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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
2
Friday features Marguerite Clark in Mrs. Patchs of the Cabbage Patch with special music by Mrs. McGarden and Weldon. Monday presents Dorothy Dalton in Extravagance portraying vanity and downfall, then redemption through realization and remorse as a lifelike on screen woman.
Friday night at the Selznick theater showcases Constance Talmadge in Who Cares a tale of youth buoyancy, a grand party life, and a rekindled love with Jim Martin. The Rialto screens Roy Stewart and Ethel Fleming in Untamed a Western tale of a Wes tav ranchman facing a ruthless spy and a stinging fate.
Fragments show local buyers selling produce like white loaf flour and carbon at Pendletons, ads for Trevathan’s and Vernon Sign and Auto Painting, visits by Alva Swinburn from Burkburnett and J O Ronse’s trip to Carrizo Springs, plus a note on P Timberlake’s Wichita Falls business.
County Agent N R R Tisdal has a bulletin listing government seed sources for sorghum seed. Many residents seek cane seed for molasses and can obtain dealer addresses by contacting the county agent.
County Agent N. R. Visdal relocated his office from the courthouse to the basement of the Federal building. The new room sits directly under the postmaster’s office, with entrance via the northwest corner door of the post office.
The ad notes Trevathan's selling whole barley and mentions Vernon Sign and Auto Painting Company on North Main offering boat restoration and auto painting plus a contact line for inquiries.
Rain drenches Guyer area causing corn to threaten rot before emergence. Wheat appears healthy. Sunday school attendance declines due to weather. Miss Lillie Shields visits home folks while working in Electra. Oscar Taylor’s son Burl ill with catarrhal fever. Mrs. Otto Fishbeck from Austin visits Potts parents and plans May return. Church to be held by Rev. Mason. Ben Reid and T. A. Frazier family visits noted. Junia Belle Reid visits Frederick sister Mrs. Newsome.
R. C. Bargdoll has leased the Texas Butcher Shop from FP A. N. O Neal and Will conduct this business with Bargdoll and Stanley grocery. Taunt Castleberry will oversee the operation.
Factory shipment arrives offering collar pads at 65 cents each. The sale promotes items at The Everything Store.
Short local notices report spillover items including sweet potato cabbage tomato plants and seeds at Trevathan’s in Vernon. Travel notes mention W P Durbin’s Stamford trip and R C Bell’s return from Vernoi. Waggoner Jr arrives from Dallas to spend spring break with mother Mrs. Katherine Waggoner.
Mrs. Dodd of Holart Oklahoma is expected to reach Vernon tonight for a few days visit at the home of M. Li Kester.
Miss Lois Thompson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Thompson, is the champion speller of West Vernon school. At a contest against Holcomb's Training School she spelled down every contestant. Miss Thompson is eleven years old and will represent her school in the coast contest this week.
My Percheron stallion and Mammeth Jack will stand this season at the sun's place one mile east and three miles north of Tolbert. They will be at the barn at 10 o'clock a m. J. W. Freudiger announces a service fee of $12.50 to insure a living colt. Tolbert Texas and Vernon area trade notices include Trevathan's and Elva Buford visiting Wichita Falls. Vernon Sign and Auto Painting Co advertises services at 431 North Main Street.
An old advertising claim presents Calotabs as a modern nausealess calomel medicine. It touts liver cleansing and system purification, with one tablet at bedtime and a money back guarantee if not satisfied. No taste or griping, no salivation risk, sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents.
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