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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1918
Page
6
Sunday visits and travels fill Vernon notes with names such as Mirgat Suimmerour and Pearl Webster visiting Frederick and Manitou. Local business and farm life appear with Mrs. Allen King shopping, the Watts family moving to a farm, and Tull’s illness affecting drug store operations.
Miss Ruth Batchelor recovers from appendicitis operation. Mrs. W. M. Hall travels to Wichita Falls with Mrs. D. L. Smith and daughter. A large keg of pickles discounted from 1.50 to 1.40. Miss Ethel Taylor injured her foot by a nail. J. A. Puckett & Son and Ir. Hess advertise poultry feed. Odell visitors include Mrs. Will Starr and Mrs. Starr. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Walker return from a trip to Oklahoma.
Fragments report visits and residents in Wilbarger County including Mrs FLO Dean arrested in Fort Worth and visits by Mr Homer Pergeson of Dallas. Mentions repairs and repainting of autos by Madden and Clark at T H Shire building. Includes rewards offered for land trespass and multiple short social notes involving families and travelers.
Jim Backalew of Berlin Oklahoma visits his sister Mrs B S Ray and notes a complete assortment of records now in stock at BL and W Drug Co Ady the.
W A Raff of Kansas City visited Vernon to review real estate and business interests. Mrs Rose and her daughter from Chili steal shopped in Vernon. The Ferrell Swartwood Co advertises Ford parts. A local child north of Farge has pneumonia fever but is expected to recover with treatment.
J P Roberts reports a flea and mite issue in the hen house following a trip to Wichita Falls. Miss Ethel Wareing returns to Childress after visiting Miss Anna Alexander in Vernon.
J. L. Toll has been confined to his home for several days due to illness. The item appears in an Ady 26-2te notice from BO & W. Drug Co and references The New Faison phonograph with a Soh. label.
Dr Hess disinfectant and Krese Dip advertised by B and W Drag Co. Prices for barber work remain steady with shaves at 5 cents and hair cuts at 25 cents. Alice and Thelma Pasham return from a visit in Dallas. Smith's Barber Shop located in the Hotel Vernon building.
Silas Holland son of John Holland living south of Pargo has been very sick with pneumonia fever for four weeks but is now improving.
J B Barrett living six miles north of the River owns 150 acres of wheat. Flo notes 100 acres are in fine shape and a reasonable rain should produce a good yield.
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