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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
3
National leaders appeal to citizens to preserve vegetables and fruits and avoid waste as canned goods grow scarce. The Chamber of Commerce plans a statewide campaign, Vernon opens a community canning plant, capacity about 1000 cans daily, urging immediate orders to secure supplies.
A small boy smiles amid a crowded Grand Avenue Red Cross parade as he longs to be grown to help soldiers. The scene moves onlookers to tears, seeing how the Red Cross care for brothers and husbands in the war effort.
The Baptist Young Women's Auxiliary of Wilbarger county will hold an all day meeting June 14 at the Vernon Baptist church. Devotions, readings, hymns, dialogues, and addresses by local and visiting speakers will fill the program including sessions at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. Talks focus on purpose and opportunity within the YW A movement. Also notes on local seed sales and visits by members.
Mebane Cotton Seed from Lockhart Texas is for sale. Beal Sneed, a noted stockman from Paducah, visited early this week. Wilson and Bryan Backus have enlisted in the Navy and reported to the Great Lakes Training Station.
An ad touts Pinesple Sherbit and Chocolate Tee Cream at Candyland. It also mentions famous New York Ice Cream and Vanilla Ice Cream as good choices for customers.
An advertisement touts Boschee's German Syrup as calming coughs and sore throat inflammation, aiding bronchial comfort, and improving sleep. It claims 52 years of American manufacture and positions the product as supportive for throat and lung ailments including asthma and bronchitis. Sold by T M Ferguson amid wartime sales.
An old advert claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and must be treated internally. It touts Hal’s Catarrh Medicine as a blood purifying tonic that reaches the disease via the bloodstream, with testimonials offered and Cheney & Co. listed as proprietors. Hall’s Pantry Pills for constipation is also mentioned.
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