Snowy weather slows pace as Vernon shoppers note small town bustle
The big snow last week brings mild benefit to the wretch and relief from cold weather as residents report busy days in cotton farming and shopping in Vernon. Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Key purchase furnishings for the Methodist parsonage. Miss Army Davis hosts a Saturday night party while Thanksgiving proves dull. Local school Antelope opens with Mrs. Stinger as principal and Miss Sweatman and Miss Holter as assistants. Messages mention visits to Vipton Oklahoma and Vernon errands, with local soldiers from Company C including Newall and Boon noted for wartime service and fatalities.
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Dee
L. Rennels
Will Parrish
J. G. Young
Theaters Show New Film Lineup With Cast Praises
The Pathe theater presents The Girl from Bohemia with Mrs Vernon Castle as Alice Barth in a Greenwich crowd tale. Also showing Wednesday to Thursday are Hidden Fires with Mrs Marsh, His Birthright starring Sessue Hayakawa, My Music featuring Enrico Caruso, and Kildare of Storm with Sally Stevens.
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Pathe
Bohemia
Vernon Castle
Ma Pyreh
Mrss Marsh
Pegg Murray
Louise Ae Ane
Louise Parke
Sessue Kurakawa Oo
Vernon O
Enrico Caruso
Artcraft Pictures
Storm
Adirondacks
Landlord Rent Question Sparks Farm Bagging Debate
A Route Four resident argues rents on Texas farm land are inflated by landlords taking a third of feedstuffs and a quarter of cotton. The letter says bagging and ties produced on rented land are miscounted as land output, forcing tenants to cover extra costs. It urges tenants to recheck profits and claim justice.
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T. J. Linguan
Route Four
Tobias
Landtorfs
Texas
Tennant
Thesi
Pendleton & Son Druggists Advertise New Stationery
A brief note from Pendleton and Son Druggists announces new stationery items arriving at their store. The ad emphasizes novelty and readiness to serve customers with fresh writing supplies and office needs.
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Pendleton & Son
Meeting Night Change For Vernon Lodge
Vernon Loudwe No ALM and ALM Willgi announce a meeting time change for December 12. Starting now the lodge will meet on the second and fourth Thursday nights each month with Worshipful Master J. G. Bheraman presiding at Achizo.
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Vernon Loudwe
ALM & Alm
J. G. Bheraman
California Syrup of Figs Advertises Quick Laxative for Children
An old advertisement promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective remedy for constipated children. It claims to ease cross, feverish, and listless behavior by cleansing the stomach liver and bowels within hours. Parents are urged to ask pharmacists for the genuine product and beware counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Vernon Hears Of Wounds From Action
France of wounds he received while in action a few days before. Lee Jordan was in Vernon Wednesday after some young fruit trees. Homer Lawson was in Vernon Wednesday on business.
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France
Lee Jordan
Vernon
Homer Lawson
Tax Collector Schedules Tax Payments in January 1919
Wilbarger Countys tax collector C M Blair announces collection sessions at The Bank in Oklahoma on December 30 31 1918 at The Bank in Harrold January 1 2 3 1919 and at Farmers State Bank in Odell January 7 8 1919 for state and county taxes.
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Wilbarger County
Oklaini
Harrold
Farmers State Bank
Odell
Home Science Club Meets at Mrs Huggins Home
The Home Science Club will meet at the home of Mrs. W. L. Huggins on Friday December 13 at 3:30. The president urges a good attendance from members.
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Home Science Club
W. WL. Huggins
Notice to Delinquent Water Users
Notice to delinquent water users to call and settle bills immediately or water service will be discontinued. Last notice from S. H. Hall, City Bee.
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S. H. Hall
City Bee
Let Me Renovate Your Mattress
Local ad offers mattress renovation service by phone 124 and at Henfro's Lamb er Yard. Customer provided address and pricing unclear.
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Henfro’s
Llamber Yard
Humane Society Dues Sought Via Public Library Box
Members asked to drop a dollar in a library desk box to cover past due dues and ongoing winter cases. Donors should write their name on a slip and place it in the box, per notice signed by Mrs. J H Watts president and Miss Lillian Newton secretary.
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the Humane Society
J. H. Watts
Lillian Newton
Christmas glassware deal at The Every-Thing Store
A holiday sale offers 25 percent off glassware and fine dishes at The Every-Thing Store located on 116 West Texas Street. The advertisement encourages shoppers to pick up a festive centerpiece or reusable pieces for Christmas.
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West Texas Street
Fountain Pens at Pendleton & Son's Drug Co
Conklin line and Rexall pens offered at Pendleton and Son's Drug Co ranging from 1.50 to 8.00 dollars. Ady column 95-2te.
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Conklin
Rexall
Pendleton & Son's Drug Co
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted as Internal Cure
An advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and urges an internal remedy Hall's Catarrh Medicine. It asserts the medicine works through the blood on mucous surfaces and was prescribed by leading physicians. The ad invites testimonials and lists F. J. Cheney & Co as makers.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Props
Toledo
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules advertised for vitality
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil capsules as a home remedy to strengthen kidneys and digestive organs, claiming they delay old age and restore life and vigor. It promotes three capsule sizes, odorless and tasteless, with a money back guarantee if no help is seen.
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Haarlem
Meoer
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Ping
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Ant Newall
Camp Bowie
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War Department
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Jane
Ree Sessur HayAkawa
Prarameveni
Mutual Master Pictures
Adolph Zukor
Society Girls of
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Metro Wonderplay
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Billie Burke
Frank Keenan
More's
PJ. Bexgrat
B. & W. Drug Compans
Vernon, Texas
Achizo
C. M. Blair
Price
Humane Society
Conklin Pen Co
Ohio
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J. H. Pendleton & Son
R. B. Sherrill
Frank E. Murchison
Herring Bank
J. L. Murray
Alice Joyce
Robert W. Chambers
Mae Marsh
Bill Parsons
Irene Castle In
the Girl From
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Eugene O’brien
Waggoner National
Old’ McColloch
Vernon Record
C.reed Smith
Herring National Bank
C. T. Herring
L. K. Johnson
G. C. Morris
Cashier
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