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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1919
Page
5
The article outlines precise methods for handling alfalfa hay, stressing timely cutting, rapid curing, and careful moisture management. It notes regional differences between humid eastern states and dry western regions, urging four cuttings only when tonnage justifies it and detailing windrow curing, stacking, and ventilation practices to preserve leaf nutrition.
Burgess, living southwest of Harrold, reports thirty years in truck farming with tomato yields averaging about 400 dollars per acre. He notes 1914 returns of 560 dollars and 1915 of 457 dollars, shipping mostly to Fort Worth and sometimes Amarillo. Oil booms in Wichita and Wilbarger counties boost demand, while he seasons roots by spading. He also planted Trish potatoes, digging eighteen busheters for 46 dollars.
Miss Esther Swartwood of the Home Service Department of the local Red Cross asks for information on Louis Fletcher and Jake Prince. Fletcher is wanted for a vocational training matter. Prince may be out of the county, and Red Cross seeks contact with his relatives.
Three peaches weighing a pound and a quarter each were received yesterday by The Record. The largest one weighs half a pound with a circumference just over nine inches. Grown on Davis’s South Cumberland street property, the variety is uncertain. The fruit is mottled pink and green. County Agent N. R. Tisdal sent plans for larger fruit around the size of a hen egg, deep red and flavorful.
Rev Byron Smith of Helena Oklahoma moved to Edmund Oklahoma where he will be pastor of the Baptist Church. He came from Oklahoma City about a year ago to lead the Helena church.
Elder Foy E. Wallace along with Mrs. Wallace and two children traveled from Temple yesterday and plan meetings in Clarendon and Roaring Springs. He preached last night at the local Church of Christ and will preach again tonight. he previously served as pastor of the Church of Christ in town.
Miss Delian Clark returned Sunday from a several days vacation in Colorado Springs.
An old advertise ment touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe vegetable substitute for calomel a mercury based laxative that allegedly causes cramping nausea and salivation It claims calomel ruins the liver and suggests readers switch to the product for quick relief and renewed energy suitable for both adults and children
Ron Richardson traveled to Mleetra Monday on a business trip. Miss Cleo Bowers departed Wednesday for an extended visit with friends and relatives in Dallas and Paris.
Mrs Chas Wares of Frederick Oklahoma arrived Weatherly to be at the bedside of her sister Mrs HL Coltzer who is quite ill at her home in Mast Ver Jo.
iH Phillips of Diath attended a Wednesday event. Professor Will Hrumbalow returned from Waco and White Falls after the school term. Hrumbalow leads Shire School in Verte New Crop South Texas Comb Honey, Buredell and Stanley. Phone lines 52 and 88.
Mr and Mrs J B R Stinson return to Jaamar Cola. They visit Vernon with her parents Mr and Mrs J Down. They are joined by Mr and Mrs BR MS McConibe for several weeks. Woolworths offers free delivery on purchases of $1.00 or more daily. Miss Mae Zachary new position with Mises de. Murray wednesday to Sumford with her parents Mr and Mrs Zachary who moved to that city from Vernon.
A clipped OCR note from South Texas mentions Crop, Pomb Honey, Jirgdoll and Stanley with a price or trade line. The fragment reads Whole 82 smd BS ps to Adv. The entry appears commercial or ledger-like with unclear context and limited details.
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