02 Mar 1916
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Newspaper
The Clayton Citizen
Location
Clayton, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1916
Page
1
The county paper promotes Clayton as the center of a week long Big Monday shopping and court gathering. Farmers bring chickens cows and hogs to town to trade while merchants advertise wares. Citizens are urged to study the county paper before visiting and plan a full week of buying in Clayton.
President Woodrow Wilson writes to the Associated Advertising Clubs, urging strict ethics in advertising. He notes advertising's rising influence on modern business and its public impact and praises the clubs for enforcing truthful standards for national development.
Mr. Chas. Hovey an old friend from the Panhandle and a thriving Barney country farmer and businessman visited the city Tuesday and Wednesday and dined with Ye Editor on Wednesday.
J. J. Case Racine Jr Lister on the market as a seed stock offering. The notice indicates a market listing process with a regional seed company name and seller identified for sale.
The Clayton Citizen editor appeals to subscribers to settle delinquent accounts and pay ahead for a longer term. He cites the cost of a new Linotype machine and argues a three department model for the paper, urging mutual support for a bigger Union County and Clayton.
F. H. Clark, telephone manager, recovered from a fall at a pole site and then contracted rheumatism. He left for Mineral Wells, Texas, seeking relief and a new speed record on wireless for his recovery, planning to stay until he is sufficiently convalescent to return.
District Superintendent Dr. S Alonzo Bright will visit the local church on Saturday and Sunday March 11 and 12. He will speak at a Methodist Men's Banquet Saturday at 8 PM at the Pullman Cafe to invite all men and church friends.
A letter urges Clayton citizens and business leaders to back a new local band. Experienced players were found in a first pass, and organizers seek financial and moral backing to assemble a capable group. A weekly concert could benefit the town, and readers are invited to join a meeting.
German forces capture Hardaumont near Verdun and claim Cote de Talou. French counterattacks at Douaumont face heavy resistance. Reinforcements pour in as British lines shift in Belgium and France. Marine disasters rise with several mines sinking steamers Maloja Mecklenburg Empress of Fort Williams Birgit Trignac and Fastnet. More than forty dead from Maloja and twenty six from Trignac.
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