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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1918
Page
6
Local items report visitors from Hansford and Terrell to Vernon and nearby towns. notes on shoe store campaigns at McKibbin Ady and Me Kibbin Ady with new stock and sales pitches. mentions Miss Nannie Wines visiting, Rex Boyd noting rain, and plans to sell Mebane cotton seed at 2.50 per bushel.
Fragmentary report records a move from Lincoln Texas to the German Corn area near Spinon last week. It mentions Sagat Koenig as a brother in law of Schop pa.
Local residents and visitors are noted in Vernon area items including Mrs. E T Brown visiting kin in Wellington, J R Renfro selling lumber and hardware, families from Crowell and Wichita Falls stopping in Vernon, and plans for new school housing discussed by M Packer and County Superintendent Thollar. Ads promote shoes, hardware, and home goods.
Mrs. P. J. Lyon of Dallas visits daughter Mrs. E. W. Hampton while ads tout Hast man Kodak at J T L Pendleton & Son Drug Store. Hens priced high and selling is urged. Mrs. Ro V T. Stuart of Oklahoma City visits Mr. and Mrs. Fr. McKibbin. The Everything Store offers top cash for second hand goods. Ady. S Etp.
Sunday visits noted in Frederick Ila with barber prices listed as shaves fifteen cents and hair cuts twenty five cents. Smith's Barber Shop located in the Hotel Vernon building is advertised as unchanged for the era.
Royee Lane the son of Mr and Mrs Th FE Lane living north of Vernon five miles is recovering well after an appendicitis operation performed recently.
A compact note highlights Ho MeCelvey and Parker Ady as strong contenders in a race or event, with emphasis on their likely advantage and seasoned legacies. The fragment hints at competition and possible outcome while preserving period tone.
Mrs. Jim Bomar left Saturday for a visit in Salt Lake City Utah. She spent most of last week with her husband Lieutenant Jim Bomar at Camp Bowie. Mrs. G F Crooks and daughter Miss Bernice of Francis Okla are guests of Mrs. Lula Gaines on West Paradise Street.
Roy Russell of H C Russell & Son, purchasers of the Mc Kibbin dry goods stock, spent Saturday here. Flo will have charge of the business.
J T Cabe arrived home after visiting his son Rey at Camp Bowie where he serves in Company K of the 144th Infantry. Sergeant William T Berry returned to Camp Travis after a short furlough in Vernon. L N Arnold, formerly of Vernon and now in Treveford, was in town yesterday.
Mrs. B. Allman and Miss Lila T. Allman visited in Wichita Falls on Saturday and Sunday, sharing time with local acquaintances during the weekend.
I offer a five dollar reward for the conviction of every person trespassing on my lands in Wilbarger county. I will prosecute all parties trespassing or hunting and fishing on my lands in Wilbarger county. Adv. J. P. King and Adv. A. Allison sign.
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