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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
7
The National Government calls for war gardens in every home to ease shortages and high prices. Women children and old men may produce substitute foods, cutting family costs and providing surplus for canning or sale. February planting guide and soil prep are given with crops listed and timing. The Texas Industrial Congress in Dallas offers a free garden bulletin on request.
Advertising copy notes Boschee’s German Syrup used for fifty one years in all parts of the United States to treat coughs bronchitis and throat and lung troubles. It promises a good night’s rest free from coughing easy morning expectoration and relief of inflamed parts with bottles priced 30 and 90 cents. Solu by T M Fergeson Tuesday 96-11.
Advertisement promoting Vi Vhe Everything Store offering value for ten dollars what customers would pay fifteen dollars elsewhere. Emphasizes low expenses no debt or high rent and encourages shoppers to try the store.
A public notice from Lizip Advise announces quitting contracting and offering carpentry services by the day or to supervise projects on a percentage basis. The note thanks the community for past favors and invites work.
Washington's birthday is being observed in Vernon today by the banks, post office and schools. Otherwise there is nothing to take place marking the anniversary of the Nation's first president. See Walter L. Ferguson for outs per bushel adv 11-2te.
The district board denied six registrants deferred classification for skilled agricultural labor under the military draft act. Named are Luther Godfrey Streit Owen Edwin Carpenter Floyd Faris Edwin Foerster Walter Hoffman Alvin Furl Schoppa all listed as unskilled farm labor Glass I EB. No appeals yet and no men sent to Camp Travis. Aubrey Foster enlisted in the ambulance corps, credited to Wilburger County filling quota.
The Thrice-a-Week World appeals to households amid World War I, stressing the need for prompt European battlefield news. It promotes a yearly subscription of $1.00 for 156 issues and an offer pairing it with the Vernon Record for $2.15, cheaper than the combined regular price of $2.50.
Plaintiff alleges defendants failed to return a deed after sale, losing the deed and causing costs. He seeks $107.50 plus court costs and attorney fees, with garnishment of funds in the Wagoner National Bank, Vernon. The suit targets defendants as trustees of the estate of Hi w. Martin, in Wilbarger County Texas.
The Wichita Morning Tribune advertises bargain rates for daily and Sunday delivery at 3.50, daily only 2.75, and a clubbing rate with Vernon Record. It seeks energetic men and women to represent Wichita Falls for subscriptions with good pay, urging readers to write today.
Mrs John Trout announces her millinery opening will be postponed until early March due to the store building occupied by HH C Russell and Son being closed for remodeling. She asks customers to delay buying until displays can be shown.
J J Love of Wheeler Texas is visiting Vernon this week. He lived here until last spring.
New assortment of stationery at Pendleton and Sons Drug Store advertised with prices and selection. Local shoppers encouraged to view the new stock and compare offerings.
Catarrhal deafness cannot be cured by local applications and requires a constitutional remedy. It stems from inflammation of the mucous lining of the Eustachian tube, causing rumbling or impaired hearing. Hall's Catarrh Medicine claims to heal through the blood, with a $100 reward for any cure it cannot achieve, circulars free from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
A Washington birthday entertainment for Baptist Church youth at Pastor Rev W P Ronse's home was postponed indefinitely. A legal citation in Wilbarger County Texas commands publication for four weeks regarding Edw Martin estate trustees and related parties in a Vernon court case, noting land in block 71 Original Town of Vernon and a warranty deed to Othe Serimshire.
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