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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1919
Page
2
Elliott notes a heavy influenza outbreak with several families affected. School remains closed until February 3 to protect health. Community members like Hugh Jackson, R. G. Goss family, and others report illness while some, including Mrs. Jackson, are hospitalized. Local residents travel, visit kin, and discuss improving road conditions as winter weather eases.
Announcements for Sunday February 2 1919 at First Methodist Episcopal Church South Junon Lexas 9345 am Sunday school led by Superintendent L G Jankins 11 am sermonette Feasting with the Lord followed by services Officers of the Missionary Ruths to be installed 230 pm Junior Missionary Society led by Mrs R D L Killough 6 30 pm Senior Epworth League Miss Mary Davis president 7 30 pm sermon by pastor The Physical Face of Jesus Master Weldon Teagarden to perform Nearer My God To Thee on trombone with Katherine Pierce violin and Enid McCarroll piano Special music services All welcome Henry F Brooks pastor Also Mary Garden extracts etc at Pendleton Sons Drug Store Ady 4-2t¢
Dawson Valley news reports Mary Yarbrough is back in school following influenza recovery. Other items note A M Bourlund delivering a carload of hogs and cattle to Fort Worth, his mother visiting, Pauline Ramsey visiting her father in Childress, Gilbert Bourland ill, Mrs. H A Blevins visiting from Oklahoma, Frank Massie Jr and Hugh Boward, Roy Bowland starting work with a Burkburnett drilling company and Will Keller doing carpentry in Burkburnett.
The Convention Adult Bible class led by Mrs. George Shirley is now meeting in the tabernacle of the Baptist church following a location change.
Dewey Wilson of Tolbert Texas offers lip wheat pasture for cattle up to 150 head for 6 or 6 weeks. Pendleton & Son Drugwists advertise medical billing for wife illness. John Wright and daughter Mrs W F Bledsoe visit from Twitty Texas. stay with the Dellars and Davenports.
Physicians endorse Calotabs as a perfected calomel laxative to treat colds grippe and influenza. One tab at bedtime with water clears symptoms by morning and may prevent complications. sold only in sealed packages for thirty five cents with money back if not delighted.
A letter from Lettembourg dated December 7 discusses a twenty five cent paper note usable only locally due to diverse currencies in German and French regions. It notes a standard franc and mark, mentions St Nicholas day in the province of Lauerburg, billeting with a large German family in Neu Moen, and describes Moselle river scenery and King John of Bohemia’s tomb with grave details.
We discount all our bills two per cent eight two on the lmidreds. The druggist who does not discount his bills will at least one dollar profit on that extra two dollars he has to pay. Thousands of others do too. We welcome your patronage. Pendleton & Son Drug Co advertising subscription for The Vernon Record.
Mrs. J. W. Brinkley of Nashville Tennessee reports dramatic relief after taking Tanlac. She weighed ninety pounds and endured eighteen years of illness with severe stomach distress and paralysis of appetite. After starting Tanlac she gained twenty two pounds to reach one hundred twelve and now enjoys foods she once could not tolerate, with improved strength and well being. Tanlac is available from Ty M. Pergeson Drug Company in Vernon Ady.
Health is better in Red Bluff as families share visits across the community. Rumor-free reports show residents like the Welch, Barrett, Castleberry, Jolson, and Chadwick households hosting guests and attending gatherings, with school and church ties noted. The piece lists numerous Sunday visits, moving plans, a new telephone line, and a newborn ten-pound boy for Mr. and Mrs. Schoppa, plus military discharge news for James H. Carter.
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