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Vernon Record

Location

Vernon, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 15, 1919

Page

2

Auto gas strangled boy burns. progress noted

Milton Peden suffered severe internal burns after inhaling gasoline while crawling under a car to start fuel flow. He was four miles from town with his mother when the accident occurred. Attending physicians expect recovery though his legs are badly burned and he is in pain. City plans 25 more water meters as 75 percent of users are now metered to ensure fairer charges and higher receipts. F. M. Taylor and family return home after a ten day fishing trip to Medicine Park Ola.

Milton Peden Hey

Wreck Holds Up Denver Near Iowa Park

A Fort Worth and Denver Railway wreck just east of Iowa Park delayed two passenger trains about eight hours. An overloaded box car split in two and another car left the track, but no one was injured. The southbound train paused in Iowa Park from 1:30 to 10:00 a.m. Thursday, and the northbound train from Wichita Falls did not depart until 10:00 a.m.

Iowa Park Vernon Oslo Twain

Mrs Sallie Murphy Dies. Rites Held At East View Cemetery

Mrs. Sallie J. Murphy died Wednesday from congestion at the T. Q. Dyess home seven miles north of Vernon. Funeral services were conducted yesterday morning at East View Cemetery by Rev. W.PD. Rouse, pastor of the First Baptist Church.

Elliott News notes varied local visits and illnesses

Over numerous names and towns, Elliott updates cover church services, Sunday visits, and sick lists. Rev Tooley preached at the Methodist Church, union meeting slated for next Sunday. residents from Fargo Electra Bowie Vernon and other nearby towns visit Elliott. Several families travel for shopping, visits, and an operation, with crop prospects noted after recent rain.

Filiott R. ¥. Tooley Methodist Church

Wheat Land on Shares Near Tolbert Adv. Dewey Wilson

One mile south of Tolbert an advertisement offers six acres of wheat land to plant on shares. Prospective engaging parties are asked to phone for engagement and come to see the advertiser, addressed to Adv. Dewey Wilson.

Tolbert Adv

Miss Minnie Turner Visits Relatives and Plans Greenville Trip

Miss Minnie Turner, visiting her aunt Mrs. J. W. E. Young in Colorado over the summer, will travel to Greenville next week to visit relatives before returning to Vernon. She is a public school teacher. Pay your Record subscription now.

John Waggoner Bowie Elliott Grandma King Georgia Simon King Guyer Johnie Bristo Pete King Sarah Dillon Norman Waggoner Claude Waggoner Miners Wells Eva Grace Gooch Harrold M. J. Gribble J. R. Glover Electra Lawson Northcut Pete Kelley

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