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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
5
C T Jackson of Dallas promotes peanuts as a major wartime substitute for meats and fats. He notes rising prices, large Texas production, useful by products, and a profitable, low-effort crop with oil and meal serving industrial needs.
An examination for clerks with stenography or typewriting will be held in Vernon Friday with further tests on March 15 and April 15. Open to men and women for Washington D C departmental service with entrance salaries from 900 to 1200 dollars annually.
James A. Wagner of Atchison County Missouri claims a gasoline powered machine gun capable of firing twenty thousand shots on a single wall of gasoline at one per second. Gasoline costs about twenty five cents a gallon and the ammunition cost is estimated at one thousand dollars in powder and fifteen hundred dollars in brass shells. The explosions provide the propulsion for bullets faster than powder fired rounds.
Positive money back guarantee with installation available for all car makes at the Hampton Garage. Adv. G dip.
Attendance at Odell School improves after several quiet weeks as county officials and club leaders visit to organize boys and girls clubs. Talks cover canning sewing poultry and farm production while local residents travel and new businesses prepare to open.
Motor car makers shift to war output while buggy and wagon manufacturers claim Dobbin the horse remains supreme on farms. They tout his short banks and road handling as his edge. Last year production of buggy wagons reached 882,288 by tallying firms.
Local buyers advertise a cash for chickens offer, inviting sellers to contact Zachry at the Summerour Building, phone 286, for top dollar in the market. The brief notice emphasizes immediate purchase without listing any conditions.
The United States Department of Agriculture sets up seed reporting in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets. A Kansas City office led by William Jo. Kister will serve Missouri and neighboring states with a Seed Reporter issued monthly at no charge. The service covers seeds production, movement, prices, shortages, quality, and varieties, with forecasts and special reports as needed. Farmers, dealers, and shippers are invited to cooperate and share local seed conditions and market information.
An advertisement by M. G. Neathery of North Main Street offers a carload of genuine Mebane cotton seed Lom Lockhurt for sale at 2.50 dollars per bushel. The notice requests inquiries and orders from local buyers.
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