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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1918
Page
3
A Texas farmers group urges no change in the state constitution but cites Louisiana as an example where a widow’s claim protected by law allowed farm loans to proceed. They argue federal farm loan advantages should be available in Texas without altering the organic law.
Tolbert telegrams report influenza waning in early days of the epidemic while Rutledge, Upshaw family, and Mrs. Wood recover or rebound. Local pastor Frank McNair Abilene moves to Tolbert. Sunday School attendance rises. Etheridge Dockery earns honor at training camp. school closes for Christmas vacation. tree at the schoolhouse Christmas Eve. community hosts and visits continue across Tolbert and Farmers Valley.
R T Matson head bookkeeper for Kell Milling Company died Saturday night at his South Main street home after a ten day illness with influenza and typhoid pneumonia. He was thirty five and had been in Vernon nine years overseeing accounting. He is survived by his wife two brothers and an uncle. The mill closed Saturday night and reopened Monday afternoon in his honor. The body was sent to Hubbard City for burial yesterday afternoon.
A landowner warns against hunting with firearms or dogs on his property to protect stock and fences. He states there will be prosecution from now on and signs as J. G. Ayers.
Real estate notice offering 820 acres of well located mixed sandy soil with part of a 206 acre wheat crop included. Property described as fairly well improved and priced right. Listing by T. P. Lisman & Son.
The Cotton Distribution Committee led by Charles J. Brand announces suspension of speculative short selling on New York and New Orleans exchanges to curb price swings. They foresee skyrocketing cotton exports and consumption as world demand grows post armistice, with Europe depleted of cotton and goods.
The thermometer fell to 18 degrees last night setting a new winter low. Snow covered much of North and West Texas with Dalhart reporting 12 inches on level ground.
All parties owing for cemetery lots and digging of graves are asked to call at the office of the City Secretary to settle accounts with the Cemetery Association. Respectfully, H. Hall City Secretary.
Ady, 98 2t offers good land on the Plains in a good locality near Vernon. Describes sale or trade option. Lisman & Son, 98 2te.
Dan Sumner and Misses Bess and Mary Tom Sumner arrived Sunday morning from San Diego California to spend the holidays in Vernon.
The Fort Worth Record and The Ver nop Record offer a one year subscription for seven dollars fifty cents each. The deal is short term and available for a limited time.
A fragment notes that aided and hastened by the establishment of the necessary credits progress will quickly assert itself. The statement suggests faster advancement once funding or credit lines are secured, indicating momentum in the project timetable.
Postmaster J. V. Townsend notes many patrons mail packages at the last two to three days before Christmas but this year the process is more efficient with faster handling. Washington’s Post Office Department is issuing instructions to prevent delays during the holiday rush. Local notes mention Mrs. WH Coleman visiting Wichita Falls and Miss Oleta Youngblood returning home from Southwestern University Georgetown.
An advertisement suggests many Choice quarters and halves are worth buying now. The buyers are invited to view their listing to find suitable parcels as Lisman and son promote timely land purchases.
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