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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1919
Page
4
A public notice item indicates BICBULL Brown and Company Publishers issued statements on Tuesdays and Fridays as part of their scheduling or distribution practice.
4 GOOD TIME TO BUILD argues Wilbarger County will be wealthier this year with high bank deposits and crops not yet sold. It urges farmers to store a full year's feed, cut costly buy-sell cycles, and finance future prosperity by building barns, improving farms, and buying four percent war savings and indebtedness certificates redeemable at face value.
A $500 fine was levied against a Binghamton grocer for selling sugar at 15 cents a pound. Oklahoma City wholesalers will align sugar prices with wartime levels. Justice Department staff are recalled to battle the cost of living and Secret Service will track profiteering. Mr and Mrs Howard Touberlake return from Colorado. Ferguson family and Mes Richie head to Colorado and California for the rest of summer.
White City news notes heavy weekend rain aiding crops and a Sunday revival scheduled to continue nightly through Rev. Montgomery's arrival. A large attendance is urged at prayer gatherings, with several local visitors and residents mentioned. Family travels and overseas service updates abound among readers.
A Vernon farmer describes long suffering from stomach trouble, gas, and rheumatism, claiming Taulac restored his health after three bottles. He says appetite returned, kidneys steadied, and he can work like before, urging others to try the remedy.
Washington reports August 1919 weather outlook with warm waves crossing Rockies by August 16 and 17, cool waves by August 18, storms and heavy rains near August 20, and disturbances expected to dominate North American weather through August 31. Thunderstorms and possible hail noted with uncertain tornado risk.
Brown August 13 reports crops better than years past with grain threshing slow and wheat yields around twenty bushels per acre. Local residents Doss Tillery and Adlbright of VE Creek Oklahoma visit Mrs. Dill. Mildred Bowers and Ruth Bowers attend events. Mrs. S C Brawley hosts a party with many neighbors enjoying games, music, and refreshments.
FOR SALE Four-room these. Mass terms, See Aubrey LL. Poster. 61-51 ON chant aa lee aaa ron saa OR Ben Owner out rof, town, See L. Terrell, Ite ee as a FOR SALE Condon Springs land, all for sale. To will sell my hand in acre blocks and up to suit purchas. If you want a plot of ground to build a home where you can have plenty of pure water see James Condon at Condon Springs. bi-4tp I
A vintage ad touts Calotabs for quick liver cleansing with a single bedtime tab. It claims no taste or unpleasant effects, guarantees satisfaction with a druggist refund, and notes price thirty five cents at drug stores.
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