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Newspaper
Clifton Record
Location
Clifton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1909
Page
2
A Clifton column reflects on religious standards versus daily conduct, urges charitable behavior, and contrasts past comforts with modern conveniences like coal lamps, electric lights, telephones, and water works. The piece humorously laments upgrading horse and buggy due to rising expectations and costs.
A garbled editorial style passage contemplates independence and social qualities. It contrasts plain views with idealized celestial imagery and laments depersonalized urban life. The text references Boston, Dallas, or similar locales in a general manner, but no clear events or individuals are identified.
A disjointed narration presents garbled dialogue and stray names. Characters like Ellis Dlenow Lun appear with unclear roles, while references to wages, a hotel, and a date mix in a muddled sequence.
A fragmented reminiscence recalls a man walking slowly with his thoughts set on the road ahead. His family pressed him to buy a car, prompting a murky reflection on past living in a tiny house and the feeling of ascent through life’s years.
An old advertisement touts Dr Shoop's Cough Remedy as harmless for children and infants. It claims to calm coughing and ease irritated bronchial membranes without harsh ingredients, urging trust in the product.
The Presbytery of Central Texas AS will convene in Clifton at First Presbyterian Church for fall sessions led by visiting ministers. Opening sermon to be delivered by Rev. D. S. McLaughlin, with daily services and devotional periods each morning. Clifton residents invited to attend all sessions through the closing week.
W B Snell argues prohibition gains pace in Texas with farm conditions cited. He notes short crops, low rainfall, level land causing water runoff, cool nights, and strong temperance sentiment among residents. He describes climate, irrigation by windmills, and peculiar localities while asserting statewide enforcement.
The North Texas Hospital for the Insane awarded the buttermilk furnishing contract for the coming year to D. M. Weatherford of this city. Daily consumption is about 200 gallons.
A large crowd in Temple Texas attended a joint debate at City Park last night between Rev P Shuler of the First Methodist Church and Jude W Linden of San Antonio. Shuler defended prohibition while Linden supported the anti side, with three speeches each. The upcoming Bell County wet or dry vote is scheduled for Saturday September 11.
Judea Poindexter, a gubernatorial candidate, spoke at a reunion in Hico advocating state wide prohibition and opposing spending on campaign promotion before Democratic primaries. He emphasized limiting expenditures relative to salary and urged stricter liquor controls.
Four guards chosen from El Paso and Denison to guard the President are over six feet tall. Dawson Len Pirson and Sherman listed among the selections.
Fragmentary text references several names and places with unclear meaning. The readable bits include mentions of a healer and possible dialogue but lack a coherent event or clear context. No verifiable incident or outcome emerges from the garbled OCR passage.
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