Government expert cites clean oat crop. grains show low smut in county
HW Vance of the Bureau of Plant Industry in Washington visited Vernon to teach smut prevention for grain. He reports local wheat prospects are strong, with little oat smut and recommends formaldehyde-based seed treatments and a dry method to guard against infection.
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HW. K. Vance
Bureau of Plant Industry
Washington
Vernon
Vance
Wilharger
Vane
County Club Work Offers Prizes for Youth Projects
County Demonstrator N R Tisdal notes rising enthusiasm among youth in farm clubs. Clubs include Pig 36 Grain and Sorghum 45 Corn Club 11 Cotton Club 1 Peanut Club 4 Lamb Club 1 and Beef Club 38. Prizes totaling up to 105 for pigs and 83 82 10 across corn and other crops, with extra rewards for best sows and pig production.
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Bates
Daniel Bond
Vernon Duroc Jersey
Corn Chul
Sewer Connection Efforts Highlight Community Work
Amid repairs and civic projects residents focus on sewer connections while reports of injuries and shelling from wartime events trickle in. Mrs. M R Sewell hosts Presbyterian choir practice at her home with refreshments for about twenty attendees. Astor Shivers undergoes appendicitis surgery and shows good recovery.
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M. R. Sewell
Presbyterian Church
Farmer Credits Blooded Hogs With Superior Gains
A Box community farmer, RL Ts Judd, reports buying two hogs of equal age and care, raising them identically. One died soon after, the other dressed out heavily, supporting belief in the advantage of thoroughbred stock. The article notes skeptical locals and mentions church and community figures, with ongoing discussions about stock quality.
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Judd
Mer
Apportionment of School Fund Here
The third apportionment of the per capita scholastic fund arrives from Austin to the county depository. State aid is distributed among districts based on scholastic numbers, with four installments totaling 3.50, 1.00, 3.00, and 5.00. Additional state aid has been granted to several districts, and funds will be available in March after tax apportionment.
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Austin
Fuch Scholastic
N. Pulcher
Mrs C Thieme Dies at 56 Near Vernon
Mrs C Thieme died yesterday at her home sixteen miles southwest of Vernon from heart failure. Funeral services will be at East View Cemetery at 1 o clock this afternoon conducted by J A Birnbaum pastor of the Lutheran Church. She was fifty six and survived by her husband and two children. Friends extend sympathy to the family.
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Thieme
Vernon
East View Cemetery
J. A Birnbaum
Luitheran Church
Dixon Dry Goods Company Re-elects Officers
At a meeting of the directors and stockholders of the Dixon Dry Goods Company all officers were re-elected. J A Dixon is president J H Baker of Oklahoma City vice-president PP Pope secretary treasurer The stockholders expressed themselves as pleased with the business for the year.
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The
Dixon Dry Goods Company
J. A. Dixon
J. H. Baker
Oklahoma City
PP. T. Pope
Frisco and Northwestern Train Connections At Frederick
Frisco officials report a new connection plan at Frederick Oklahoma. The Frisco train will wait up to thirty minutes for the Northwestern train from Burkburnett to allow Vernon arrivals to link fields. Vernon to Frederick service departs 515 a m and 1515 p m with a Frederick to Burkburnett leg at 0510. The Northwestern schedule shows a Burkburnett departure at 5 o clock each afternoon with Snyder through connections to Kansas City St Louis and Chicago. Government officials anticipate an official vaccination plan and have requested instruments for it.
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Frisco
J. I. Herald
Toows
Prederick
Okla
Northwestern
Burkhornet
Frederick
Enti Nike
Vernon
Eelock
Burkburnett
Puech
Tit Eelock
Burkburnety
Jered Prederick
Dob
Snyder
Brisco
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicawa
Petition drive seeks 1.5 million bond for county road paving
A county meeting at the Carnegie Library led to petitions circulating to call an election on issuing 1.5 million dollars in road bonds. About 250 signatures are sought, with 17 petitions prepared and officials naming Harrold, Hannay, and Lockett as organizers. Engineers assessed costs for a nine foot wide paving plan totaling around 1.9 million, with hopes of state and federal aid up to 500 thousand to 1 million. Attendees discussed widening choices, prioritizing nine foot pavement from Vernon to the main routes and favoring right of way for loaded wagons.
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Wilbarger County
Carnegie Library
J. C. King
Harvard
J. S. Mason
Fargo
W. T. Collins
Odell
I. C. Frost
Farmers Valley
M. Rainwater
Elliott
S. L. Page
Tolbert
R. P. Price
Lockett
Highland and
Haney
S. McCulloch
L.A. Huddleston
T. J. Milner
Paradise
I. S. Lockett
R. H. Nichols
Good Roads
TH. Shive
Vernon
Oklainton
Harrold
Electra
Guyer
Price
Ragland
Foard County
T. H
W.T. Collins
R. B. Riehtime
Y ’. Price
S. Fr. Swim
Crescent Cove
L. K. Johnson
Vergo
Mason
Dr King
Mrs Frank Hale Dies After Illness at 35
Funeral services for Mrs. Frank Hale were held at Harrold Cemetery at 4 PM Wednesday led by Rev. L Holmes of Vernon. Died Tuesday after six days illness with pneumonia. She was about 35, survived by her husband and seven children, five girls and two boys, oldest 12, youngest eight months. A large circle of friends will extend sympathy.
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Frank Hale
Harrold
Oelack
PL Holmes
Vernon
Hale
Mrs J W Thornton Dies in Granbury After Long Vernon Ties
News from Granbury reports the death of Mrs. J. W. Thornton widow of a Vernon native who later lived in Hannaford's Drug Store area. She leaves her husband and a young daughter aged about eight. the couple had long ties in Vernon.
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Granbury
J. W. Thornton
Thornton Forerly
Vernon
Hannaford
Thornton
Mayor Mason Demands River Dumping to Keep City Clean
Mayor Mason warns residents to dump garbage in the river rather than over the bank in the Pease river area. Several fines have been issued and enforcement will be strict, with health concerns cited as justification for penalties.
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Mason
Jose
Dixon Dry Goods Plans Improvements in Men’s Department
Dixon Dry Goods Company announces major changes in its menswear area with shifting of the shoe department from front to rear, construction of an arch connecting men’s and women’s shoe sections, and a name change in the men’s hat department.
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Dixon Dry Goods Company
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Dt Roc
J. W. Ladd
Amon
C. Thieme
Prain
Renfro
Ion
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Rete
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