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Newspaper
Vernon Record
Location
Vernon, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1918
Page
6
A collage of small ads and notices from Herring Bennett and Corner Drug Store items. Items include coal and fuel prompts, farm tools, household goods, Ford parts, and paint supplies. Clerical and social notes reference local residents visiting family and area merchants, with several adv lines urging immediate purchase and service.
Vernon records note J F E Stony traveled to Crowell on business. A P Peck departed Tuesday for Dallas and Port Worth on business. Mr and Mrs Sid Hale of Tharvold visited Vernon Tuesday. Swartwood & Co advertise garden tools and stock. Hardison, recently released from Camp Thowie hospital after five months, returns home for a visit. Annie May Samuel, visiting Electra sisters, suffers rheumatism.
Notes show several names and businesses in Ady and Crowell with scattered references to residents visiting, a phonograph brand mention, and a health product advertisement. The fragmentary text includes families like Schindler and Gantt visiting relatives, and local merchants urging subscriptions and stock health tips.
Mr and Mrs 2 C Cobb of Tarrotd visited the county seat Tuesday. Cy Long and BE L Smith made a business trip to Wichita Falls Wednesday. Herring Bennett ad notes S&S W paints varnishes and a tip to consider proper paint use. Mr and Mrs H C Briscoe and children from Dowes returned home after visiting George Briscoe in Mast Vernon. Th W Drug Co advertises Krese Dip Hess disinfectant and gore disinfectants for fleas and mites.
A local appeal asks residents to recruit ten friends to subscribe to The Record, highlighting community access to local news and updates. The call emphasizes supporting journalism and sustaining newsroom coverage.
An assortment of records from the pow fin stock presented by B and W Drag Co. Ady.
The notice lists garden implements including rakes hoes hose and sprinklers from Herring Bennett Adv and 2tee. It also mentions repairs and new tops for autos by Madden and Clark at i T Shire building North Main Street. A family drive to Chiktress Sunday with Mrs Flint Murphy is noted.
Mrs T S Gibbs and Mrs Hattie Reade of Chillicothe were here yesterday to meet Mr Gibbs who was returning from a business trip to Brownwood Gordon Abbott of Taylor returned with Mr Gibbs
J. A. Birdsong returns Wednesday from a business trip to Dallas. Mrs. Thomas J. Sullivan of Decatur visits her mother, Mrs. I. D. McConnell. Walter A. Holt, former Haskell resident, en route to Los Angeles to enlist in the Navy. Incubators and refrigerators on sale at Renfro's, coal bin filling urged to support government.
The notice outlines a service named Ye Planny offered to home builders, with reference to Wm Cameron & Co. The text suggests an explanatory note aimed at customers about planning and construction assistance.
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