its impact mirrors cotton wilt but is not yet seen as highly serious. Researchers caution farmers but emphasize ongoing work for practical solutions and awareness of other cotton diseases.
A new Paris periodical named The Feline World launches devoted to literary and artistic features, scientific notes, and other news about cats and their human companions.
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