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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
5
The United States Fuel Administration approved a Texas coal price schedule after a conference led by Wiley Blair of Dallas and Texas operators. It sets maximum mine prices for bituminous coal and lignite in Texas counties and statewide.
Mrs Deila Houssers and Mrs 8 B Lied organized a Hobby Club at Okla union on Wednesday with Pearl Brite as chairman and Dollie Smith as secretary. In Harrold a new hobby club was formed with 18 members led by chairman A L Winfrey and secretary N J Strickland. A Ragland club followed on Wednesday with 11 members. Mars Price as chairman and W A Walker as secretary.
In a letter to Maryland Governor Charrington President Wilson endorses adoption of the Maryland Compulsory Work Law applying the work or fight rule to men aged 18 to 50. General Crowder agrees it boosts wartime regulations and helps recruit men both below and above draft ages for essential labor.
An ice cream supper will be held at the Talmage school house on Saturday night June 29 to benefit the Red Cross.
City Hall undergoes repainting this week with windows doors and exterior woodwork being renewed. The project aims to refresh historic features and preserve the building’s facade.
Washington orders General Wershing to ship a U S regiment to Italy while an aviation unit already serves there The Piave front shows no new Austrian advance and losses are estimated at 200000 men In allied air combat thirty six German planes are claimed down while twelve allied planes are destroyed Paris and Kiev news update Bolsheviks and Nicholas II rumors are noted as well as Kerensky in London Vernon reports half an inch of rain with varied local rainfall and a 1045 degree Dallas temperature record.
The Navy plans a vast destroyer force to enter European waters next year and rushes of submarine chasers abroad to combat U boats. Senate and House actions push permanent personnel and flag officer increases, signaling a major naval expansion. Local notes mention Rev T M Long’s Fort Worth trip and visits of Mrs Holloway, Mrs Shelton, and Mrs Smith to Vernon.
Mrs. Jo H. Trout returned to Vernon Sunday from Oklahoma City where she went to be present at the marriage of Miss Gadie Dickerson and J Kirk Patrick.
Mrs J Bogardus of El Paso Texas says Tanlac relieved twenty five years of catarrhal stomach trouble and rheumatism. She recalls severe weakness weight loss and headaches before taking Tanlac and that her appetite strength and weight improved to one hundred six pounds.
Buyer Jd. A. Baird agrees to trade a fresh cow as part payment for a brood mare and mule colt. Offer noted at the Record office on July 20.
The ad lists Tanlac as a remarkable medicine sold in Harrold by Wilson Drug Company, in Oklahoma by Rainwater & Stark, in Odell by BR J Belcher, and in Vernon by T M Fergeson Drug Company Ady It.
The express office reports shipments of fresh venerables must be accepted under a Federal Railroad Administration decision. Refusals have occurred due to lateness and other causes, but the intent is to curb food waste. An unrelated ad promotes Detroit Vapor stoves from Herring Bennett.
No 1 alfalfa sells at 75 cents a bale located 2 1 2 miles west of town Asa Vaughn four days ago.
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